 About
David Dolan
Broadcast Journalist,
Popular Speaker, Author
DAVID DOLAN is a Jerusalem-based
author and journalist. Born and raised in the
Pacific Northwest of the United States, he has lived
in Israel since 1980. More
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AUGUST 2010 ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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Click for this month’s Israel news and analysis report, written in Jerusalem. It could be titled “War and Peace” since it looks at the background and aftermath of the serous military confrontation which took place in early August between Lebanese Army soldiers and IDF forces, and also the resumption of US-mediated direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. News reports say Israel’s Defense Minister was close to launching a major military operation in response to the Lebanese attack. I examine the prospect that Iran was ultimately behind the border clash, and also a series of rocket attacks on Israeli and Jordanian civilian areas that preceded it. I also take a look at recent developments connected to the ongoing campaign to quash the Israeli naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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JULY 2010 ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Click for my latest Israel news and analysis report. It focuses this month on continuing efforts by pro-Hamas activists to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. All of this is coming against the backdrop of a possible regional military clash sometime in the coming weeks or months, as Hizbullah militia forces are significantly beefed up in southern Lebanon, Syria’s leader again speaks of war, and US naval vessels gather in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran. Large numbers of IDF military personnel and equipment have been positioned along the Golan Heights border with Syria and near the Lebanese border, as I witnessed with my own eyes when visiting those areas with my tour group last month. Despite this, Israeli government officials say tourism has been flourishing this year, breaking all previous records so far, including for the month of June when nearly 250,000 visitors came to the Promised Land.- Click here for the full story |
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JUNE 2010 ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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Monday, June 21, 2010
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Click for my latest Israel News Review, focusing this month on the violent clash between IDF forces and dozens of Turkish Muslim men on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea, and the continuing ripples from that dramatic incident. Some are saying the clash may signal that a new, Iranian-inspired Middle East war may be looming on the horizon. - Click here for the full story |
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