Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


October, 2006

False hope on Hamas

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

From the Jerusalem Post:
… it is dismaying to recognize the degree to which the EU’s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, views some of our realities in this region differently from the way they are perceived not only by most Israelis but by many informed outsiders, too.
In the course of that interview, he made vague comments […]

Georgetown gets $20 million from prince promoting Islam

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Just months later, university ejects evangelical Christians from campus
by Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily.com
The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University has been renamed after Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal donated $20 million to its projects. And while that may be just the tail, the dog appears to be moving away from its historic Catholic and […]

Myth detection: Why Oslo failed

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

by Daniel Mandel, History News Network (with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater)
In a blog entry dedicated to the resuscitation of binationalism - the theory of a shared Jewish-Arab state, with the reality of Arab domination - Mark A. LeVine claims that the lion’s share for the failure of the Oslo peace process is “rooted in the […]

Iran Paid To Stop Captive’s Release

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

by Benny Avni, New York Sun
UNITED NATIONS — Iran has paid Hamas $50 million to prevent a deal to release a kidnapped Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, Israel’s ambassador said here yesterday.
Dan Gillerman did not disclose his sources, but told The New York Sun that based on “reliable” sources the Israeli government believes Tehran has […]

A Homemade Genocide

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

The Arab world is subject to genocide, it is true. It’s just that it’s mostly self-inflicted, and Israel has nothing to do with any of it
by Ben Dror Yemini, Ma’ariv correspondent (translated from the original Hebrew)
Fact no. 1: Since the establishment of the State of Israel a merciless genocide is being perpetrated against Muslims […]

Hamas readying for war

Monday, October 16th, 2006

by Amos Harel, Haaretz
Hamas wants to create a “balance of terror” with Israel in the Gaza Strip, in order to deter the Israel Defense Forces from making a major ground forces incursion into the territory, IDF officers have concluded on the basis of the organization’s greatly accelerated munitions acquisitions over the past few months.
Since […]