On Saturday, the UN Security Council voted on an Arab-sponsored draft resolution that sought to condemn the Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun in which civilians were killed, and urge an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. Argentina, China, Congo, France, Ghana, Greece, Peru, Qatar, Russia and Tanzania voted in favor of the draft. Britain, […]

By: Caroline Glick Jewish Press Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Israel is trying to reinvent itself. Two weeks ago, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni hosted a conference where she launched a new multi-million dollar project to “rebrand” Israel. As Livni put it, since coming into office, she has been struck by the disparity between the vibrant, liberal, […]

Dr. Avi Bell · Discussing how Israel should respond to war crimes accusations diverts the agenda away from Hizballah – a terrorist group that committed war crimes in the recent war that far exceed in gravity and quantity all those Israel is accused of. Hizballah launched thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on northern Israel, […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues: Today is the 68th anniversary of Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), when planned mob violence broke out all over Germany, Austria, and other Nazi controlled areas – 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed, 267 synagogues burned, 91 Jews were killed and 30,000 were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. (Recent […]

By Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent 6 November 2006 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/784053.html Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war against Israel next summer, according to General Staff assessments that have been gathered during a series of meetings in recent weeks. While there is no specific estimate concerning the timing of a potential attack, all preparations are […]

Boston Globe Australia: Australia’s foremost Muslim cleric triggers an uproar when he likens women who don’t wear an Islamic headscarf to “uncovered meat” and blames them for attracting sexual predators. “If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or the park . . . and the […]

Jack Rains, a Houston-based friend, attorney and mediator, has shared with me the enclosed document, which highlights – in a very creative manner – an important aspect of the Win-Win relations between the US and Israel. Enjoy it, and may US and Israel leaders follow the leadership tenets of Abraham (“the sublime father” in Hebrew), […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Oct. 30, 2006 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1161811238155&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Last week Iran began enriching uranium in a second network of centrifuges. Just as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dropped nearly all pretenses about his intention to achieve nuclear weapons, so too he makes it clear daily that he intends to use such weapons to annihilate […]

By Stan Goodenough October 30, 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted last week that she only thinks she knows how the majority of Palestinian Arabs feel about suicide bombings and living in peace with Israel. Rice, who is at the forefront of crafting and implementing Washington’s two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, revealed […]

October 27, 2006 ZOA Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 A new AJC poll has revealed that 81% of American Jews agree that “The goal of the Arabs is not the return of occupied territories but rather the destruction of Israel,” with only 13% disagreeing. Other findings in the poll include: * 56% believe that Israelis […]