Posts Tagged: war
Hamas’ Ismail Haniyeh Claims Israel Won’t Launch Another War in Gaza
One of Hamas' senior leaders and the deputy chief of the organization's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, claimed on Saturday that Israel has indicated that it...
Yair Lapid: Report on Gaza War Proves United Nations is ‘Out of its Mind’
The chairman of Israel's centrist Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid criticized on Monday a forthcoming United Nations report on last summer's war between Israel and Hamas in...
In Message to Iran, Israeli Warplanes Practice Long Distance Missions
France 24- Israeli warplanes this week practised long-range missions including mid-air refuelling in what local media said was a signal to archfoe Iran. The...
Peres Tells Ambassadors ‘War Always Ends in Disappointment’
Israeli President Shimon Peres warned an audience of foreign ambassadors gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the upcoming Jewish New Year that "war always ends in...
Activist Group: 100,000 Dead in Syria So Far
Washington Post - More than 100,000 people have been killed since the start of Syria's conflict over two years ago, an activist group said...
Drones and the Human Agency of War
Joshua Foust has written at Foreign Policy a misleadingly titled essay, "A Liberal Case for Drones." I think there is such a case, but this...
Former Mossad Chief: Israel Must Prepare for Possible Military Action in Syria, Cites Bio-Chemical Threat
Former Mossad Chief Danny Yatom stressed today that Israel must be prepared for the possibility of military attacks on Syria, which may deteriorate into war...
Of Jews and War
In my column last week, I strove to make the case for the expedient invasion of Iran as a war to end all Middle East...
Bernard Henri Levy and Israel (part 2)
In my first blog post, you learnt about Bernard Henri Levy's lifelong pro-Israel comitment. As the Jewish State turns 63 and faces new major challenges,...
No Way to Run a “Hasbara” Railroad
On April 7th, just after the driver of the yellow school bus of the Sha'ar Ha-Negev Regional Council had dropped off his last passengers, an...
Where Do We Start and When Do We Stop?
I listened intently this week to the speech given by President Barack Obama explicitly intended to explain to the American public why the U.S. decided...
What On Earth Is This War For?
A few months ago 'bringing Gaddafi in from the cold' was the crowning achievement of British foreign policy in the present millennium. Now we're bombing...
Get Tough with Hamas Now
These are indeed difficult times requiring painful decisions over issues such as how to placate the Obama administration in order to forestall a breakdown in...
4 Mistakes We Cannot Make Again When We Sanction a Military Intervention
After nearly a month of signaling disinterest in or outright opposition to imposing a no-fly zone against Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, President Barrack Obama did...
