Yehudit Tayar Prime Minister Olmert has repeatedly stated that he can “look each of us, the citizens of Israel, in the eye knowing that the government of Israel has done all it can to protect the citizens of Israel”. Indeed Mr. Olmert? How can you believe that we, the simple citizens of Israel who are […]

by Tom Mountain A direct line from 1929 Hebron to 2009 Sderot. The war for Israel began a few decades after the Jews fled the pogroms of Czarist Russia for the Holy Land. That was in 1929, when Arab mobs murdered 67 Jews in Hebron and expelled the rest, thereby extinguishing the This, in sum, […]

GUSH KATIF VIEWPOINT 148 January 9, 2009 A WAKE-UP CALL by Rachel Saperstein, Neve Dekalim/Nitzan We woke to the wail of sirens. Another day begins with the sounds of war. We hear the explosions in the distance. I have had no time to run out to our sewer pipe cum shelter. I open my front […]

by Paul Eidelberg It is futile complaining about the media or about various nations using double standards in their negative portrayal of Israel vis-a-vis Hamas terrorists. Such complaints will have no effect on the Jew-hatred evident in Israel ’s detractors. Besides, such complaints are self-demeaning when uttered by Jews. Let me suggest another approach via […]

by Steven Plaut Innocent Gaza civilians, huh? A three hour ceasefire so that “innocent Gazan civilians” can go shopping today? Are Gaza civilians really innocent? Let us bear in mind that the years of rocket savagery by the Hamas were a direct result of the vast majority of the residents of the Gaza Strip voting […]

Past experience shows disproportional response to terror acts a key for victory Ophir Falk Published: 01.08.09, 18:44 / Israel Opinion Aside from the conventional wars that Israel fought in 1948, ’56, ’67, ’73, ‘82 and in the summer of 2006, the State of Israel has continuously confronted the challenges of terrorism since and even before […]

[Today is La Passionara’s birthday. As is traditional, she has been reminding me since last June. We are supposed to go out to a restaurant but everything in Ashkelon is closed. Ditto for Ashdod. I’ll have to think of something. What’s left of my manhood is at risk.] GOODBYE 29 January 7, 2009 COMFORT FOOD: […]

Demonized Israeli Settlers Their fate is ours too. By Barbara Lerner, NRO Israeli settlers have a unique status in the world — a special infamy. It’s not just that governments everywhere condemn them; it’s that mainstream media throughout the world join in. That’s reality today, not just in Muslim lands and Islamist-embracing European Union states, […]