(IsraelNN.com) Syria has raised the state of alert of its armed forces because it knows Hizbullah’s revenge attack against Israel for the killing of Imad Mughniyeh is near, according to Channel 2.
Soon after Mughniyeh’s death, Israel warned Syria that it would hold it responsible for any revenge attack launched by Hizbullah for the killing of [...]

The articles below shed more light on the political meaning of the Yeshivat Harav murders. The murder was carried out by an Israeli Arab of Jerusalem, and arranged through Iran, Syria, Hizbulla and Hamas in Syria. Simultaneously Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs in Gaza, the Shomron and Judea have greatly increased their attacks on Israeli [...]

by Irwin J. Mansdorf and Mordechai Kedar
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2008, pp. 37-44
U.S. military lawyers acknowledge that “civilians may not be used … to render an area immune from military operations… [or] to shield a defensive position, to hide military objectives, or to screen an attack. Neither may they be forced to leave their homes or [...]

A Lebanese soldier watching Hizbullah supporters protest against the fighting in the Gaza strip, at the Fatima Gate border point in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila.

What is the purpose of these attacks from Gaza, the Arab violence in Jerusalem, the Shomron and Samaria, and soon in northern Israel? What is the purpose of Hizbullah attacks on Israel from Lebanon? The Arabs do not expect to knock out Israel with Katyushas and Grads on Askelon, Ashdod and Sderot. They don’t expect [...]

Egypt’s intelligence minister Omar Suleiman canceled his visit to Israel because of expectations of increased of cross-border violence between Israel and Gaza.

This warning could also be due to impending attacks on Israel by Hizbullah, following increased Arab agression against Israel from Gaza, the Shomron and Judah, and the Grad missile attack on Ashkelon on Friday. Israel counter attacked heavily, killing many terrorists, but so far not enough, considering that the Arabs are still attacking Israel.
(IsraelNN.com) Kuwaiti [...]

By Frederick W. Kagan, Danielle Pletka, Kimberly Kagan
AEI Online
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Introduction
The conflict between Iran and the United States began in 1979 with the Iranian Revolution and the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran. Born partly of ideological differences and partly of real and perceived differing national interests, it has [...]

By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com
In the war on terrorism — specifically Islamic terrorism — law enforcement would like nothing more than to have the cooperation of the Muslim community. But, many times, those searching for answers are greeted with a wall of silence. One of the groups working hard to build up this wall [...]

Caroline Glick’s Column One from the Jerusalem Post, 2-14-08
It is quite possible that terror master Imad Mughniyeh was not killed Tuesday night in Damascus for his past crimes, but to prevent him from carrying out additional attacks in the future.
On January 30, French security services raided a Paris apartment and arrested six Arab men. Three [...]

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 [...]

This is to be expected…we all wait with bated breath to see if Bush caves or stands on Israeli Independence Day this year.
Will George observe the Independence day celebrations in Jerusalem, or go to an Arab nakba riot in the Arab occupied territories of Israel?
Another interesting thing will be to see how much damage Olmert, [...]