Seven and a half years following the signing of the Oslo Accords, seven and a half years of exacerbated anti-Jewish and anti-Israel incitement by PLO’s education and media systems, seven and a half years of unprecedented Palestinian non-compliance and terrorism in spite of – and due to – unprecedented Israeli concessions, have demonstrated that there […]

For a taste of the near-apocalyptic media reaction to the election of Ariel Sharon as Israels prime mister, we go first to England, where raw and unvarnished anti-Israel bias in much of the mainstream press is as reliable as the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Reuters predictably headlined a post-election report “Sharon Win […]

His manic diplomact failed spectacularly, bu creatively. It called Arafat’s bluff about peace. Charles de Gaulle, lamenting the factousness of the French, famously wondered, “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” De Gaulle should have tried dealing with the Israelis. Israel, which more than a dozen feauding parties, is a […]

Trading vital strategic tangible assets for a piece of paper backed by intangible, reversible collaterals, offered by a tyrant who is supposed to start behaving in a way he never did before – how would a normal (US) businessman handle such a proposal? 1. A Cause For Concern: The Assymetries 1.1 Under the emotional impact […]

NEW YORK- Electing Ariel Sharon prime minister by a 63% to 37% landslide, the overwhelming majority of Israeli voters have repudiated the policy of giving away Jewish land in exchange for Yasir Arafat’s worthless promises, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) said in a statement. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said: “Ariel Sharon’s landslide […]

If there’s a reason to doubt the cynics who hold that a suitcase filled with large notes collateralized the Marc Rich pardon, it’s that nobody has turned up an e-mail to prove it. Just about everything else in this fabulous heist was laid out in detail on the computer by the best and brightest lawyers […]

Contrary to the predictions of many observers prior to the election, Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon assumes responsibility for Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians in particular and the Arab world in general, with considerable latitude facilitated by the Bush administration essentially declaring the demise of the Clinton plan. The message Sharon’s envoys share with world leaders […]

Something has been bothering me since Ariel Sharon’s victory speech when he mentioned his conversation with U.S. President George W. Bush. Something – or rather SOMEONE – was missing from the conversation with President Bush. And that someone is Jonathan Pollard. This concerns me greatly because the first conversations between Sharon and Bush will set […]

As the new Bush administration begins formulating its policies regarding Israel and its Arab neighbors, it has an opportunity to assess the serious flaws in the previous administration’s approach, and to consider new ways in which America’s interests in the Middle East may best be safeguarded in the years ahead. During the election campaign, Mr. […]

#1 Do not destroy the documentation of negotiations In his resignation speech, Prime Minister Ehud Barak claimed that the concessions that his negotiating team offered the Palestinians will ultimately set future negotiations as the Left will eventually be victorious. Earlier this week Ha’aretz reported that the Barak Government, in anticipation of Barak’s defeat, was already […]