April 15, 2008: What Does It Take?
Abbas Zaki is no upstart within Palestinian politics . Long an influential member of Fatah, he sits on its powerful Central Committee. Additionally, he is...
April 10, 2008: From One Thing to the Next
The very reputable Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center , which has close ties with the Shin Bet, has released a report, "Hamas’s Military Buildup in...
April 9, 2008: Attack
Somewhere between four and seven terrorists — breaking through a fence — entered Israel from the center of Gaza today and made their way to...
April 7, 2008: Hints of War
We are now in the midst of the largest National Home Front Training Exercise ever undertaken in Israel. Beginning yesterday, and extending until tomorrow, it...
April 4, 2008: Muslims Considered
I would like to focus on a two-part lecture I attended yesterday at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. It sheds further light on an...
April 2, 2008: Tension in the North
A report by a ‘top military intelligence officer" to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee yesterday included a warning that Hezbollah is getting ready...
April 1, 2008: Surreal
Even in the irrational environment with which we are coping, this gets a "most surreal" award: Khaled Mashaal, political head of Hamas in Damascus, has...
March 30, 2008: Deplorable
Well, it was unlikely that Rice , who is here, would have readily walked away without further concessions from Israel for the sake of the...
March 29, 2008: Regarding Abbas
An Arab summit is being held in Damascus this weekend, but is being boycotted by several Arab nations: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. The...
March 28, 2008: Dangerous Stupidity
The stupidity alluded to here pertains both to US and Israeli policy. And it is with regard to the practice of continuing to arm and...