It is nothing less than astounding to see the absolutely outrageous attempts at self delusion our leadership is making to convince themselves that we should still attempt to make peace with our Arab enemies. We have eyes to see, yet we close them. We have ears to hear, yet we refuse to listen. Innocent civilians […]

The roots of September 11th lie deeply embedded in civilizational hostility, in a partial but almost primal Arab/Islamic hatred for western modernity. This hatred extends as well to elements of other major religions, primarily Judaism, but also to certain parts and denominations of Christianity. Although it is probably true that the greatest portion of Arabs […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has asked its security and emergency services to complete preparations for a possible U.S. attack on Iraq — and an Iraqi counterstrike against Israel — by Nov. 1, officials said Tuesday. The United States has not told Israel if or when it will attack Iraq, and Nov. 1 was chosen by […]

IT HAS been said—by me, among others—thatGeorge W. Bush bears a closer political resemblance to Ronald Reagan than to his father. The first, and most obvious, similarity is that “Dubya,” like Reagan before him, was and still is very widely regarded as insufficiently intelligent or well-informed to be President. By now, the idea of Reagan […]

One of my daughters spent last year in the Shomron community of Eli, doing her first year of voluntary service. Religious girls, rather than serve in the army, volunteer for a year or two. She celebrated this past Shabbat at the community, as they marked the 18th anniversary of the founding of Eli. On Saturday […]

WASHINGTON — I was dubious at first. But now I think Dick Cheney has it right. Making the case for going to war in the Middle East to veterans on Monday, the vice president said that “our goal would be . . . a government that is democratic and pluralistic, a nation where the human […]

I’d rather be rotting in prison than sitting "Shiva" for the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who could have died because of my cowardice." A statement by Jonathan Pollard when asked why he gave information to Israel. "The reasons that I did what I did in April of 1985 were personal, banal and amounted really […]

When the media furor was at its peak – a few days after the liquidation of Hamas activist Saleh Shehadeh in the Gaza Strip on July 22, by means of a one-ton bomb that killed 15 civilians – Israel Air Force Commander Major General Dan Halutz met with the pilot who dropped the bomb and […]

It is said that the Arabs are big believers in grand conspiracies. When they see Israeli leaders act foolishly, the Arabs interpret the foolishness as if it were part of a sophisticated Israeli plot. But I find it hard to believe that even the most suspicious Arab thinks that the latest news from Israel is […]

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – The scenes are grimly familiar. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian children carrying rifles chant, ”Ya Saddam! Ya Saddam!” and goad the Iraqi leader to lob Scud missiles at Israel. Up the Mediterranean coast, in the basement of a Tel Aviv kindergarten, 20 teachers watch a soldier demonstrate how to administer atropine, an […]