Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


March, 2006

Academic boycott plans again

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

From the UK-based Academics for Israel:
As predicted the academic boycott of Israel is still with us and has reappeared in the form of a motion which is below, is due to be discussed at the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) annual conference at the end of May. NATFHE is […]

The role of religion in conflict

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

A message from Canon Andrew White, Chief Executive of the Foundation for Reconciliation in the Middle East
Dear Friends,
Greetings from Spain. I am just departing here to return to Jerusalem via London. The Rabbis and Imams conference was not positive. Despite there being 350+ people present many of whom I knew the programme and organization was […]

EU gives $78 million to Palestinian Authority

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

For all the bluster from the EU, here is the reality: it is giving money to the Palestinian Authority regardless for now, with the suggestion that the PA’s “commitment’s and deeds” will be taken into account in the future. Don’t hold your breath waiting for sanctions though. Jacques Chirac, for one, is opposed, […]

Support for Israel blamed for US’s woes

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

by Ryan Jones, Jerusalem Newswire
Dressed up in new academic attire, the centuries-old libel that the Jewish people have somehow taken control of the affairs of the most powerful nations on earth - in this case the United States of America - is again making headlines.
America’s roughly six million Jews make up a minuscule voting bloc, […]

If It’s Bike Week, It Must Be Kristof

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

by Gerald A. Honigman
A few years back during this trying time of the year in the Daytona Beach area of Florida, I penned an article (”Makos, Kristof, and Bike Week”) which focused on the hypocrisy and double standards the liberal, left wing press habitually practices towards the Jew of the Nations. Not that I’m in […]

The Divestment Conference at Georgetown

Friday, March 17th, 2006

by Lee Kaplan, Front Page Magazine
It’s been two weeks since the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) held its Fifth Annual Divestment Conference at Georgetown University. A few articles have briefly discussed some of the seminars at the conference and what outwardly occurred there. But the major thing missing in all these reports — that this […]