By Arieh Eldad
Sixty-six years ago, on the twenty-fifth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat 5702 (February 12, 1942), in a little rooftop room on Mizrachi Bet Street in Tel Aviv, British detectives shot and killed Avraham Stern (known as Yair) though he was manacled at the time. The British police told the press that […]

By Arieh Eldad
Cabinet Minister Avigdor Lieberman did not resign because the Israeli government has just now put the “core issues” on the table in its negotiations with the Palestinians. The minister for strategic affairs obviously knows that Olmert and Abu Mazen have not spent the past few months chit-chatting about rising real estate prices […]

By Arieh Eldad
A few months ago, Israeli intelligence reported that Hamas in Gaza possesses anti-aircraft missiles. The Israeli government decided, secretly of course, to stop Israeli crop dusters from flying near Gaza. This was another step in the abandonment of Israeli sovereignty even within the boundaries of the Green Line.
Then Katyusha rockets were fired on […]

By Arieh Eldad
A storm erupted in Israel a few weeks ago over news reports of alleged abuse of monkeys in the laboratories of the Weizmann Institute. Many of us were shocked by pictures of monkeys whose skulls had been partially removed, with electrodes extending from their uncovered brains. The pitiful state of these monkeys was […]

By Arieh Eldad
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel recently published its annual report for 2007. The report was released to mark International Human Rights Day. The association claims that its purpose is to defend all human rights for all people in Israel. More than half of the report relates to violations of […]

By Arieh Eldad
The U.S. intelligence report that Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago hit the Israeli government like a bolt from the blue. The immediate implication is that the United States is not going to use military force against the Iranian nuclear industry. The line put forth by the Olmert […]

By Arieh Eldad
When a crime family decides to take over some stores, the head of the family usually sends a junior member to first offer the owners a paltry sum. Whoever doesn’t get the hint will soon find himself facing thugs who break his windows or his bones. Whoever still doesn’t get the hint will […]

By Arieh Eldad
Four forces operate in the material world in which we live. We are always aware of some of them: an apple falls from the tree to the ground in conformity with the laws of gravity. The plumber’s advertisement sticks to the refrigerator because of the electromagnetic force. The other two forces operate on […]

By Arieh Eldad
On May 25, 2003, following a stormy debate, the Israeli government accepted President Bush’s “Road Map,” but attached to it fourteen reservations, which were, as Ariel Sharon described them, “red lines.”
If my political biography includes any black spot, it is that I was a member of the National Union when it was a […]

By Arieh Eldad
Israeli law books contain a prohibition against money laundering. The law was meant to be a tool in the war against crime, but all over the world such laws have become effective tools in preventing the funding of terrorist organizations. In September, Israel’s security cabinet suddenly declared that the Gaza Strip is an […]