Yuval Arad is a young woman, who’s now 24 years old. Her father’s name is Ron Arad, and he has been missing for nearly 23 years, ever since his Phantom plane crashed in Lebanon in 1986, which resulted in him being captured by the Amal Movement, and later handed over to Iran. For the firs...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is preparing to leave office very soon, while on the other side of the border, Gilad Shalit is “celebrating” 1,000 days in captivity this month. It’s time to step up the efforts for Gilad’s release. Noam and Aviva Shalit, Gilad’s parents, are ...

The media keeps telling us that because Kadima got a few more votes, equalling one more Knesset seat than the Likud, it means that the people chose Tsippi Livni to be the next Prime Minister of Israel. The Israeli political system is not all that simplistic. We have neither a two nor a three party "...

That's a graphic put together by the Jersualem Post. Labor lost out in a big way. The winners are far less certain. Kadima appears to have won 28 seats while Likud won 27 seats. Kadima is a center right party, while Likud is a right wing party. Those figures could still change as voting tallies are ...

« Videos » CAVEMAN » Planet Netopia Israel to shield Gaza ‘ War crimes’ soldiers By enasni Hamas is back in total control of Gaza amid threats they will resume rocket attacks on Israel if the siege of Gaza is not lifted.Israel will give legal protection to soldiers who fought in the...

Aşa cum povesteşte primul ministru israelian, Ehud Olmert [1], întâmplarea nu este flatantă pentru Casa Albă. Ea reaminteşte aproape diktatele coloniale. Un preşedinte care-şi întrerupe discursul pentru a vorbi la telefon cu un prim ministru foarte mâniat. Prim...

Wednesday Evening News Roundup Note to MSNBC: upgrade your servers!!!  From 7 p.m. to midnight Eastern Standard Time, it is nearly impossible to watch any of the videos (Countdown with Keith Olbermann , The Rachel Maddow Show). You need more bandwidth! Peter Bergen, counterterrorism expert, has a f...

you simply MUST read juan cole's excellent analysis of the bush, olmert, rice, khalilzad intrigue related to the un security council cease-fire resolution on gaza... it's complete, insightful, and probably pretty damn accurate......

Israel is really like little yet all powerful David against the big yet very weak Goliath USA. Israel PM Ehud Olmert confession that he had ordered Bush personally to go abstention in UN resolution against Israel which sparked controversy just another proof of all mighty Israel and the very weak US ...

According to leading commentators, both Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni are in favor of pulling the IDF out of Gaza. They understand that there’s nothing more to gain from staying in enemy territory, and that it only puts our soldiers’ lives at ...