Winograd Final Findings Press Report 1-30-08
Full text of Judge Eliyahu Winograd’s press conference on inquiry into 2006 Lebanon war
Ynetnews: 01.30.08, 18:49 / Israel News
Compare this to the interim press release on 4.30.07, where blame was also placed on Olmert. Now, nobody but Ehud Olmert is happy. But such is politics.
Good Evening.
1. About an hour ago we submitted the Final [...]
Questions for the Pentagon: Who is Hesham Islam?
By Claudia Rosett, Published in the National Review Online
In the sorry tradition of shooting the messenger, the Pentagon is cashiering its top expert on Islamist doctrine, Stephen Coughlin. Some members of Congress are now contemplating hearings to ask why. Along with drawing attention to Coughlin’s research, now circulating on the Internet, the growing controversy has [...]
Barak Obama Conference Call with Jewish Journalists
On Monday, Jan. 28, Barak Obama agreed to be interviewed on a conference call sponsored by JTA, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Obama answered the correspondents’ four questions. JTA recorded the conversation and made it available for downloading. Click the player above to hear the interview!
Al Qaeda Doing Heavy Fundraising for Hamas Offensive in Sinai
Debka — The Saudi Sheik Safar al Hawali is an eminent al Qaeda ideological authority and a close personal friend of Osama bin Laden. During US President George W. Bush’s visit to Riyadh earlier this month, the Saudi security authorities placed him under house arrest and forbade him to issue a proclamation condemning the visit. [...]
Hamas in Control of Rafah Now, Soon El Arish Seaport and Israel Southern Border
By David Bedein, published in the Philadelphia Bulletin
Jerusalem - It is hard to think of a precedent in the history of warfare when an army used hordes of civilians as a cover for the conquest of a seaport.
Indeed, what most observers of the Middle East have missed is that the Hamas army has conquered and [...]
Bush Address at King David Hotel, Jerusalem, Jan. 10 2008
January 10, 2008
President Bush Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
King David Hotel
Jerusalem
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080110-3.html
5:27 P.M. (LOCAL)
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I’d like to, first, thank Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas for their hospitality during my trip here to the Holy Land. We had very good meetings, and now is the time to make difficult choices. I underscored to both [...]
Mark Steyn Is Not Alone
How is all this happening, that Islam is gaining so much power in Europe, Britain,Canada and gradually, the US? What is the mechanism, what are the forces that we are surrendering to, and why? Here is one piece of the puzzle among many.
I don’t know much about Mark Steyn, haven’t read what he writes. [...]
Carlos Chavez: the Rachel Corrie nobody will talk about
Today a man who came to work in peace, to help realize the dream of an egalitarian socialist society, or perhaps just to have a new experience, was murdered by Arab snipers.