Paul Eidelberg’s analysis of why the Israeli government acts against the interests of Israel and has so much trouble with corruption. Now to figure out why the US government does the same.

Jerusalem Post - Khaled Abu Toameh
The corruption case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has earned Israel tremendous respect throughout the Arab world, where many have called on their leaders to benefit from Israel’s democratic system and independent judicial system.
Words of praise for Israel are a rare phenomenon in the Arab media. But judging from the [...]

Caroline Glick, Jewish Press
Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military personnel from Gaza would take away the source of [...]

by Dore Gold
JCPA
Vol. 8, No.1 22 May 2008
* Israeli negotiators will quickly discover three core areas in their discussions with the Syrians that they will not resolve easily: delineation of an agreed boundary, security arrangements, and the Syrian-Iranian alliance.
* Just prior to the [...]

An Israeli legal statute from 1978 forbids any Israeli citizen or member of the government from discussing transfer of sovereign Israeli territory with any nation at war with Israel, such as Syria.

See the previous article,Iran Announces Nuclear Technology Improvements for some of the background
MI6 chief visits Mossad for talks on Iran’s nuclear threat
UK Times
THE head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, is to visit Israel later this month as Britain forges closer links with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service.
Iran’s nuclear programme is expected to be high on [...]

Debka
Maj. Gen. Eliezer Shkedy tells CBCNews 60 Minutes Bob Simon that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s threats against Israel must be taken extremely seriously. In an interview to be aired Sunday, April 27, the general said: “I think it is a very serious threat to the state of Israel, but more than this, to the whole world. They [...]

Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Tuesday was a banner day, a proud day for Jewish conspiracy theorists in America. People like Joseph E. diGenova smiled with glee as they watched 84-year-old Ben Kadish carted into the Manhattan Federal District courthouse on charges of transferring classified information to Israel 25 years ago.
He’s just like Jonathan Pollard, they whooped. [...]

This is a surprising article from HaAretz, the far left Israeli newspaper…
By Ari Shavit, Haaretz News
The suicidal left has found itself a new hero: Jimmy Carter. Finally, someone is speaking the truth: Israel is an apartheid state. Finally, someone is exposing justice: Palestinian terrorism is tantamount to the actions of the Israel Defense Forces. Finally, [...]

by Carlos

Jimmy Carter addressing a Jewish group in Israel. (New York Times)
April 23, 2008 - “You don’t make peace with your friends, but with your enemies.” How often have we heard this slogan lately? If repeating a cliche often enough could make problems disappear, we would already have peace in the Middle East.
Unfortunately, [...]

Prof. Paul Eidelberg
Part I
In Caroline Glick’s article “Fear of Democracy” (Jerusalem Post, April 4), we learn that the UN’s Human Rights Counsel instructed its expert on freedom of expression to report to the Council on all instances in which individuals “abuse” their freedom of speech by giving expression to racial or religious bias. Since [...]

Khaled Abu Toameh, award winning Israeli-Arab journalist, will be coming to speak in Santa Fe and Albuquerque .
He will speak at Woodward Hall, room 101 on the main campus of UNM in Albuquerque on Monday, April 7 from 6:00 pm -7:30 pm.
Khaled Abu Toameh will speak in Santa Fe at the St. Francis Auditorium from [...]