| 1.After Yassin, Hamas is Off Balance | |
| By Jonathan Schanzer The March 22 targeted assassination of Sheikh Ahmad Yassin was designed by the Israelis to strike a major blow to Hamas. Many heads of state condemned the attack, and critics further claimed that the missile strike against |
| 2.Destroying Enemies Before They Destroy Us | |
| by Amira Schiff The decision to target Yassin was taken at the cabinet level following the double suicide bombing in Ashdod. That attack was perceived as a major step up in terror activity because it targeted a chemical material storage |
| 3.Gaza All Over Again: The Yassin Killing | |
| by Ehud Eiran He was the “de facto” ruler of Gaza and represented a revolution that challenged Israel’s right to exist. Finally, it was his involvement in Palestinian terror attacks against Israel that led to his assassination. On July 19th |
| 4.Israel’s foremost challenge | |
| by Amira Schiff The 56th Independence Day of the State of Israel should be a time for complacently reviewing the country’s many achievements since its establishment. Yet this year we find ourselves mired in one of the most difficult periods |
| 5.Israel’s Foremost Challenge(2) | |
| Ehud Eiran Israel’s 56th birthday is a reminder that not everything Abraham Lincoln argued is empirically correct. Contrary to Lincoln’s claim in his 1858 senatorial nomination acceptance speech, Israel’s continuing existence demonstrates that in some cases, a house divided against |
| 6.The Killing of Sheikh Yassin is another in a Long Line | |
| Jeremy Pressman As international peacekeepers flowed into Beirut and PLO fighters withdrew from the city, then Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon was confident that the Israeli siege of Beirut had been a success. “I believe,” he said in late August |