We are now marking the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War. It is a war that is still studied in war colleges. Some —

"Res 242" Today I attended a conference — "Israel’s Right to Secure Boundaries: 40 Years for UN Security Council Resolution 242," sponsored by the Jerusalem

Israel is deeply concerned about the academic boycott recommended by the British Union of Colleges and Universities (UCU) — uneasy that this will spread to

In Hebrew it’s called shtuyote, and that is what I’m seeing. But it’s hardly benign nonsense — it’s a patently ridiculous way of handling things

Through most of the night, as votes in the Labor primary were counted, MK Ami Ayalon had a higher percentage, but toward the morning former

As I post this, there is not yet a clear winner in the Labor party primary. Barak and Ayalon are running so neck-in-neck that the

A critical continuation of my report on Lebanon, from a MEMRI special dispatch released yesterday: Al Hayat in London has just run an interview with

Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) "Palestinians in Lebanon" I would like to look northward in this posting. Ultimately all of this affects Israel. ~~~~~~~~~~ In the

Yesterday we observed the holiday of Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) here in Israel: a festival carrying the same sanctity as Pesach and Sukkot, it commemorates

The Security Cabinet today approved attacks against Islamic Jihad and Hamas commanders responsible for the current Kassam escalation. There will be both air and ground