Moshe Arens

National civilian service is no substitute for military service. It is not better than nothing.

The administration in Washington is trying to force on Israel a peace settlement with the Palestinians.

Herzl would have been disappointed to learn that it would take Jewish military power to establish the Jewish state and guarantee its survival.

Haig's support was not only based on the rationale that the U.S. and Israel had shared strategic interests.

The Druze community, as well as the Circassians in Israel, has for the past 50 years been the living proof that you don't have to be Jewish to be a loyal citizen of Israel or to share with Israel's Jewish citizens the burden of defending the country.

The Druze community, as well as the Circassians in Israel, has for the past 50 years been living proof that you don't have to be Jewish to be a loyal citizen of Israel or to share in the burden of defending the country

"Navigating Perilous Waters: An Israeli Strategy for Peace and Security" by Ephraim Sneh, Yedioth Ahronoth Books, Sifrei Hemed, 125 pages, NIS 78

Israel is already a bi-national state – a state in which two nationalities reside, Jews and Arabs. The government's best bet is to encourage aliyah from the Diaspora and to better integrate Arab citizens into Israeli society.

The Palestinian President can't meet the basic requirement that a treaty must end the conflict, with no further acts of terror launched by Palestinians against Israel.

The desire to have ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and Arab young men enter the work force must not be confused with the principle of having the burden of defending the country shared by all. Entering the work force is beneficial for those who do so and for the country as a whole, but it is not a substitute for military service.

Kim Jong-un's threats of nuclear annihilation can be chalked up to a lot of chatter and very little substance, but consider how the same threats could sound if coming from Iran. Such a reality is fast approaching.

The time has come to address the reticence of the Jewish leaders in America and pre-state Israel during the Shoah.

Since the resulting effects of major changes to the electoral system cannot be predicted with certainty, it is best to act with caution, and proceed gradually.

The Israelis who expected Obama to pressure Netanyahu during his Israel visit sold the U.S. president short.

Due to an unnatural alliance the party has lost seats, but it has not lost its way.

The separation fence does not prevent terror attacks, but it is a blight on the land and a burden on the Palestinians.

Israel has been fooled not once, not twice, but at least five times in a quest for peace that has gone nowhere.

What is needed is a good dose of leadership plus party loyalty by party leaders, whether they win or lose internal elections.

There is no doubt that Yair Lapid profited from the way of thinking of more 'rational' voters, who calculated he would join a Netanyahu-led government.

What should have been clear all along - to the State Comptroller, and to the representatives of the media - is that the responsibility for the state of affairs in the defense establishment rests squarely on the shoulders of the defense minister

It is high time that legislation limiting the government's authority to use the IDF to the needs of the defense of the country be introduced in the Knesset. In the absence of such a law it is by now hopefully clear that law enforcement is not one of the IDF's missions, and that that task is best left to the police.

Daniel Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, was the U.S. Senate's most senior member, a military hero and a unique American success story.

Why the Likud, a democratic party with strong roots among the Israeli electorate, agreed to share a ticket with a one-man party is anyone's guess. The merger is bound to lose votes.

If Operation Pillar of Defense's mission was to free the civilian population of southern Israel from the recurrent threat of rocket attacks by terrorists from the Gaza Strip, then it missed its mark.

Preventing the recurrence of rocket attacks on Israel's towns and villages in the coming months requires the cooperation of the Egyptian government.

On the most important issue facing Israel in the years to come - the integration of the country's Arab minority into society - there is an unbridgeable gulf between Lieberman's views and Likud's.

Judge Levy and his committee pointed out that the generally accepted theory that Israel was an occupying power in Judea and Samaria was false and that Jewish settlement there was not contrary to international law.

The line taken by Haaretz editorials is repugnant to many who could be readers of the paper, but who will not go near it at the present time. As the customer base of Haaretz shrinks from day to day, can it survive?

Israel entered the Yom Kippur War in denial, unlike the Egyptians, who realized they do not need an air force to math the IAF.

Like the rest of us, Israel's Arabs do not like to be offended, but most of them can take it without flying off into a wild rage. They have undergone a gradual process of modernization.

The idea that Obama, if reelected, will let rancor toward Netanyahu get the upper hand in making decisions concerning Israel is ridiculous and reflects complete ignorance of the American system of government

Israel Aircraft Industries and the Israeli economy missed a great opportunity. If not for the aborted Lavi project, IAI could have become a large Israeli industry, competing with the best and greatest aeronautical industries, producing the world's finest aircraft.