by Lonnie Lane What’s your picture of Israel today? What do you think it looks like? The media often makes it seem like Israel is barely hanging on, in crisis all the time, and losing the battle. Such is surely not the case. The media won’t give you even a remotely adequate picture of life […]

  What It Means To Be A Citizen Of Israel    Commentary by Sarah Ann Haves    “I declare that I will be a loyal citizen of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.” These are the words that candidates for Israeli citizenship will have to declare if the Israeli cabinet approves […]

  Israel’s Right To The Land — Direct Talks with the Palestinians    Commentary by Sarah Ann Haves    A second round of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians begin on Tuesday, September 14. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly talked about reaching an “historic compromise” with his “partner for peace”, Palestinian […]

  U.S.-Israel Relations — Still Strong As Ever?    by Sarah Ann Haves  According to recent statistics highlighted at the Herzliya Conference in Tel Aviv last week, currently 46% of Americans sympathize with Israel — a number that has been consistent since 1967. Less than 12% of Americans sympathize with the Palestinian cause. What’s disturbing […]

  Strategic Cooperation — Deeper Ties between Israeli and Christian Leaders   By Sarah Ann Haves  The New Year on the Hebrew calendar, 5770, began on the eve of September 18th, as Christians and Jews from all over the world began their journey to Israel to celebrate the Fall Feasts. Among them, more than 1500 believers […]

Israeli Diplomacy in the Face of European Anti-Semitism   By Sarah Ann Haves  In recent days, a rift has been caused between the Israeli and Swedish governments over false reporting in a Swedish newspaper which accused Israel of blood libel. The popular Swedish daily, Aftonbladet, with a reported mass circulation of just under 1.5 million copies daily, […]

Durban II: The Latest War on Israel by Shira Sorko-Ram A few days before 9/11, the United Nations mounted its greatest-ever attack on Israel’s existence. The week-long battle raged in far-off Durban, South Africa. Not a war of physical weapons, but one that was going for the kill – and its target, center stage, was […]

  The Formation of Israel’s Next Government  By Sarah Ann Haves  The official Israeli election results from the Central Elections Committee were published in the public records today, Wednesday, February 18, 2009.  Israeli President Shimon Peres can now begin consulting with Knesset factions with the goal of determining which Knesset member should try and form […]

  As America Has Done to Israel — Update    By John McTernan The current economic meltdown can be traced back to July 2007, when President George Bush gave a speech that marked a turning point in the relationship between Israel and the United States. The following excerpt is just a portion of the new information […]

Israel’s Public Debate on Iran by Sarah Ann Haves During the past several weeks there have been clear signs that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his government, the opposition, and his allies are grappling over a preliminary strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Even within Netanyahu’s inner cabinet it has been reported that there are serious disagreements […]