Abbas must confront terror groups
June 25, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
THE blood-soaked Hamas victory in Gaza and break with the Fatah-controlled West Bank profoundly divides the Palestinian political landscape and further complicates Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects.
Gaza’s savagery no surprise
June 21, 2007 | Bren Carlill
GAZA descends into an orgy of bloodletting as Hamas takes it over militarily and people around the world scratch their heads in confusion.
Six Days and Forty Years
June 8, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Forty years ago this week, Israel scored a stunning six-day military victory against its Arab neighbours. Today, too many remember this event primarily as the start of Israel’s “occupation” of Arab land, which is seen as the “root cause” of all subsequent Middle Eastern problems.
Jews portrayed as guilty – again
June 6, 2007 | Allon Lee
Forget setting aspirational targets for cutting greenhouse gases. And stop pointing the finger at China and America as the main stumbling blocks for a climate change treaty. Because, according to a prominent British MP, it’s actually cold-hearted Israel that’s to blame for global warming.
The long and winding war
June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill
FORTY years ago, three Arab states provoked war with Israel, determined, in the words of the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, to throw the Jews into the sea.
The 40-year war
June 5, 2007 | Bren Carlill
TODAY marks 40 years since the start of the Six Day War. We are told constantly that Israeli “occupation” of the West Bank is the reason there is no Arab-Israeli peace.
Cute mouse with killer message
May 15, 2007 | Bren Carlill
WORLDWIDE headlines were generated last week when a Hamas TV station featured a giant mouse – similar to Disney’s Mickey – encouraging children to martyr themselves.
Unless there’s change, Israel will act
May 13, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
The recent Winograd Committee preliminary report, assessing Israel’s performance in last year’s Hezbollah-Israel conflict, was highly critical of the relevant political and military leaders.
Israel was right to hit back at Hezbollah provocation
May 9, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
A lot of myths surround the release of the Winograd commission report into the Olmert Government’s conduct of last year’s war on Islamists.
Peace remote as Arab League Summit ‘postures’
April 10, 2007 | Colin Rubenstein
Arab League summits have become rather marginal affairs in recent years, but hopes were high for the March 28-29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for two reasons.
