Israel, arms supplier to Georgia, faces indirect Russian hostility
Roy Eitan, JTAAug 14, 2008
TEL AVIV As Russian and Georgian forces battle over South Ossetia, Israel finds itself on the defensive. Though a favored armed supplier for the former Soviet...
Swap muddies the talks to free Shalit
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 25, 2008
JERUSALEM The long-awaited resolution to the Lebanese hostage crisis has cast a pall over efforts to retrieve the Israeli soldier held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip....
Grim homecoming
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 18, 2008
JERUSALEM Two black caskets, laid out by Hezbollah officials on the sun-drenched tarmac of a Lebanese border crossing, unceremoniously put to rest one of Israels...
Swap: MIAs’ families hope for closure
Roy Eitan, JTAJul 03, 2008
JERUSALEM Two years after they disappeared into Lebanese captivity, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev are returning to Israel. But its unlikely to be a happy...
Truce for now…is war next?
Roy Eitan, JTAJun 26, 2008
JERUSALEM While nowhere near coexistence, Israel and Hamas are trying out an accommodation of sorts with an Egyptian-brokered truce in the Gaza Strip. The deal came...
Tommy Lapid, brash political figure, dies
Roy Eitan, JTAJun 06, 2008
TEL AVIV Yosef Lapid, among the most politically incorrect figures of Israeli politics, died of cancer Sunday, June 1, 2008. He was 77. Known to friends and foes...
