Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


November, 2006

Hamas Use of Human Shields

Friday, November 10th, 2006

From NGO Monitor:
The Palestinian use of human shields to protect armed gunmen and rocket launching crews from Israeli responses is a widespread but largely unreported aspect of this conflict. On November 2, amidst the ongoing warfare in Gaza, armed Palestinians entered a mosque in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, to escape from IDF units. A standoff […]

Hamas Urges Muslims to Attack U.S

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Hamas’ military wing called Wednesday on Muslims around the world to attack American targets following reports that an Israeli tank strike killed 18 people in the Gaza Strip.
The threat signaled a possible change in tactics by Hamas militants, who have historically directed their homicide bombings and rocket attacks only […]

Horsefeathers

Monday, November 6th, 2006

by Gerald A. Honigman
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently gave a speech in which she said something to the effect that there would be no greater cause than the birth of Palestine.
Horsefeathers…
While my own limited Arabic, Turkish, and so forth from my own doctoral studies’ days has grown all too rusty over the […]

What did you read in the papers today?

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Want to know what those living in the Palestinian territories get as their daily media diet? Here is a sample, analyzed by Palestinian Media Watch:
Jews fan the flames of evil, provoke wars, control finance and media and dominate US policy
by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, Palestinian Media Watch
The official Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida […]