The Guardian published a story of Israel agreeing to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa in 1975. Though Shimon Peres weaselly denied the report, the affair is in fact well-known and true. So yes, we offered to sell a few nuclear warheads to our close ally, so what? And it was not exactly a sale: South Africa took part in Israeli nuclear program. Likewise, Pakistan delivered several nuclear kits to Saudi Arabia in return for funding Pakistani nuclear program. Pakistan requested North... Full Story

According to Haaretz, Peres explains international outcry against Israeli construction in Jerusalem as a reaction to Sheikh Jarrah and similar projects. And he is correct. Even Arabs used to keet quiet about Israeli construction in predominantly Jewish districts of Jerusalem. But Israeli construction on Sheikh Jarrah provoked an outcry, and now foreign leaders oppose all the construction because they do not know whether a particular project is in a Jewish or Arab neighborhood. Sheikh Jarrah... Full Story

As Shimon Peres drags Israel into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the staggering costs for the country were clarified. Visiting secretary-general of the OECD brought us three demands. Israel must fight corruption in her defense industry – in other words, to stop paying bribes to third world’s officials in charge of military procurement. That would leave Israel with no export markets as bribes are part of the business there. Israel must strengthen... Full Story