Analysis

Friday, January 24th 2014

Originally published in the Washington Times   The recent fall of Fallujah, Iraq, to an Al-Qaeda-linked group provides an unwelcome reminder of the American resources and lives devoted in 2004 to 2007 to control the city – all that effort expended and nothing to show for it. Similarly, outlays of hundreds of billions of dollars […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, January 23rd 2014 / Friday, January 24th 2014

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Analysis

Thursday, January 23rd 2014 / Thursday, January 23rd 2014

1. The UN Human Rights Council elected Hezbollah supporter Jean Ziegler, founder and recipient of the Muammar Qaddafi Human Rights Prize, as a top advisor.   2. The UN General Assembly adopted 21 condemnatory resolutions against Israel, compared to 4 on the rest of the world combined.   3. The same UN General Assembly elected […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 / Wednesday, January 22nd 2014

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Analysis

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 / Tuesday, February 25th 2014

It’s not often that we Canadians get to see a show trial in progress. But we’re watching one now — namely, the public hearings on the Quebec government’s proposed Bill 60, popularly known as the Charter of Quebec Values, which would ban religious symbols in the public service to ensure visible neutrality with regard to […]

Analysis

Tuesday, January 21st 2014 / Tuesday, January 21st 2014

It is exceedingly rare that politicians speak clear and unadorned truth, especially today when elected officials rely on slick p.r. advisors and "professional" diplomats in their foreign ministries to crank out "balanced", and "even-handed", i.e., self-serving and often-cowardly  policy-statements.  Hence Stephen Harper's speech before the Israeli Knesset, and the world, today is truly remarkable: a […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, January 20th 2014

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Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, January 20th 2014

LE LEGS D'ARIEL SHARON David Bensoussan Le Huffington Post, 14 Janvier 2014   Ariel Sharon est un Sabra, un agriculteur né au pays, qui a participé à toutes les guerres d'Israël. Au lendemain de la guerre d'indépendance, alors que les fédayins se livraient au terrorisme et au sabotage, il initia des actions de représailles au-delà […]

Analysis

Monday, January 20th 2014 / Monday, January 20th 2014

                                                                                                                                                 In memory of Malca – Z”L   To this day, the extant “Legionaries” – Romania’s equivalent of the Nazi party – openly publish calls to “Kill the Jews” in the Romanian press. I was 20 years old at the time of the Bucharest Kristallnacht which began on January 21, 1941. I was there. […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, January 17th 2014

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Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, January 16th 2014 / Monday, January 20th 2014

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Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, January 15th 2014

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