Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


Arab/Israeli Conflict

New booklet on Arab-Israeli conflict

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

STANDWITHUS RELEASES “ISRAEL 101″ A COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLET ON ISRAEL
AND THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT AIMED AT CAMPUSES, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITIES
(Los Angeles) — StandWithUs [SWU], the international non-profit Israel education and advocacy organization, today released its highly-anticipated “Israel 101″, a comprehensive booklet on Israel and the Arab-Israel conflict. SWU National Director, Roz Rothstein is “proud to distribute this […]

Still Not There Yet…

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

by Gerald A. Honigman
New York Times syndicated columnist, Thomas L. Friedman, has gained some wisdom over the years.
For a journalist, he has achieved a level of knowledge on matters pertaining to the volatile Middle East that most others in his profession seldom achieve.
So, first, let’s look at the good news…
He’s correct when he states […]

Arafat’s murders covered up

Monday, January 8th, 2007

From HIR
Just a few days ago, on 1 January 2007, Caroline Glick published an article in the Jerusalem Post that reports on a just-released US State Department cable from 33 years ago which demonstrates that the US State Department — the organ officially responsible for determining US foreign policy — knew that Yasser Arafat’s (now […]

The Mukawama

Monday, December 11th, 2006

The video linked below from Jerusalem Online highlights some of the challenges presented to Israel by Hizbullah and Hamas.

Let’s Talk…

Friday, December 8th, 2006

by Gerald A. Honigman
Lots has been said by both this author and others about that much-anticipated report from the Baker-Hamilton Commission regarding America’s next moves in Iraq. So I’m not planning on just repeating more of the same… I hope.
Driving to work today, I happened to hear former Senator Alan Simpson–one of Baker’s current Iraq […]

Rethinking the Egypt-Israel “Peace” Treaty

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

by Daniel Pipes
Ninety-two percent of respondents in a recent poll of one thousand Egyptians over 18 years of age called Israel an enemy state. In contrast, a meager 2% saw Israel as “a friend to Egypt.”
These hostile sentiments express themselves in many ways, including a popular song titled “I Hate Israel,” venomously antisemitic political cartoons, […]