Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


August, 2006

State of denial: A view from Beirut

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

This important article appeared on Monday in TNR Online. A subscription is required for full access but we publish excerpts here and recommend that you read the full article if possible. Thanks to the Wake Up Coalition for the tip.
By Michael Béhé, in Beirut
(translated from the French by Llewellyn Brown)
The politicians, journalists […]

Bin Laden’s son released by Iran to head al Qaeda in Lebanon

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

From the New York Post:
A son of Osama bin Laden has gone from Iran to Lebanon with the mission to organize terror attacks against Israel… Saad bin Laden, 27, one of the terror mastermind’s eldest sons, was released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard last Friday, according to the German daily Die Welt.
“From the Lebanese […]

Iran Racing To Resupply Hezbollah

Friday, August 4th, 2006

From the New York Sun:
TEL AVIV, Israel — Iran is racing to resupply Hezbollah across the Syrian border ahead of a possible cease-fire being ironed out this week at the United Nations. Meanwhile, Israeli jets have begun a new bombardment of Beirut’s suburbs and Hezbollah is threatening to launch a missile attack on Tel Aviv…
The […]

Hezbollah celebrates civilian casualties

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

From Palestinian Media Watch:
Hitting Israeli cities “restores honor”
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
While the world debates about responsibility for Lebanese civilian casualties, Hezbollah takes unequivocal pride in its responsibility for causing Israeli civilians casualties. Indeed, Hezbollah celebrates its attacks on civilians as restoring “honor”. Hezbollah TV, Al Manar, continues to broadcast video clips glorifying Hezbollah […]

Manchester rallies for Israel

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Albert Square is one of the main city centre venues in Manchester, England. It contains the huge, Victorian town hall and is often used for rallies and demonstrations. It is Manchester’s Trafalgar Square.
On Sunday 30th July it was awash with Israeli flags, placards calling for peace not terror and pledging support for the […]

Urge the UN to Condemn and Disarm Hezbollah

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

From UN Watch:
On July 30, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan—who ten days before had correctly identified Hezbollah’s “provocative attack” on Israel as the cause of the current crisis—urged the Security Council to “condemn” Israel’s response. He said nothing about the need to condemn Hezbollah, which cynically fires its missiles from residential or UN observer areas to […]