The United States Ambassador to Israel, Dan Kurtzer, was reprimanded over the weekend by the Cabinet Secretary, following his call last week to Israelis to pressure the government to reach peace with the Palestinians. Upon the instructions of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Kurtzer was summoned on Thursday for a discussion with the Cabinet Secretary, attorney […]

On again, off again. On Friday, the army placed blockades on the main Gaza highway, effectively cutting off northern Gaza from the south. The move was taken in light of terrorist warnings, but yesterday afternoon the road was re-opened. By evening, Palestinian terrorists had shot at Israeli cars at the Gush Katif junction – one […]

On March 3 last year, I picked up a message on my service: “Mr. Jonas, my name is Jim Welsh,” the flat American voice said. “I’m curious about something regarding the Munich Olympic massacre that you wrote about many years ago. I worked in the Palestinian section of the National Security Agency, and I am […]

As I descended the steps leading from the airplane to the Ben Gurion Airport runway I was overwhelmed by mixed feelings. While I was already missing my friends and family back in Florida, I was excited to get back home to Kfar Darom. To my pleasant surprise our home, after many nights of Mordechai’s sleep […]

Today’s complex terrorist attempt ended with the death of the would-be murderer and the wounding of a soldier and a policeman. The incident began around 7 AM this morning when an Arab burst through an army checkpoint near Kalkilye, running over and moderately wounding a soldier in the process. The terrorist continued onto Petach Tikvah, […]

Amidst the wave of major terror attacks that continue to hit Israeli citizens at the rate of one every 2-3 days, the European Union is engaged in formulating a condemnation of none other than – Israel. The EU is miffed at Israel for causing $17 million worth of damage to EU-sponsored projects in the course […]

The PA is getting ready to take its war against Israel a step further. Arabs of the autonomous areas have set up rocket launchers in cities adjacent to pre-1967 Israel. Israel’s defense establishment has received information from several sources to the effect that Hamas recently transferred a small number of launchers and Kassem-2 shells from […]

Shortly after noon today, a suicide terrorist – a woman, for the first time – blew herself up in downtown Jerusalem, only dozens of meters from the site of the shooting attack only five days ago. Pinchas Tukatli, 81, was killed in the blast; one woman is reported to be in very serious condition, three […]

The IDF announced last night that it had killed a senior Hamas commander who was in the process of preparing a terrorist attack against Israelis. Bakar Hamdan, 27, was successfully targeted by an army helicopter gunship missile attack in Khan Yunis, and two persons driving with him were wounded. Hamdan was responsible for dozens of […]

NEW YORK- NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the State Department to rescind a speaking invitation to an extremist whose organization has publicly praised the Hezbollah terrorists; who has signed a letter calling for the destruction of Israel; who has strongly suggested that Israel might have carried out the September 11 […]