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Archive for June, 2007

palestinian affairs: fatah’s final death blow

Friday, June 15th, 2007

khaled abu toameh
from the jerusalem post
june 15, 2007
Why did the Gaza Strip fall so easily and quickly into the hands of Hamas? How come Fatah, which has more than 40,000 armed men there, was defeated despite the millions of dollars and the large amounts of weapons that it received over the past year and a […]

analysis: eyes in the sky

Friday, June 15th, 2007

by yaakov katz
jerusalem post
june 11, 2007
Israel’s successful launch of the Ofek 7 on Monday should not be taken lightly. While Israel has proven numerous times that it has the ability to independently develop, manufacture and launch satellites into space, the timing of Monday’s launch was difficult to ignore.
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from columbia university on british boycott of israeli academics

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

statement by president lee c. bollinger of columbia university on the boycott of israeli academics by british university & college union
june 11, 2007
“As a citizen, I am profoundly disturbed by the recent vote by Britain’s new University and College Union to advance a boycott against Israeli academic institutions. As a university professor and president, I […]