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2006-10-30—Attack and counter-attack in corruption case against Olmert
2006-10-25
—Katzav et al: parade of Israeli politicians may face charges
2006-10-06
On walking counter-clockwise to Isaweea—is clockwise too dangerous?

2006-10-04
Palestinian civil strife: good or bad for Israel? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-09-10
Surveying the organizations helping Israel in the wake of war (Commentary by Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-09-09
—Is Israel now losing the Lebanon peace? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-09-07
—"Wake Up! Another  Holocaust in Offing (Commentary by Ya'acov Liberman)
2006-09-04
—Disturbing developments in the Middle East: Here is the litany—and a response (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-08-29
—Israelis argue over who should head inquiry commission after Lebanon II  (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-08-24Israel's president, ex-minister embroiled in allegations of sexual misconduct  (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-08-22
—Norman Mann, letter writer, now you too are a columnist 
2006-08-21
The 'blame game' consumes Israeli politics in wake of Lebanon (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-08-20
—Lebanon just a foretaste of worse things to come (Commentary by Ya'acov Liberman)
2006-08-15
Was Lebanon the war Israel refused to win? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-08-14
A father pays the ultimate price (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-08-12
—Anna Krakovich: Survivor of 1994 terror helps Israelis who face it today (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-08-11
Sleepless in Jerusalem (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)  
2006-08-19
At the front in Akko, Maalot,  Tarshiha and the holy city of Tsfat (Story by Judy Lash Balint)

2006-08-09
—Thoughts of a Holocaust Survivor in Natanya, Israel
2006-08-08
—San Diegans contribute $2.5 million in response to Olmert's appeal for Israel
2006-08-03
Catholic educators witnessed the unexpected on ADL Israel trip
2006-08-03
A trek around the old city of Jerusalem makes Tisha B'Av observance memorable  (Story by Judy Lash Ballint)

2006-07-31
University of Haifa diary: Cyber classrooms utilized by students, building becomes flag (Compiled by Amir Gilat)
2006-07-31
—Thoughts on the Mideast war from the safety of San Diego (Commentary by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-07-31—Will investigation prove Hezbollah arms at fault in Qana building collapse? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-07-30
—Rabbi in Kiryat Bialik describes a week at war (By Rabbi Mauricio Balter)

2006-07-26
University of Haifa diary: Work authorized at home;  professors provide their analyses (Compiled by Amir Gilat)
2006-07-26
Israelis back the war in  Lebanon by 9-1 margin (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-07-25
University of Haifa diary: under the Katyusha barrage (Compiled by Amir Gilat_
2006-07-24—Israeli withdrawals from Gaza and Lebanon only whetted the appetites of Arab terrorists (Commentary by Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-07-24
—San Diego County Jews, Christians rally for Israel as it fights 2-front war (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-07-24—Flags, shirts, signs and tzedakah provide color for pro-Israel rally (Sidebar photos by Donald H. Harrison)

2006-07-23
Jews must unite as Israel seeks to excise cancer of terrorism  (commentary by Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-07-21
July 21, 2006: Benjy Hillman, 3 weeks ago a bridegroom, now a fallen soldier (Story by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-07-21
Can Israel's lessons to neighbors ever be taught? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-07-20
July 20, 2006: Personal postings on internet give flavor of Mideast war (Compiled by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-07-20
Historians may ask: 'Was this a new war or the same old one? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-07-19
'Where are the Muslim and Palestinian teachers who educate against terrorism?' (Commentary by Amotz Brandes)
2006-07-18
Bias in the media permeates coverage of Mideast conflict (Commentary by Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort)
2006-07-16
As war continues, constant question remains, 'What's next? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-07-16
—July 16, 2006: Citizen reports from an unnamed war (Story by Judy Lash Balint)

2006-07-14
Iran, seeking to divert U.N. nuclear vote, is puppet master of Hezbollah and Hamas (commentary by Muriel Goldhammer)
2006-07-13
—July 13, 2006: Citizen's  updates from Israel (Compiled by Judy Lash Balint)

