Nowhere is it written that Israel must sit back passively and simply respond after a nuclear and/or biological attack has been inflicted upon its civilian populations. On the contrary, Israel has the same right accorded to all states in world politics to act preemptively when facing certain forms of existential assault. Known formally in long-established […]

Living in Israel, I have naively believed that whether or not a president of the United States supported the State of Israel would make a significant difference to my voting Diaspora brethren. That was particularly true after these four painful years of terror. I imagined the awkwardness of Democrats voting Republican for the first time […]

Want to be awakened from the galut slumber? Want to be rejuvenated spiritually and emotionally? Want to free yourself from the lethargy, the apathy and the emptiness of chutz l`aretz? Go on a Solidarity mission to Israel. Want to show you care? Want to rid yourself of that gnawing guilt feeling of They`re giving up […]

Israel`s security from enemy state aggression depends upon a carefully conceived mix of deterrence, preemption and war-fighting postures. It also requires an integrated and capable system of active defenses. The current core of Israel`s active defense system is the Arrow anti-ballistic missile program. An Israel Air Force (IAF) operational undertaking, the Arrow was developed jointly […]

Background For most of the twentieth century Iraq was ruled by secular governments. This is understandable, considering Iraq’s diverse religious, tribal, and ethnic composition. Saddam Hussein, in keeping with the secular pan-Arabism of his ruling Ba’th Party, had maintained the secular nature of his regime until the year 2000, when he launched his “faith campaign,” […]

It is only natural that Israel’s most recognized best friends are the Jews of the Diaspora. What is not so well known, yet a fast-growing phenomenon, are Israel’s other best friend: American Christians. Recently I attended the Washington, D.C conference of the Christian Coalition (http://www.cc.org/), to hear what they had to say about American foreign […]

About three years ago, I was teaching a VE (varying exceptionalities) class in a large, community school in North Miami Beach. VE in the public school system basically means they get to pack 20-plus students into one room, some diagnosed as having learning disabilities, others with emotional disorders, and, just to keep things interesting, the […]

When they go to the polls in November, which of the two major parties will American Jews support? Consider: * At Party A’s national convention, a prime speaking slot went to an infamous racial inciter, one with an ugly history of Jew-baiting. At Party B’s convention, a leading speaker recalled with empathy the many pre-9/11 […]

The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority is saying its close to concluding an agreement with Hamas providing for power sharing after Israel “disengages” from Gaza. On the obvious level, this makes it clear that Prime Minister Sharon`s notion that giving up Gaza is necessary for Israeli security is almost a non […]

I have not been able to recover from the terrorist attack in Beslan. Terrorism is not the enemy. Terrorism is a tactic of the enemy. Who, then, is the enemy that fights all those who identify with the civilized world — the world in which children and their mothers are cherished and protected, even in […]