Ariel Sharon seems to have no qualms about betraying those around him. Following the 2003 election, he betrayed his voters by adopting the policy platform they so soundly defeated in electing him. In May 2004, he betrayed Likud members by ignoring their stated will in the party referendum on the Expulsion Plan. In August 2005, […]

Noam Chomsky is among the leading lights of the political far left in America, having written extensively and lectured widely, especially on college campuses. He is a Professor of Linguistics at MIT and has been introduced as “arguably one of America’s greatest intellectuals”. He is held in high esteem by his many followers who enthusiastically, […]

Israel`s former chief of general staff had continued till the end to underestimate the strategic and historic importance of the Golan Heights. Speaking last August to Yediot Aharonot, Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya`alon remarked that the Israel Defense Force (IDF) could defend the country`s borders even without the 452-square-mile Golan plateau. Israel annexed the Golan in […]

The White House ordered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to stay over in Jerusalem until the deal for the Gaza Strip’s international crossings was in the bag. She was almost there – “an accord is within sight” – Monday, Nov. 14. But she delayed her departure to join President Bush in South Korea until it […]

Condoleezza Rice is a top Poker player, especially when facing Israelis who are unfamiliar with the Washington ropes and are therefore easily intimidated by the Secretary of State. The assumption that Israel cannot afford to defy the US is divorced from reality. Such an assumption reflects mis-comprehension of 1948-1992 precedents of the wider context of […]

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Bill Tierney, a former military intelligence officer and Arabic speaker who worked at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 and as a counter-infiltration operator in Baghdad in 2004. He was also an inspector (1996-1998) for the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) for overseeing the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic […]

Recently I had the distinct privilege of visiting some friends who live in Sde Boaz, a newly established Jewish community just outside of Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion. I want to share some special things that I noticed about Sde Boaz: * Sde Boaz is situated on one of the highest points in Israel, and […]

The assumption that Israel cannot afford to defy the US is divorced from reality. Such an assumption reflects miscomprehension of 1948-1992 precedents, of the wider context of US-Israel relations, of the special role played by the Jewish State in the US Judeo-Christian culture, of the impact by recent global circumstances on US empathy toward Israel, […]

1. Grossly erroneous demographic assumptions underline US policy on the Palestinian issue, and inflate US contributions to Palestinian-related international organizations and to the Palestinian Authority. Shouldn’t US contributions conform with demographic reality, and be reduced accordingly?! 2. 2.5MN Palestinians reside in Gaza (1.1MN) and Judea & Samaria (1.4MN), and Not 3.8MN, as contended by the […]

This is the final installment of this series about the many modern role models who have shown the way for American Jews to come to live in Israel. I hope you have enjoyed and gained some inspiration from their success stories. Aliyah to Israel helps the country grow and remain a dynamic leader of the […]