2007-07-13
Israel's War with Hamas, Hezbollah intensifies on fast day of the 17th of Tammuz (story by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-07-12
Lebanon battling refocuses Israel's attention from the Katzav scandal (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-07-11
—Possible Katzav sex scandal diverts media attention from Gaza operation (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-07-07
Israel seeks 'quiet,' knowing absolute victory is elusive (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-07-06
240 North American immigrants, ranging from very young to very old, are greeted as the newest Israelis (Story by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-07-02
Hamas 'government' unable to speak with one voice in Gaza crisis (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-06-29
Eliyahu Asheri, victim of Arab terror,  eulogized at funeral attended by thousands of mourners  (story by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-06-28
Global tsedakah has a way of making round trips, UJF annual meeting hears (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-06-27
What price will Israel exact—or pay—for the life of a soldier? (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-06-27Former Mossad director says kidnaping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit a 'moment of truth' for Hamas (story by Judy Lash Balint)
2006-06-27Researchers found pre-traumatic stress among Gaza settlers before evacuation (Story by Amir Gilat)
2006-06-21
—I
sraelis debate military, political consequences of retaliation against Gaza rocketing of Sderot (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-06-16
Sleepless in Sderot: Kassam barrage takes psychological toll (story by Judy Lash Ballant)
2006-06-14
Israeli, Palestinian columnists debate death of family on Gaza beach (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-06-13
Palestinians make propaganda over deaths that they, not Israeli rockets, caused (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-06-09
The Gaza-Sderot rockets anger Israel's defense minister (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-06-08
Israel has higher per capita income, yet Portugal has a real rail system (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-05-31
Strategic planner predicts many West Bank settlers will decide on own to relocate 
2006-05-24
—'Life imprisonment without exchange' urged for Hamas leader by victim's mom
2006-05-22
Kind words for Livni, Peretz and Olmert (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-05-20
Israeli barrier fence has parallels toU.S.  urban road building, with higher stakes (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-05-12
Olmert's inexperienced coalition shows strain after just one week (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-05-04
—No stars in Ehud Olmert's government; No military knowledge in Defense minister (Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-05-03
—Scholars weigh Hamas, Kadima victories during televised forum (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-04-29
Two Israeli preoccupations:  the Palestinians and the Iranians (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-04-26
—Daughter of 'Shahid' lectures to Arabs and Jews at SDSU (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-04-20
Response to Tel Aviv bombing is a model of 'coping' strategy (commentary by Ira Sharkansksy)
2006-04-07
—Jacob Goldberg lays out Israeli options if Iran develops nuclear arms (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-04-07Scholar anticipates Hamas will seek hudna, then try to arm itself  (Story by Irv Jacobs)
2006-04-07Contradictions, trendiness, and turnabouts all features of latest Israeli election—Goldberg (Story by Yiftach Levy)
2006-04-07
Is Hamas beginning to reassess the realities? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-04-06
—Ya'acov Liberman, "We'll watch Kadima dissolve from internal contradictions," jewishsightseeing.com
2006-03-17
Israeli freelance writer tells her view of the bad—Iran and Hamas—and the good—Negev development (story by Gerry Greber)
2006-03-17
—Lively 35th World Zionist Congress predicted by U.S. Mercaz delegate  (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-03-15
Jericho jailhouse raid was boon for Olmert (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-03-13
Israel after Sharon (commentary by Ya'acov Liberman)
2006-03-13
Divestment from Israel Resolution: Simon Wiesenthal Center, ADL, urge Green party to repeal Res. 190 (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-02-06
Organizer describes efforts to reverse U.S. Green party's call for Israel divestment (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-03-04
Hamas victory a public relations boon for Israel (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-02-19
Hamas and its covenant (commentary and text  provided by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-02-10
Battles over land use, religion delay Jerusalem tolerance museum (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2006-02-09—Suicide bombings: A family affair? (Story by A.M. Goldstein)
2006-02-06
Sharon, Elections and  American Memories (commentary by Muriel Goldhammer)
2006-02-06
Muslim riots and the matter of cartoons (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-02-05Israeli brigadier general says Iran, not Hamas, preoccupies Israel's military strategists (Story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-02-04
Is it the two-, one-state or no solution for Israel?(commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-01-26Meet the ex-prime minister, the comedian (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-01-26
Good and bad news of Hamas winning the Palestinian election (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-01-25:—Danoch: Much more to Israel than the Middle East conflict  (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-01-18
—Barak suggests U.S. soft-pedal criticism of Russia, China to build coalitions against Iran, North Korea (story by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-01-17
Both Labor and Likud are conceding the center to Kadima
(commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-01-12
Sharon story fading from Israeli news
(commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-01-08—Danes and Muslims (commentary by Donald H. Harrison)
2006-01-06
Sharon's stroke won't affect peace process, which was illusory
(commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2006-01-05
Will Kadima's unity survive Ariel Sharon's stroke?
(commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
-2005-

