A Powerpoint Presentation on Gush Katif

This week Israelis observed Memorial Day and celebrated Independence Day. I have believed for years that the best way to commemorate these days is by turning them into a battle against the loss of perspective. Memorial Day is the more troubling of the two days. The problem is that Israelis have lost their sense of […]

Ben-Gurion University As the head of the Anxiety and Stress Research Unit at Israel’s Beersheva Mental Health Center for the past decade, Dr. Hagit Cohen knows too well that there are currently no medications that directly address the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In recent years, reaction to extreme trauma has become an important […]

An initiative which has brought thousands of people from across the country to visit Gush Katif for the first time is winning the hearts of the people of Israel, including quite a few Likud voters. “Ask most proponents of a withdrawal from Gaza whether they have ever been to Gush Katif and the answer will […]

The Saudi royal family has been on the forefront of espousing an extreme position of hatred toward Jews, influencing the kingdom’s educational system, media, and mosques, as well as its foreign and domestic policy. In its first attempt to attract tourists to the country, Saudi Arabia’s tourist commission, under the control of Prince Sultan bin […]

“If the Likud members would know what PM Sharon is really planning,” Likud leaders told journalist Yossi Elituv, “they would be storming his office and demanding his immediate resignation.” Tensions are high in the Likud with only four days to go until its 193,000 members go to the polls to help decide the future of […]

A car bomb blew up just outside Kfar Darom this morning, wounding four soldiers who were 30 meters away – one of them moderately-to-seriously. The car bomb could have made it into pre-’67 Israel. A car bomb blew up just outside Kfar Darom this morning, wounding four soldiers who were 30 meters away – one […]

There is no Fundamental Islam “Fundamentalism” is a word that came from the heart of the Christian religion. It means faith that goes by the word of the Bible. Fundamental Christianity, or going with the Bible, does not mean going around and killing people. There is no fundamental Islam. There is only Islam full stop. […]

The city of Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, is now home to a new Jewish educational center geared to the needs of the local community of Bnei Menashe, a group claiming descent from a lost tribe of Israel. The center, which will offer daily classes in Hebrew language, Jewish history and […]

Over 100,000 people showed up in Gush Katif today – and several other tens of thousands were turned back by police for lack of room. Large traffic jams – 8 kilometers long (4.5 miles), in some cases – were registered throughout southwestern Israel – but, as the Gush Katif website Katif.net reports, “the people who […]