American Interests: an Obama Age Mystery

Much is being said and written about the new agreement between Iran and the US, France, Russia, China, the UK and Germany which is supposed to halt Iran’s atomic weapons program. While the full details of the deal may not be known, it is nevertheless extremely pertinent to question and maybe track America’s logic in driving towards this agreement.

A Souvenir From King David

If you ask Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, head of the seven-year archaeological dig at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Ella Valley, there is no question that 3,000 years ago there was a strong and independent Jewish Kingdom in the Land of Israel • The completion of the excavations, and the uncovering of an expansive royal palace last week, drives what may turn out to be the last nail in the coffin of Biblical Minimalism, which has tried to destroy the ancient tradition of a sovereign Jewish Kingdom in the Land of Israel

The Israel Democracy Institute and the Nonpolitical Politicization of the IDF

Writing secret documents in cooperation with the IDF and concealing them from public scrutiny, attempting to shape a collective historical consciousness, PR campaigns to pressure vacillating public opinion on the Disengagement, alleging that the IDF gives settlers preferential treatment, urging top ranking IDF officers to demand the Government’s change of policy, recommending the scaling-down of […]