The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Members of the Knesset (MKs) and other Israeli officials, journalists and Jewish leaders who gave their support to the 2005 Gaza/northern Samaria unilateral withdrawal to apologize to the Israeli electorate, which had voted overwhelmingly against that proposal in the January 2003 elections (when then-Labor leader, Amram […]

1. Wall Street Is More Important Than Gaza Strip. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is higher today than it was upon the launching of the Gaza War. It is substantially higher than the ebb of November. Once again, Israel’s economy is impacted by economic fundamentals (budget deficit, interest and inflation rates, debt to GDP ratio, […]

by Israel National News (IsraelNN.com) Israel’s government has picked up the IDF’s brilliant tactical win in Gaza and tossed it in the trash. Hamas has been hit hard. It learned that, unlike Hizbullah, its armed forces were neither well trained enough nor well armed enough to stand up to the assault of a real army […]

Regarding the BBC interview with Edward Zwick about his film DEFIANCE, on Tuesday, January 6, 2009: Producing a movie about the Jewish partisans does not give him license to dishonor their memory by equating them in any way with the Palestinians. By doing so he aided and abetted the BBC’s never ending media campaign against […]

Release Date: 18 January 2009 (Jerusalem) – Jerusalem based watchdog, NGO Monitor today called on all human rights groups to demand the release of captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit and to press for International Red Cross access, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Schalit was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from sovereign Israeli territory in June […]

By Ronald Radosh Pajamas Media As Israel goes deeper into Gaza, and intensifies its bombardment of Hamas in Gaza City, a chorus is beginning to be heard: Israel is now committing war crimes; the conditions of the people there constitute a humanitarian crisis; the only solution is negotiations with Hamas for a cease-fire that will […]

Why are military ops in Gaza, Kosovo judged by wildly disparate criteria? Martin Sherman Published: 01.14.09, 23:46 / Israel Opinion “There is always a cost to defeat an evil. It never comes free, unfortunately. But the cost of failure to defeat a great evil is far higher.” Jamie Shea, NATO spokesman, BBC News, May 31, […]

By Jacob Laksin FrontPageMagazine.com Besieged by Israeli forces and rebuked by its Arab League allies, Hamas has seen the worst of the recent fighting in Gaza. But however bleak their present fortunes, the terrorists still have a faithful friend in ex-president Jimmy Carter. It has become an odious annual routine. On no obvious invitation, the […]

by Israel National News (IsraelNN.com) Operation “Cast Lead” seems about to turn into a classic Israeli military experience: Victory on the battlefield, defeat in the war. Israel’s dailies sport headlines claiming “Ceasefire is Imminent” and “We’ve Won for Sure!” How ironic. This juvenile, premature celebration illustrates how little Israel’s elites—journalists, commentators and especially its political […]

Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 14, 2009 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1231866577121&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Despite the severe military blows that it has been dealt since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead, there were still no signs on Tuesday that the Hamas regime was even close to collapsing. Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip said Hamas lost several […]