July 19, 2007: Confronting Hamas
An unnamed "senior IDF officer " has given a briefing with regard to the situation in Gaza that is being broadly cited. I am assuming...
July 18, 2007: Fallout
On Tuesday, the list of 256 prisoners slated for release on Friday was approved by a ministerial committee. The only ones to oppose it were...
July 16, 2007: Stymied
It is I who am stymied. Flummoxed. Not to mention grieved, and furious. It is 1:00 AM here in Israel as I write , and...
July 15, 2007: Our Strength
Israel ‘s strength and the source of immeasurable pride. I’ve said it before, and I say it again here: We may have lousy governments, but...
July 13, 2007: Lebanon
Madgi Halabi is an Israeli Druze journalist who has connections with friends in Lebanon. In today’s YNet he writes about the inevitability of war in...
July 11, 2007: Blind Cowardice
"Blind Cowardice" It was called to my attention yesterday that the nuclear powered USS Enterprise had been dispatched to the Persian Gulf. Right now there...
July 10, 2007: Balagan
A balagan is confused state of affairs . And that’s what we’re looking at right now. What may appear to be confusion in my reports...
July 8, 2007: Hamas Gain
I wrote recently about my suspicion that Hamas, having acquired sensitive Fatah intelligence in Gaza, might be using that information to extort Fatah to make...
July 5, 2007: Appeasement
It has made it to the news in certain circles and to blogs: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s response to the most recent terrorist threat...
July 4, 2007: Reconciliation?
Well, no anticipation of true reconciliation , but something superficially approximating it. This is not a surprise; in fact, it was expected: Brigadier General Ronen...