It has hardly been worth the effort. In fields targeted by the Israeli air force, the burnt land can scarcely support a harvest and the return is expected to be very low.
“They’ve poisoned our land. Nothing can be done, not even with fertiliser. Where we used to harvest 20 kilogrammes, we are not getting more [...]

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A former U.S. ambassador explains how both countries worked to rebuild their long-standing friendship in the wake of 9-11.
Why things got better
The U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia has improved in many ways during the past three years, and not just on the security front. It is a significant but not well-known success story in the [...]

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According to Israeli intelligence analysts, Syrian patience will hold out until early 2009. Assad is counting on a Democratic White House lifting the embargo on Syria and convincing Israel to renew negotiations. By then, Syria will have completed its arms procurement program, and Iran may also have completed its nuclear program. On the other hand, [...]

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SYDNEY (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flurry of meetings with Asia-Pacific leaders here in recent days inspired the inevitable headline in at least one Australian daily: “The Russians Are Coming.”
On the sidelines of a regional summit along with 20 other world leaders, Putin had a slightly different message: the Russians are here to [...]

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What’s so nefarious about Jews exercising their right to speech?
A crop of Israel’s critics–most prominently Jimmy Carter and now Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, the authors of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”–have managed something of a feat: They express no concerns about the massive pro-Arab effort, funded in significant measure by foreign oil [...]

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VIENNA, Austria — Chief nuclear inspector Mohamed ElBaradei is coming under intense pressure for his handling of the Iran file, with the United States and key allies accusing him of overstepping his authority, diplomats said Sunday.
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Pakistan remains big buyer, but from artillery systems to missiles, combat aircraft to guns and ammo, Dhaka now tops China’s list of importers; India’s only export: six anti-aircraft guns to Lanka in ‘05
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8:While Islamabad remains Beijing’s traditional business partner when it comes to weapons and military equipment, it’s Dhaka that’s emerging as [...]

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Daniel Yergin’s first prize-winning book, Shattered Peace, was a history of the Cold War. Afterwards the young academic star joined the energy project of the Harvard Business School and wrote the best-seller Energy Future. Following on from there, The Prize, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, is a comprehensive history of one of [...]

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Syrian military has chemical weapons but won’t be quick to use them.
In December 1991, then IDF Chief of Staff Ehud Barak stated that Syria’s chemical capability “is greater than that of Iraq.” Two plants manufacturing chemical weapons are located in Allepo in northern Syria, and Scud missiles armed with chemical weapons are deployed in al-Safir [...]

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Israel’s Ambassador to UN: This was first all-out war between secular democracy and fanatic regime.
The Second Lebanon War was a confrontation between Israel and Iran, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Gillerman said Sunday morning during an international conference on counter-terrorism in Herzliya.
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