Tuesday, 27 January 2009


Today's Top Stories

Hamas breaches ceasefire - kills IDF soldier
An Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded Tuesday when the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization attacked an IDF patrol near the Kissufim Junction on the Gaza-Israel "border." The strike, which may have been an abduction attempt by the ...

Carter sees 'unique' chance to direct Obama's Mideast policy
JERUSALEM - Former US President Jimmy Carter, who has repeatedly refused to recognize his irrelevance in the Middle East and the bankruptcy of the ideas he first promulgated while in the White House nearly three decades ago, this week said ...

Commentary - Jerusalem Watchman
Obama engages the Middle East
The new president has wasted no time in identifying who he wants to be friends with, reaching out to the PLO and to the Arab-Muslim world. Where this leaves Israel is clear.

Security expert: Iran could have nuke material this year
While the world's nations dilly-dally around dealing effectively with the Iranian effort to acquire nuclear weapons with which to wipe out Israel, the Islamist regime continues to race ahead in its efforts to get "the bomb." Iran is only the ...

'Bibi' positions himself to win
Two weeks before Israelis got to the polls to elect a new government and political leader, Likud Party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu is dancing around hot topics that, were he to take a solid stand on them, would scupper his chances ...

Commentary - Jerusalem Watchman
But, Mr Prime Minister: Hamas HAS won
“I cannot entertain the notion that any Israeli would tell the Hamas that they basically won. If someone does this, I will face off against him with full force.” - Ehud Olmert, January 18, 2009.