The Lebanon War: Not Yet the End.
By BRUNO NOTA Over seven months after the military confrontation with Lebanon’s Hezbollah has ended, the Israeli political and defense establishments are still trying to determine what went wrong during the summer of 2006. Justice Micha Lindenstrauss, the Israeli state...
Victimized public figures?!
By BRUNO NOTA The elder of the Israeli politicians, today a member of the Knesset and deputy prime minister Shimon Peres said once that the press has made a dictatorship impossible and the democracy unbearable. The dispute over how far...
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD Photographer David Rubinger is now 83. He still carries his camera and still takes photos. 40 years ago he was on the frontline with Israeli troops during the 6 Day War. We sat down in the shadow...
Gaza's Collapsing Economy
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD I arrived at the Erez Crossing into Gaza at 1030 in the morning. It was very quiet. After passport control, an Israeli security guard had to unlock the door leading to the concrete lined passage that takes...
Protests Planned Against Olmert
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD On Thursday night thousands of Israelis are expected to demonstrate in Rabin Square in the heart of Tel Aviv. The demonstration is advertised as a popular message to the country’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. The message is...
It's Almost Over...
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD It’s almost over. Hamas gunmen have taken over one of Fatah’s last remaining strongholds, the Preventive Security Building in Gaza City. Members of the Hamas military wing now control most of the Gaza Strip. There are checkpoints...
Decisive Battle in Gaza?
By SIMON MCGREGOR-WOOD Hamas is on the brink of taking over the Gaza Strip. Itâs new armed wing, the so-called âExecutive Forceâ only numbers several thousand but it is well trained, highly motivated and most importantly, well armed. The fighting...