Jews are famous for trying to avoid problems by paying for them. When Yitzchak Shamir was prime minister and the first “intifada” was in full swing, rather than simply shoot the hooligans and be done with the problem, he chose to avoid creating “bad publicity” by allowing the stoning to continue and arranging for the […]

JERUSALEM — When Arnold Schwarzenegger came under fire during the California recall campaign for past remarks praising Adolf Hitler’s speaking skills and former Austrian president Kurt Waldheim, his staunchest defender was the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Schwarzenegger appeared to return the favor last week when he announced the formation of his 68-member transition team. The governor-elect […]

(a) ARUTZ-7 RADIO OFF-AIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE From: Arutz-7 Editor feedback@israelnationalnews.com In light of today’s court ruling convicting ten Arutz-7 directors and staff members of broadcasting without a license, A7 stopped its radio broadcasts at 5 PM this afternoon. It issued the following message: * “To the precious and loyal listening public of Arutz-7, may […]

Last week, Palestinian terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic convoy in Gaza, killing three American security contractors attached to our embassy in Tel Aviv. Some Palestinian officials panicked, lest this latest atrocity further alienate them from the Bush administration (which, after all, provides part of the Palestinian Authority’s funding). So the P.A. denounced the attack with […]

Sheikh Mansour Al-Rifa’i ‘Ubeid, formerly Egypt’s Under Secretary for Religious Affairs in charge of mosques and the Koran, wrote an article in the religious weekly Aqidati, which is published by the official Egyptian daily Al-Gumhuriya. The article titled “Treason and Deception are in Their Blood,” attacks Jews. The following are excerpts from the article: [1] […]

Voice of Israel’s Reshet Bet, Israel’s most listened-to station, broadcast on its 10:30 news flash this morning that IDF forces killed a terrorist as he and an accomplice tried to climb the border fence in Gaza near Kibbutz Nachal Oz. The broadcast stated blankly, “the terrorists were not armed.” The report neglected to mention, however, […]

The Nazis finally caught up with my father in 1967. I was only sixteen years old when he succumbed to the heart disease contracted through an untreated infection in the concentration camp. At roughly the same age, in 1944, my father had been thrust into the hell of Auschwitz and seen his parents selected for […]

Dr. Nir Barzilai – “We don’t have all the answers for why some people live healthily into their tenth and eleventh decades, but our findings bring us a step closer to understanding the role that genes play in longevity.” Researchers discover genetic marker for lung cancer Discovery of Beduin gene may be key to anemia […]

Of the 3,787,860 Israelis eligible to vote in local municipal elections today, a record few of them cast their ballots. Israel’s Arabs though, have shown up in overwhelming numbers to exercise their right to vote – something most Arabs of the Middle East don’t have the opportunity to do. A record 93 percent of Abu […]

When I got to Rutgers University in New Jersey last month, I almost forgot I was on a college campus. The atmosphere was far from the cool, button-down academic reserve typical of such institutions. It was more reminiscent of a battlefield. My arrival was greeted by a noisy demonstration of Palestinian and Jewish students holding […]