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June 30, 2005 at 5:33 PM

The media mob
So on Wednesday it started. The fight for and against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate 8,000 law-abiding Israeli citizens from their homes has begun. There can be no doubt today in anyone's mind that in ignoring the mandate he received from Israeli voters in 2003 to oppose unilateral withdrawal from Gaza and in... [ Read entire Post ]

June 24, 2005 at 5:08 PM

Irrelevant visions
During his meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told Rice that the PA had ceased all incitement activities against Israel. Yet on the same day that they met, the PA's official news service WAFA "reported" that Israelis were sending hordes of wild pigs to Palestinian villages around... [ Read entire Post ]

June 20, 2005 at 5:23 PM

Sharon the coward
During her visit to Jerusalem on Sunday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice applauded Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, saying, "He has displayed courage and vision in putting forth this disengagement plan." Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. In a new book, Boomerang, published in Hebrew last week, left-wing commentators Raviv Drucker and Ofer... [ Read entire Post ]

June 16, 2005 at 4:48 PM

America's irreplaceable ally
In an in-depth article entitled "How we would fight China" published in the June issue of The Atlantic Monthly, military correspondent Robert D. Kaplan analyzes the encroaching specter of a cold war between the US and China. He also sets out the strategies and tactics that the US military's Pacific Command is constructing to contend... [ Read entire Post ]

June 10, 2005 at 6:54 PM

Spare the children
This week, the state prosecutor's office announced that it is considering a plan that would declare "negligent" parents of minor children who are repeatedly arrested for taking part in protests against the government's withdrawal and expulsion plan from Gaza and northern Samaria. In so declaring the parents, the state would pave the way for the... [ Read entire Post ]

June 7, 2005 at 11:34 PM

In our eternal, undivided capital
Yesterday we celebrated Jerusalem Day, commemorating Israel's liberation of eastern and southern Jerusalem from Jordanian occupation 38 years ago. As usual, our political leaders pledged their undying and sincere commitment to the continued unity of the city as the "eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish People." Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, always one to flaunt his... [ Read entire Post ]

June 3, 2005 at 11:14 PM

In Sharon's democracy
On Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's personal attorney Dov Weisglass announced a major policy initiative during a speech at Tel Aviv University. Weisglass said that after the completion of the expulsion of 10,000 Israelis from their villages in Gaza and northern Samaria, Israel will expel still more citizens from their homes by destroying the... [ Read entire Post ]

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