Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

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


Middle East Politics

Ahmadinejad rhetoric condemned

Monday, June 4th, 2007

StandWithUs Condemns Ahmadinejad’s Anti-Israel Rhetoric at Khomeni Service
(Los Angeles) — StandWithUs condemns in the strongest possible terms, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his poisonous, inflammatory rhetoric against Israel.
At a memorial service for the Ayatollah Khomeini on Sunday June 3, Ahmadinejad said yet again that Israel will soon be wiped off the world map, a goal […]

Drop fiction that the PA accepts Israel

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

From the Zionist Organization of America:
ZOA: BUSH ADMINISTRATION SHOULD DROP FICTION THAT PALESTINIANS ACCEPT ISRAEL & SEEK PEACEFUL STATE ALONGSIDE ISRAEL
New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Bush Administration to drop the fiction that Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Arabs in general have accepted Israel’s existence as […]

Ex-Army Chief: Iran funding terrorist groups

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

From TheMediaLine:
Former Israeli Army Chief Of General Staff Accuses Iran Of Funding Fatah, Hamas, Hizbullah
A former Israeli army chief of General Staff says Iran is funding all of the major opponents of Israel: Hizbullah, Fatah and Hamas. Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon said in a speech on Tuesday that contrary to claims that all problems in […]

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 […]

Iran’s Holocaust Denial

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

A new website has started, focusing on the sinister and sustained campaign of Holocaust denial by the present leadership of the Iranian regime:
http://www.iranholocaustdenial.com/
Please visit and sign the petition.

The Quai d’Orsay View

Monday, December 18th, 2006

The great writer Mark Steyn reviews a book by David Pryce-Jones on French policy toward the Arabs and Jews and finds a disturbing degree of antisemitism at the heart of the French foreign policy establishment:
If you had vaguely assumed that the now routine comparisons of Israelis to Nazis derived from an antipathy to Ariel Sharon […]