When the Americans were planning their campaign in Iraq, they reckoned the forces that would try to prevent the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime would be the Republican Guard divisions, special forces and the secret police. They were contemptuous of the regular Iraqi army, and practically didn’t take into account the popular militias. Now, it […]

For all those of you who think that only war poses risks for innocent people, I would like to tell you of our experiences here in Israel. Nine years ago, we in Israel, encouraged by our own Peace-Nowers, signed a Peace Accord with a known terrorist, pulled our army out, handed him land and then […]

Netanya was once again the scene of a major bombing attack today, though this time, miraculously, no one was killed. It was just a year and three days ago that a Palestinian terrorist blew himself up in a Netanya hotel where hundreds of people were celebrating the Passover Seder, killing no fewer than 29 people. […]

SEVRAN, France – Jérémy Bismuth is Jewish, though he doesn’t wear a yarmulke or Star of David pendant or adhere to a Kosher diet or leave school early on Fridays to be home before sunset. Nothing identifies the 15-year-old French boy as Jewish except his birth. Yet because he is a Jew, he was attacked […]

GAZA CITY – Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday in their biggest show of support ever for Iraq, burning effigies of Western leaders and urging Saddam Hussein to attack Israel. The marches could prove embarrassing for Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority which, while speaking out against the […]

BELGRADE, March 27 (JTA) — Wandering round the vast, neglected site straddling Belgrade’s Sava river, Aleksandar Mosic admits his project is ambitious. Mosic, a former board member of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia, wants to recreate the Belgrade Fair exhibition ground and thus build a proper memorial to the victims of what he […]

Families in Judea, Samaria and Gaza will be particularly hurt by the new economic plan, as they fall into many of the hardest-hit categories. They are often large families (whose child allowances will be cut) living in peripheral geographical area (whose income tax benefits will be disallowed or reduced), with added security costs (some of […]

Two International Red Cross workers attempted to prevent the IDF from arresting a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist today. An IDF Egoz unit entered the Red Cross building in Jenin today, arrested the terrorist’s accomplice, and found two Kalachnikov rifles at the site. When the soldiers asked to enter the offices, the two female workers – […]

TO: ZOA Executive Directors ZOA Regional Leaders Friends of Israel Around the U.S. FROM: Morton A. Klein National President Zionist Organization of America Bush’s “Road Map” Plan Will Lead to the Creation of a Palestinian Arab Terrorist State     President Bush has said that he will soon present Israel with a “Road Map” plan that […]

For Rabbi Alan Henkin, the next few weeks might be the most difficult of his life. His son, Michael Henkin, is one of the more than 200,000 American military personnel deployed in the Persian Gulf area. The 21-year-old Army specialist, now in Kuwait, could quickly find himself near the front lines if war with Iraq […]