by Ann Hendon PEOPLE ARE bringing new Apple iPads into Israel. The eternally profit-seeking are buying them in the U.S., sometimes in bulk, and then selling them for a 150% markup in the Jewish state. And some just bring them in to use them. But now Israeli authorities are confiscating them on sight, claiming that the devices’ WiFi signals are Continue Reading →
Israel is concerned about some recent political developments in Hugary: Are nerves on edge? TWO reconnaissance jets of the Israeli Air Force (IASF) were seen flying across Hungary recently, approaching Budapest Airport twice but not landing, according to daily Magyar Nemzet. Istvan Bocskai, spokesman for the Hungarian Ministry of Defense (HM), told the daily that the planes possessed diplomatic permission Continue Reading →
by Gordon Duff and Brian Jobert www.opinion-maker.org WHO SAYS al-Qaeda takes credit for a bombing? Rita Katz. Who gets us bin Laden tapes? Rita Katz. Who gets us pretty much all information telling us Muslims are bad? Rita Katz? Rita Katz is the Director of Site Intelligence, the primary source for intelligence used by news services, Homeland Security, the FBI Continue Reading →
by Stephen M. Walt LAST WEEK a colleague who has been facing repeated and unfair attacks in the media and the blogosphere (for making arguments that cut against the conventional wisdom) sent around an email asking a number of friends and associates (including me) for advice on how to deal with the attacks. Having been smeared in similar fashion myself, Continue Reading →