2005-12-26
On Palestinian rockets and East Jerusalem ballots (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-12-20
With Moshe Feiglin piling up Likud votes, how far right? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-12-13
Israeli elections: knaves versus fools? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-12-05
—Netanyahu urges bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities but things have changed since Iraq of 1981 (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-11-13
America's road-mappers just will have to be patient with Israel's vigorous democracy (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-11-10
On U.S. politics and Iraq
and  Israel's Labor politics (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-11-02
Israeli civil rights group petitions for end to sonic booms over Gaza (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-10-28
Iranian president and Islamic Jihad: Have they helped Israel by going too far? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-10-24 Of nail clippers and censors: Trivia in the battle for security (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-10-20
Meeting between Bush and politically-weak Abbas produces nothing meaningful (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-10-13
Stability—for now—seems likely in Middle East (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-10-08
After the retaliation, what now in Gaza? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-09-24
The rockets of Hamas; the retaliation of Israel (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-09-13
Messy Gaza disengagement adds new uncertainty to Israeli politics
2005-09-03
Groveling before Pakistan (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2005-08-25
The post-Gaza Hamas challenge (commentary by Sanford Goodkin)
2005-08-22
Gaza a harbinger of transformation (commentary by Sanford Goodkin)
2005-08-18
Correspondence with a religious friend in Gaza (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)

2005-08-11
Gaza-Gazing (Commentary by Bruce Kesler)
2005-08-11
Fire in the Sky: before air forces flamed out  (book review by Norman Manson)
2005-08-10
Cynicism greets Netanyahu's resignation and timing (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-07-28
Religious and secular divide over Gaza withdrawal (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-07-21
Is the intifada over? (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-07-16
The calculus of retaliation (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-07-11
Israeli-Palestinian peace pays some dividends (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-07-11
We are all Israelis (Commentary by Bruce Kesler)
2005-07-02
Tensions mount as Gaza withdrawal nears
2005-06-24
Opponents may criticize, but Sharon is on top of the polls
2005-06-21
Neighborhood soccer game tests coexistence in Israel

2005-06-14
Has the intifada ended?(Commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-06-09
Missiles miss Israeli Jews, but shred Israeli opinion on Gaza pullout 
2005-05-28
Bush-Abbas meeting panics Israelis; 'Clarification' panics Palestinians
2005-05-04
Palestinian professor debates Jewish one at San Diego synagogue

2005-05-02
Academic observer reflects on those who became activists (by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-04-23
British professors march with left feet in joining Israel boycott (commentary by Ira Sharansky)
2005-04-19
Concise history of Arab-Israeli conflict good, but already outdated (Book review by Norman Manson)
2005-03-25
Journalist finds anti-Semitism on rise in three world theatres
2005-03-18
A cease fire—Middle Eastern style
2005-03-15
Anticipating the problems of the West Bank pullout and traffic jams for Yad Vashem's expansion
2005-03-07
Gaza withdrawal will advance cause of Islamic terror (commentary by Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort)
2005-02-27
In wake of Tel Aviv bombing, Palestinians must prove they want a state (commentary by Ira Sharkansky)
2005-02-25
Tel Aviv bombing prompts strong condemnation from U.S. 
2005-02-24
U.S. and Russia join in opposition to nuclear weapons for Iran, N. Korea
2005-02-22
The conundrum of the Palestinian prisoners, commentary by Ira Sharkansky
2005-02-21
Bush: peace in Middle East, end of anti-Semitism must be priorities of Europe and United States
2005-02-18
Middle East axiom: If all else fails, blame Israel; commentary by Ira Sharkansky
2005-02-18
Bush indicates he understands why Israel might attack Iran's nuclear plants
2005-02-18
Frank cites Sharon as courageous for 'standing up to his friends'
2005-02-17
Jewish House members join those of Lebanese ancestry
in saluting Hariri and urging Syria to leave Lebanon

