Archive for May, 2008

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 113 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. MAY 21…. NO 113
GOVERNMENT MINISTER: ISRAEL IS NEGOTIATING WITH HAMAS: by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
Israel is holding direct negotiations with Hamas, despite a government policy prohibiting such talks, Vice Prime Minister Chaim Ramon said Monday May 19. [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 112 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. MAY 15…. NO 112
GRAD ROCKET WOUNDS SCORES IN ASHKELON MALL:
‘Bush visit will not prevent Israeli response’
Just as visiting US President George W. Bush gathered with top Israeli leaders in Jerusalem on Wednesday May 7 to pay tribute on the nation’s 60th Anniversary, a medium-range [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 111 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. MAY 11…. NO 111
PM OLMERT SUSPECTED OF ACCEPTING CASH BRIBES: by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is under police investigation for accepting cash bribes from wealthy cronies, including a well-known American businessman. The details of the suspicions against the Prime Minister were released Thursday night May 8 [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 110 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. MAY 6…. NO 110
OLMERT SCANDAL WILL “SHAKE THE COUNTRY”: by Hillel Fendel
Staffers in the Attorney General’s office said on Monday May 5, according to Army Radio, that the findings in the latest Olmert scandal collected thus far will “shake the country when they [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 109 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. MAY 1…. NO 109
AZERBAIJAN TO ALLOW IRAN NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT THROUGH:
Azerbaijan announced on Wednesday April 30 that it will allow a shipment of Russian nuclear equipment stopped at the border in March to now proceed to its destination at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.

HISTORIC FIRST: IDF CHIEF [...]

MIDDLE EAST UPDATES No 108 »

GPL … MIDDLE EAST UPDATES FROM .. APRIL 27…. NO 108
TWO ISRAELIS SHOT DEAD AT FACTORY NEAR TULKARM:
An unexpected ‘lull’ in terrorism over the Passover holiday was broken on Friday morning April 25, when at least one and perhaps two Palestinian terrorists penetrated the security barrier at the industrial complex of Nitzane Shalom, [...]

“This Is from God” - An Analysis of the 1967 Six Day War »

Celebrating forty years after the miraculous Israeli victory in the 1967 Six Day War, an analysis of the circumstances of that momentous event has recently been published by a panel of investigative journalists and historians. Its conclusion is that so many factors came together for Israel’s success that it is impossible to conclude that they [...]