By David Singer Wednesday, May 7, 2008
President Bush’s Road Map was publicly shredded by PLO Chairman and Palestinian Authority President - Mahmoud Abbas - in Ramallah this week. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was there when it happened.
The US should have invaded Saudi Arabia, not IraqBy Ted Belman Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The best response to 9/11 is still the matter of heated debate. Obama wants out of Iraq and into Afghanistan and wants Pakistan bombed. Democrats generally argue we should have stayed in that theater and not gone into Iraq and what they want to do now is correct the administration’s mistake. Hillary shares this view except for the bombing of Pakistan.
Assessing Nuclear Activity in Syria and IranBy INSS Sunday, May 4, 2008
On April 24, US officials briefed lawmakers on Syria’s covert nuclear reactor. They explained their “high confidence” that what was destroyed last September in Syria was in fact a nuclear reactor for the production of plutonium, and that it was built with the long-term and sustained assistance of North Korea. In contrast to this certainty, a central aspect of their estimate regarding Syria’s nuclear plans adopted a vaguer tone: when asked whether the material to be produced by the reactor would be used in a nuclear weapons program, the Intelligence officials accorded this only a “low confidence” level.
Israel’s never-ending battleBy Ted Belman Sunday, May 4, 2008
As the West ups the pressure on Israel to capitulate to Arab demands and return to the armistice lines, it is important to remember that all of Judea and Samaria were held in trust for the Jewish state from the singing of the Palestine Mandate in 1922, if not earlier from the time the San Remo Conference awarded these lands to the Jews.
Lunchtime - and Crunch Time - in AmmanBy David Singer Friday, May 2, 2008
Jordan’s King Abdullah and Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert certainly had a lot to talk about when Mr Olmert made a surprise visit to Amman yesterday for a two hour working lunch with the King.
Syria, the NPT, and the IAEABy INSS Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Given the official US statements, backed by extraordinary visual evidence, there is little doubt that the Israeli Air Force raid on the night of September 6, 2007 destroyed a building housing a nuclear reactor.
UM Action Celebrates Downfall of Anti-Israel Divestment ProposalsBy Christian Newswire Monday, April 28, 2008
"Anti-Israel Divestment seems to have died within the United Methodist Church. Good Riddance!” - UM Action Executive Director Mark Tooley
Hamas attacks fuel aid trucks, diverts fuel from hospitals to its leadership and security forcesBy OnTheWeb Monday, April 28, 2008
Remember, this is the group Dhimmi Carter said must be “involved in any final peace agreement.”
Hamas gives Israel 10 years maxBy OnTheWeb Monday, April 28, 2008
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said Saturday that the Islamist group’s request for a ceasefire with Israel was “a tactic in conducting the struggle.”
Coincidences About Life and DeathBy Alan Caruba Monday, April 28, 2008
If you’re a writer, you begin to notice how various pieces of information come at you in what appears to be a random fashion, but which have a curious way of connecting. That’s because everything human connects in some fashion. Nothing human happens in a vacuum.
Armenian people: Pain, faith, & hopeBy Elias Bejjani Sunday, April 27, 2008
On the ninety-third anniversary of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire government’s military forces which took place in 1915 in what is known today as Turkey, we, from the Lebanese Canadian Coordination Council (LCCC), offer our heartily felt condolences to the Armenian people all over the world, share their grief, pain and anguish, as well as their ongoing cry for justice.
The Abdullah-Abbas Circus Comes To WashingtonBy David Singer Saturday, April 26, 2008
King Abdullah - the sovereign ruler of 77% of former Palestine (now called Jordan) - and Mahmoud Abbas - the touted President of another proposed Arab State in 1-6% of former Palestine (now called the West Bank and Gaza) - were both in Washington this week for talks with President Bush.
The Smarter Jimmy Carter CharterBy David Singer Saturday, April 19, 2008
Ex-President Jimmy Carter has hogged the media spotlight this week over his intended - and subsequent - meetings with Hamas head honcho Khaled Meshaal and other Hamas leaders - thereby incurring the wrath of Israel, the United States, the European Union and the Palestinian Authority.
