'This past week sporadic rocket fire attacks continued targeting the western Negev; in response, the Israeli Air Force attacked a number of attack tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip. An IDF tank was attacked with an IED.

This past week another propaganda display, part of the campaign to ...

Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation, July 15, 2011

More than 60 percent of Palestinians reject a two-state solution with Israel and support the Hamas charter's call for killing Jews, according to a new poll conducted in the West Bank and Gaza.  American pollster Stanley Greenbergsurveyed more than 1,000 Palestinians in conjunction with the ...

Read more: Poll Exposes Palestinians' Peace Opposition

The National Home Front Exercise: The Improved Preparedness is not Enough

On June 19-23, 2011, the national home front exercise took place for the fifth consecutive year. The objective of the annual exercise is to improve the preparedness of the civilian front and its components – the various ...

Read more: Israel Home Front and Civilian Preparedness

This past week sporadic rocket fire and mortar shell attacks continued from the Gaza Strip. One rocket and two mortar shells fell in the western Negev.

• The organizers of the flotilla face increasing difficulties, the most consequential of which is the ban Greece placed on their sailing to the Gaza ...

  Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation, June 8, 2011

On Thursday a possibly last, straggling member of the abortive flotilla, a French yacht called the Dignity, set sail—against all odds—for Gaza. Its dignity was soon compromised when, trying to refuel in Crete, the Greek coast guard detained it. The yacht had all of eight passengers on board. 

For ...

Read more: Israel 1, Flotilla 0

Israelis to whom I spoke during a recent visit there all said the same thing: the Muslim world is a proven enemy, but they are now facing a second enemy that shows more and more its true face: the European Union and its main members.

The European Union, France, the UK, and some other European ...

Read more: Does Europe Want the Destruction of Israel?

The headline itself was unremarkable: “Clinton cautions Netanyahu not to antagonize Palestinians.” The text of the story wouldn’t raise any eyebrows either—Clinton tells Netanyahu that he shouldn’t hold up tax payments to the Palestinian leadership despite their support for terrorism, and there is ...

Read more: Back to the Future with Bibi and the Clintons

Thirty-five years ago today (July 4, 1976), an Air France flight was hijacked and diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Shortly after landing, all of the non-Jewish passengers were released and the remaining Jewish passengers were held hostage. One week after the hijacking, I commanded the first ...

Read more: Entebbe's Message 35 Years Later: Leave No Man Behind