"Independence Day" Last night, many here in Israel — before going out on the street to see fireworks or to dance or to just stroll

This evening begins Yom Ha’atzmaut , Israeli Independence Day — our 60th. And a time for rejoicing it is. Repeatedly I’m seeing essays that celebrate

Late last night I consulted with my experts regarding the situation. Key among them is an Arabic-speaking Israeli journalist who is in contact with the

Who knows how this latest potential scandal with Olmert will play out… In spite of the fact that police are arguing that the investigation and

Might the authorities really have something on Ehud Olmert serious enough to topple the government? It hasn’t happened until now , in spite of the

A portion of the incredibly moving words of the IDF Chief of the General Staff, speaking at Auschwitz today to "The March of the Living":

Holocaust Day, or, as it is more properly known in Israel, Day of Remembrance of Martyrs and Heroes — the feeling being that those who

A correction: When I wrote about the US case against Kadish recently, I indicated that we had friends in Congress, the Pentagon and other places

This evening the Israel Law Center, Shurat HaDin, sponsored a talk by Brig. Gen. Yossi Kupervasser, former head of Military Intelligence, on the subject, "Does

Today is the day that Jimmy Carter –in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so– is going to be meeting with