Testimony at the UN
unwatch.org 10/16/2009 — Self-Defense is not a Crime of War UN Watch Oral Statement Delivered by Colonel Richard Kemp , 16 October 2009 UN Human Rights Council: 12th Special Session Thank you, Mr. President. I am the former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan. I ...

In defense of Israel
powerlineblog.com 10/24/2009 — On October 16 the UN Human Rights Council held an emergency debate on the Goldstone Report condemning Israel's conduct during Operation Cast Lead. According to UN Watch , the debate featured the usual "line-up of the world's worst abusers ...

Start-Up Nation
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com 18 days ago — Every once in a while a book comes along that reveals a startling gap in our understanding of the world, our passions and desires, and ourselves.   Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle   is such a book. The ...

Fighting the Lies Harder Than Fighting the War -- By: Mona Charen
article.nationalreview.com 18 days ago — T he war over the war in Gaza is heating up. Next week, the United Nations General Assembly will consider the tendentious Goldstone Report, the highest profile exercise in blaming the victim in the U.N.’s tawdry history. Simultaneously, lawyers in ...

Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 10/5/2009 — The IDF is concerned that Hamas is planning to resettle thousands of displaced Gazans in caravans and temporary homes along the border with Israel, defense officials said on Sunday. The army learned recently of the plan, initiated by Hamas Housing ...

Why we won't listen to Goldstone
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 10/1/2009 — Writing in YNet on Wednesday, Tel Aviv University professor Aeyal Gross urges Israelis to listen to the Goldstone Commission report, claiming - despite all evidence to the contrary - that it looked into the conduct of both sides in the Gaza conflict. ...

Hamas Seeks New Doctrine after Gaza War Failures (Guest Voice)
themoderatevoice.com 9/16/2009 — Hamas Seeks New Doctrine after Gaza War Failures by Jonathan Spyer Hamas has undertaken a major process of examination and investigation into its deeply flawed performance in the course of Operation Cast Lead, sources say. The review process is aimed at developing a new doctrine for Hamas ...

The Goldstone Commission on human shields: Lies and damned lies
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 9/16/2009 — I mentioned earlier that the Goldstone Commission report is 574 pages long. I have it sitting open on my computer, but finding the time to read it in its entirety... isn't likely to happen anytime soon. So I thought I would do some searching to try to ...

Report: Israel Knows Exactly Where Shalit Is
israelnationalnews.com 10/4/2009 — (IsraelNN.com) A report in the London-based Arabic daily ash-Sharq al-Awsat, quoting Israeli officials, says that the IDF knows "exactly" where kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit is being held, and that the location is under constant Israeli ...

Officials say that Hamas is tunneling near UN facilities | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 7/27/2009 — Hamas is digging tunnels next to United Nations facilities under the assumption that the IDF will not target them during a future conflict, defense officials warned on Sunday. The officials said a tunnel Hamas had been digging adjacent to a UN school ...

Holbrook foresees less fraud in Afghan runoff (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/24/2009
AP - The Obama administration's coordinator of policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan offered an upbeat outlook Friday for avoiding extensive cheating in the Nov. 7 Afghan presidential runoff election.

Sunday talk show tip sheet — POLITICO.com: Politics 10/24/2009
This weekend's shows will be dominated by health care reform and Afghanistan's Nov. 7 presidential run-off.

Is Afghanistan Obama's Vietnam? — CNN.com - Politics 10/24/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan isn't going to end up like Vietnam. A majority of Americans don't agree and don't want to get in any deeper, but even they don't like the alternative.

Karzai supports troop increase, not occupation — CNN.com - Politics 10/24/2009
Afghan president Hamid Karzai says troops in Afghanistan should provide security but not appear to be an occupying force

German politicians agree to form new government (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 10/24/2009
AP - Germany's new center-right coalition government pledged Saturday to reform the health-care system, cut taxes and pull all remaining nuclear weapons from the country, a promise that could hurt relations with NATO already strained over the military ...