“Palestine” after Bush - Vision or Mirage?By David Singer Friday, April 11, 2008
14 April 2008 marks the fourth anniversary of the date when the signposts pointing the direction towards realizing President Bush’s vision for a Palestinian State were emblazoned on the diplomatic horizon.
By OnTheWeb Wednesday, April 9, 2008
As the barrage of rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone for a fourth day, there was clear evidence that Iran’s support for the insurgency has been heightened.
Iraqi Christians: Exodus, Ethnic Cleansing & Identity AnnihilationBy Elias Bejjani Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Condoleezza’s Contortions Can’t Create"Palestine”
By David Singer Thursday, April 3, 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has expressed her amazement at the scope of the concessions Israel has agreed to make to the Palestinian Authority in a 35 page booklet given to her by Israel’s Defence Minister - Ehud Barak - during her latest visit to Israel this week.
The Jewish Left wants the US to pressure IsraelBy Ted Belman Sunday, March 30, 2008
Following up on my article Liberal Jews support Obama in part because they blame the Jews too in which I pointed out that “progressive Jews” were naturally allies of Obama, I came upon this Prospect Magazine article by Gershom Gorenberg entitled A Liberal Jewish Lobby
The Lebanese Government needs to declare Hezbollah a Terrorist OrganizationBy Elias Bejjani Friday, March 28, 2008
The Lebanese government has done well in boycotting the Arab League summit to be held in Damascus on March 29-30.
Exchange Rate Policies in the Gulf: A New Challenge to American Preeminence?By INSS Thursday, March 27, 2008
Like hundreds of other decisions taken by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries since it was formed 47 years ago, the decision taken two weeks ago not to respond to American urgings to boost oil production came in for heavy criticism by the U.S. administration.
The Devaluation of the National Intelligence Estimate of the Iranian ThreatBy INSS Tuesday, March 25, 2008
In December 2007, the American intelligence community published a new assessment of Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The report stressed two new findings:
The Return of the “Roadmap” – A Shift in the Annapolis ProcessBy INSS Saturday, March 22, 2008
During her visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early March, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about activating the trilateral mechanism headed by US General Charles Frasier to monitor the fulfillment of the Roadmap obligations of both sides. American officials explained that the Administration has not given up hope of reaching agreement on the core issues in the conflict but that it is logical to focus now on a parallel improvement in the situation on the ground. If the reality does not change, they argued, any agreement reached would be purely theoretical.
Paris, Palestine and PledgesBy David Singer Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tony Blair has found that it doesn’t take too much to wipe the smile off one’s face when trying to resolve the competing Arab and Jewish claims to the territory once called Palestine - known today as Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza.
The Real Choice: Ceasefire or Reoccupation of GazaBy INSS Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The recent escalation of the military confrontation in the Gaza Strip dramatizes the need to consider alternative strategies in the face of the Gaza challenge, and to choose a strategy that can offer the best chance of achieving the desired objectives.
Killer of eight young boys is Holy Martyr- ShahidBy OnTheWeb Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Action should cost PA $150 million in US aid
Killings cannot dim Israel’s respect for lifeBy OnTheWeb Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The families of the eight Israeli boys who were tragically, brutally and callously slain in Jerusalem last Thursday are still in the process of mourning their sons. The victims were mostly teenagers.
The Axis of Evil Stands Behind the Jerusalem CrimeBy Elias Bejjani Sunday, March 9, 2008
The Lebanese Canadian Coordinating Council (LCCC) strongly condemns the heinous and barbaric crime that was committed by the fundamentalist Hamas organization and Hezbollah militants against a religious school’s students in Jerusalem.
Islamists leave Israel no choiceBy OnTheWeb Saturday, March 8, 2008
THE attack yesterday in Jerusalem on a Jewish religious school in which eight civilians died disclosed important political trends.
More Dead JewsBy Alan Caruba Saturday, March 8, 2008
Here are their names:
Yohai Livshitz, 18
Neria Cohen, 15
Yonatan Yizhak Eldar, 16
Yanadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19
Segev Peniel Avihail, 15
Avraham David Moses, 16
Ro’I Roth, 18
Maharta Taruno, 26
By OnTheWeb Friday, March 7, 2008
A Canadian teenager is among the students seriously injured in Thursday’s attack on a Jerusalem seminary.