2005-02-15
Rabbi's reflections on Arafat reprinted in Congressional Record
2005-02-13
Palestinian prisoners who served two-thirds  of term top priority for release by Israelis 
2005-02-09
Ward to work with Europeans, Arabs on Palestinian security forces
2005-02-08
White House lauds Mideast cease fire: Rice and Barnier look toward next steps
2005-02-08
Sharon announces ceasefire as Abbas, Abdullah and Mubarak join with him at Sharm-el-Sheikh
2005-02-07
Rice, Abbas tell of plan for U.S. monitoring of ceasefire
2005-02-07
U.S. outlines its plans for spending $390 million for Palestinian Authority
2005-02-07
Bush says White House meeting with Abbas will help build trust
2005-02-07
Rice suggests summit parties put 'everything on the table'
2005-02-06
Shalom: Deeds not words to determine importance of Tuesday's summit; Rice outlines roles U.S. hopes various nations will play
2005-02-06
America sees itself more in the background as Mideast parties themselves shape peace
2005-02-05
U.S. to observe, not participate in 4-party Sharm el Sheikh summit
2005-02-05
Nadler, Weiner, 13 House colleagues urge investigations into Arab nuclear programs
2005-02-05
Rice: Iran's support for terrorist rejectionists great frustration of Mideast peace process
2005-02-04
Rice, Straw warn Iran on nuclear weapons, Mideast
2005-02-03
ZOA opposes Bush plan to financially aid PA
2005-02-03
State Department commends Israeli Cabinet decision on prisoners, West Bank pullback
2005-02-02
Bush wants $350 million for Palestinian reforms; increased democracy in Egypt and Saudi Arabia; an ability for self-defense in Iraq; and an end to Syrian and Iranian support for terror
2005-02-02
Rice: U.S. may help train Palestinian security forces
2005-02-02
Germany's President Köhler delivers an emotional speech in Israel's Knesset
2005-02-02
ZOA, on behalf of religious protestors, demands Peres retract shlemazal crack
2005-02-01
U.S. State Department avoids placing blame in death of 10-year-old Palestinian girl
2005-01-31
Middle East peace impossible without a viable Palestinian state—Rice
2005-01-31
Israel to accept all Falash Mura from Ethiopia by end of 2007
2005-01-31
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to spend Feb. 6-7 in Israel, Palestinian Authority
2005-01-31
Shalom, Salam discuss peace at World Economic Forum 
2005-01-30
Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Palestinian Authority tourism professionals confer on regional travel
2005-01-30
Rice wants Palestinian Authority to dismantle rival military groups; Secretary of State parries questions during TV interviews about possibility of Israel attacking Iran's nuclear program
2005-01-29
What is U.S. policy when the lines are blurred between 'terrorism' and 'democracy?'
2005-01-28
Rice draws parallels between creating democracies in post-war Europe and in today's Middle East
2005-01-20
 
Israel okays resumption of talks with PA  as EU President Jean Asselborn tours area
2005-01-19
Sharon, weighing Qassam rocket responses, says Abbas doesn't need adjustment period
2005-01-18
Boxer spars with Rice over Iraq during Senate confirmation hearings
2005-01-18
Rice says she will be 'personally' involved as Secretary of State in Middle East peace process
2005-01-18
Japan's Machimura gets taste of Middle East 'shuttle diplomacy' 
2005-01-17 ZOA urges President Bush to keep Mahmoud Abbas far from White House

2005-01-11
Rep. Eric Cantor and White House send different signals on Abbas
2005-01-10 Lieberman congratulates Mahmoud Abbas on election as Palestinian president
2005-01-02
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell 'disturbed' by Abbas-Zubeidi photo, says Abbas may need to 
'undertake operations" against terrorists 
1946-04-18 "Palestine As I Saw It," by Hyman S. Wolf