Posted on July 3, 2008 by samser
Today’s bizarre attack in downtown Jerusalem has Israelis searching for answers.
We don’t know yet why Husam Taysir Dwayat went on his rampage, whether it was planned – or even if it is, in fact, linked to Palestinian terrorism.
But, since Israelis need to find a lesson in every event, we are all searching for connections, trying to find a pattern.
What is striking, [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by samser
In the latest confirmation of my report on the Egypt-Israel border situation, Egyptian border guards on Tuesday shot dead a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel.
The AP report:
Egyptian border guards kill Sudanese migrant in Sinai
RAFAH, Egypt: An Egyptian health official says border guards have killed a Sudanese migrant who was allegedly trying to cross illegally [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2008 by samser
Talks between Syria and Israel make perfect sense. If you’re Bashar Assad, that is.
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by samser
A highway in disrepair and an ineffective fence make Israel’s southern border almost impossible to defend
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by samser
‘There’s a tendency to blame the Egyptians for what’s going on at the border, and the truth is that they don’t do much’
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by samser
They advance toward Israel’s southern border, their only obstacle an insignificant coil of barbed wire, in hopes of joining the thousands like them who have already found refuge in the Promised Land
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by samser
The sudden growth of a state-sponsored voluntary national service program is being quietly celebrated by the government - and loudly condemned by the Arab community
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by samser
Pan-Arab nuclear power is as real a prospect as ever
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by samser
In Lebanon, where so little is simple, the standoff at Nahr el-Bared is much more than meets the eye
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Posted on April 29, 2008 by samser
If Israel is to stand a chance against organized crime, it’ll need to use every one of
its new legal weapons in a war that has until now gone wrong more often than right
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