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April 2009 Israel News Review |
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4/27/2009 • Jerusalem |
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Click here for this month’s news and analysis report covering important developments in Israel and the Middle East during April. It centers this time on the increasingly worrisome role that Iran is playing in destabilizing the region. This was especially illustrated by the cracking of an Iranian-backed terrorist ring operating in the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, mainly designed to kidnap and kill Israeli tourists while smuggling more Iranian arms into the nearby Gaza Strip. This in turn led to a war of words between Cairo and Tehran. The issue of Iran was also front and center as Binyamin Netanyahu assumed the mantle of Israeli Prime Minister early in the month, along with Israel’s increasing economic woes.
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March 2009 Israel News Review |
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3/23/2009 • Jerusalem |
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Click for this month’s Israel news and analysis report, which examines attempts during March by Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu to form a coalition government. I also detail parallel attempts by the Palestinians to end the bitter rift between Hamas and the PLO Fatah movement, and review failed diplomatic efforts during the month to free an IDF soldier kidnapped by Hamas in 2007. |
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February 2009 Israel News Review |
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2/23/2009 • Jerusalem |
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Click for this month’s Israel news and analysis report, which takes a detailed look at the country’s recent national elections and the formation of a new government led by former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. I also examine how such a government is likely to deal with Hamas--which continues to lob rockets at Israeli communities one month after being pummelled by Israeli military forces--and the festering Iranian nuclear threat.
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January 2009 Israel News Review |
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1/28/2009 • Jerusalem |
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This new year saw Israel at war once again, this time a three week conflict with the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, which is naturally the main focus of the January news review. I look at the main points of the conflict, detailing casualties on both sides and other facts, plus give a short commentary on what went on and why, and what might lie ahead. I also briefly look at the upcoming Israeli national elections, and a big natural gas find off of Israel's northern coast.
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ALL OUT WAR |
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12/29/2008 • Jerusalem |
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak told an emergency Knesset session on Monday that Israel was engaged in “all out war” with Hamas and its radical Islamic allies. He said the operation will continue and widen until the government’s goals were achieved. He noted that the widening conflict was forced upon Israel by Hamas and its Muslim allies. Israeli leaders are concerned that Iran--which has called for all Muslims to rise up and defend Hamas--might order the Hizbullah militia in Lebanon to join the growing conflict. |
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December 2008 Israel News Review |
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12/22/2008 • Jerusalem |
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Click for my latest news and analysis report covering major developements in Israel and the region during the last month of 2008. With the ceasefire now officially over between Hamas and Israel, the prospect of major IDF military action in the Gaza Strip is examined. I also look at the latest political news as Israelis prepare to vote in a new government next February 10. |
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November 2008 Israel News Review |
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11/23/2008 • Jerusalem |
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Here is my latest Israel News Update, focusing on the renewed Palestinian rocket attacks and the prospects of a major Israeli military response. I also examine the latest pre-election news in Israel and nuclear-related developments with Syria and Iran. |
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OCTOBER 2008 ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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10/27/2008 • Jerusalem |
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Click here for this months Israel news and analysis report, which focuses on Foreign Minister’s Tzipi Livni’s failure to form a new coalition government, meaning Israel is heading to fresh elections early next year. Late reports say the date will probably February 10. The news that Israel is heading for a new national vote was confirmed by President Shimon Peres today.
In this month's report, I also examine Arab-Jewish clashes which rocked a northern Israeli town during the month, escalating inter-Palestinian tensions which could explode into new violence in the coming months, Muslim allegations that a Jewish conspiracy is behind the worldwide economic meltdown, and how Israel is responding to the latest annihilationist statements from Iran.
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SEPTEMBER 2008 ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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9/22/2008 • Jerusalem |
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This month’s Israel news and analysis report focuese on the dramatic resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and attempts by his apparent successor, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, to form a new coalition government. Analysts predict she will have a tough time stitching together a viable government, as detailed in this report. Meanwhile former premier Binyamin Netanyahu is pushing hard for new national parliamentary elections, which most polls show would probably bring him back to power. All of this is taking place amid alarming reports that Iran is already constructing nuclear weapons and making preparations to place them on long-range warheads that can easily reach targets in Israel. |
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AUGUST ISRAEL NEWS REVIEW |
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8/25/2008 • Jerusalem |
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Click for this month’s Israel news and analysis report. It naturally focuses on Ehud Olmert’s announcement that he will step down as Prime Minister after a new Kadima party leader is elected next month. I detail who might follow him as Israel’s next leader and what that might mean for the country and region. I also examine continuing high tension along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where Hizbullah is threatening to attack Israel yet again, and look at recent important developments with the Palestinians and Iran. Russia’s resurgence as a possible military threat to Israel is also included.
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