Posts Tagged: ehud barak
Jewish Residents Celebrate Purchase of Home in Hebron
Thursday morning found the settlement community of Hebron in very high spirits. "It's an historical day," Yifat Alkobi, a local Hebron resident, told...
The Trouble With the IDF
There's nothing so heart-warming as to read here, in Jerusalem, about the tremendous success of the annual gala dinner of the Friends of the IDF...
Israel’s Octet: Meet the Men Who Will Decide on Iran Strike
On March 9th, The Daily Beast published an article entitled "Meet the Israeli 'Octet' That Would Decide an Iran Attack". It described the makeup of...
Latest Rocket Barrages From Gaza Mean Life ‘Does Not Go on As Normal’
BE'ER SHEVA—The worst Palestinian rocket barrages from the Gaza Strip so far this year saw more than 140 rockets fired into major southern...
Under Fire, Israel Strikes Back at Gaza Terrorists
During a weekend period of less than 48 hours, at least 150 rockets were fired at cities, schools and other civilian population centers...
Avi Shlaim’s Anti-Israel Slime
The name Avi Shlaim may not be widely known on the street, but in the United Kingdom, and particularly in academic settings, it is. An...
The Rise and Fall of Israel’s Tal Law
In August of 1999, then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak appointed retired Judge Tzivi Tal to head a public committee aimed at tackling the issue...
Netanyahu’s Enduring Political Game
Following the recent announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will run for president of the Likud Convention, the future of the current Likud...
Divided We Stand: On Iran, Obama and Israel are Worlds Apart
Nowadays, when President Obama can't seem to find his way around a condom and a few bishops, it is rather hilarious to entertain a serious...
The Mystery of Who Postponed U.S. Israeli Military Exercise
Dubbed "Austere Challenge 12", the joint missile defense exercise scheduled for this spring between Israel and the United States was supposed to be the largest...
Betraying Ben-Gurion
It is ironic that Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel's only university bearing the name of the Jewish state's founding father, and established in...
Chicken Little, Israeli Edition
If there's something which is guaranteed to drive an observer of Israel mad nowadays, it is an irreconcilable dissonance between the timid response of the...
Israel’s Missing Red Lines
Long before the Shalit deal or immediately following it, Israel should have declared any of the following: the Israeli military will respond immediately...
A Hell To Pay
Benjamin Netanyahu is a known Churchill buff. It is fortunate; he doesn't need to dig too deep in his library or memory to find a...
