This week marks 4 years since the tragic capture of Gilad Shalit. On June 25th 2006 Gilad Shalit was kidnapped when his unit was ambushed by Hamas terrorists: two other Israeli soldiers were killed. 4 years later Gilad Shalit is still in captivity and the pressure has been mounting on the Israeli government to exchange thousands of terrorists for his release. Gilad will celebrate his 23rd birthday inside a cell in Gaza, where 17% of his life has been lived.
By: Stanley Keyser
05/27/2010 Restoring Truth's Good Name There are two camps in Israel"s public discourse: the "truth camp" - small, colorful, dynamic and ideological; and the "apathetic camp" - large, colorless, passive and hedonistic. Both camps are liable to lead the State of Israel to catastrophe. By: Avi Sagi and Yedidia Stern
05/27/2010 Herzl's Dreams for the Holy City We just celebrated the 43rd Jerusalem day and will soon see the opening of the 36th Zionist Congress, in Jerusalem. In addition, this year we are celebrating Herzl's 150th birthday. The following article is a sheds a light upon history and provides a background to the understanding of current realities. By: Shlomo Avineri
10/29/2009 An Inherent Inconsistency?: A Jewish Democratic State Alongside the dispute regarding the Middle East conflict and forming a substantial part of it, the arguments regarding the Jewish and democratic character of the State of Israel is flourishing. This article brings to you the an analysis that refutes any allegations to the discriminative nature of State of Israel stemming from these characteristics. By: Gadi Taub
10/22/2009 An Inherent Inconsistency?: A Jewish Democratic State Alongside the dispute regarding the Middle East conflict and forming a substantial part of it, the arguments regarding the Jewish and democratic character of the State of Israel is flourishing. This article brings to you the an analysis that refutes any allegations to the discriminative nature of State of Israel stemming from these characteristics. By: Gadi Taub
05/27/2009 A Manifest: I am a Zionist Yair Lapid, a popular and current journalist revisits Zionism: a notion that some question its relevancy today: This is his Zionist manifest of a personal nature that is inseparable from the national one. In it he says that he is proud to belong to this tiny minority that influenced the world more than any other nation.
By: Yair Lapid
05/10/2009 Opinion: Netanyahu’s Dilemma : Peace or Economy? Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated on more than one occasion that the priority for his government in the Palestinian issue is economic development in the occupied territories, and only after, negotiations for a final status and the creation of a Palestinian state. Half the idea is not outlandish. However, the major problem of Israeli government’s plan is that they ignore the fact that these two things (economic development and the road to Palestinian sovereignty) are not mutually exclusive. Moreover, it is possible that the two are tied hand in hand. By:
05/10/2009 Opinion: Netanyahu’s Dilemma : Peace or Economy? Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated on more than one occasion that the priority for his government in the Palestinian issue is economic development in the occupied territories, and only after, negotiations for a final status and the creation of a Palestinian state. Half the idea is not outlandish. However, the major problem of Israeli government’s plan is that they ignore the fact that these two things (economic development and the road to Palestinian sovereignty) are not mutually exclusive. Moreover, it is possible that the two are tied hand in hand. By: Dany Bahar Colonomos
