Gaza Decision Correct- 
Five Years Later
22 August 2010
by Yisrael Ne’eman and Elliot Chodoff
The decision to disengage from Gaza five years ago was the correct decision, then and now. Today this is an unpopular position as many people are drawn into the populist attacks against the withdrawal in light of the rise of Hamas.  read more

Turkish "Sanctimony"

4 July 2010
By Yisrael Ne'eman
It's just business as usual in Israel. This past week PM Netanyahu sent Industry and Trade Minister Benyamin Ben Eliezar (Labor) to a secret meeting with the Turkish PM Recep Tayip Erdogen in an effort to limit the continuing fallout from the flotilla incident. read more

The Right Not to Pay Every Price for Gilad's Freedom

28 June 2010
By Yisrael Ne'eman
It is hard to believe but it finally happened.  Those opposed to the wholesale release of Palestinian terrorists at all costs in exchange for Israel's abducted soldier Gilad Shalit... read more

What Could Not Have Been

  21 August 2006  
  By Yisrael Ne'eman  

  “Would have, could have, should have,” is the common refrain concerning the past six years when the Hezbollah dug into south Lebanon with close to 15,000 katuysha rockets and thousands of launchers. read more 
 

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Elliot Chodoff and Yisrael Ne'eman founded Hamartzim Educational Services in 1989, providing seminar, lecture and guiding services throughout Israel. Both have many years of experience teaching and analyzing the Mideast "situation" and presenting it in a comprehensible fashion to the novice and veteran alike.

Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorists. read more.

 Elliot and Yisrael give lectures and courses when abroad and can arrange video-conferences for your communities.