Kishkushim خربطات קישקושים

It's always amusing to see journalists and academic critics belittling Israeli security concerns, which these know-it-alls dismiss as a ...

The video is not currently up unfortunately: Footage of a presenter on the Arabic language television station  Al-Arabiya apparently confirm...

I wonder if the Knesset members from the Arab parties will mention these victims of Hamas's rocket attacks in their speeches : One Israe...

Video: Israel's Foreign Ministry Addresses the People of Gaza Let's assume that Hamas is a rational political actor. What did the or...

Image: Map Showing Entry Points into Gaza (Source: Palestine Trade Center ) Once in a while, we read accounts of qassam rockets landing insi...

Photo: Amos Yadlin ( IDF ) The capabilities that the Palestinians demonstrated with yesterday's rocket attack on Ashqelon are impressive...

The katyusha or Grad rocket attack on Ashqelon today surely marks a new chapter in the war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist gro...

Most of the IDF activity is taking place around Jabaliyah (Map: Perry Castaneda , click to enlarge) What we are seeing so far is eerily remi...

This map shows Ashqelon, north of Gaza (Map: Perry-Castanada) Today's escalation in qassam rocket fire makes for an interesting case stu...

While the much-anticipated Gaza offensive by the IDF is far from operational, it appears that the Palestinians are planning an offensive of ...

The Israeli Navy Ship Hanit ("Spear") There is an excellent article by the ever-dependable Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff detaili...

Map from Wikipedia Steven Erlanger's story on the front page of today's New York Times (print edition) is, to my knowledge, the fir...

The Kisufim ("Yearnings") Crossing, marked in orange The thwarted attempt by Palestinian militants to capture an Israeli soldier n...

Bitkhonists stirring the Helba Pressure is mounting among the type of " bitkhonists," mentioned previously by Jeha , for the army...

Sderot synagogue hit by a qassam. The photograph of R. Ovadia Yosef (right) and the painting of the youthful Baba Sali [I think] (left) wer...

Exodus to Be'er Sheva As I said last week , it was only a matter of time before one of the qassam rockets among the barrage fired at the...