The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has sold 96 dunams of land (almost 24 acres) to a PA company, a university spokesperson announced this week. The land, sold for $1.1 million, is located in two north-Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods, Beit Hanina and Shuafat, just west of N’vei Yaakov. Ezra Yachin, a veteran of the Lechi organization and […]

The amended route of the counter-terrorism partition fence will no longer unduly harm Arab farmers – but will not be as sensitive to Jewish ones. As currently planned, it will pass through Jewish-owned fields and will severely hamper the quality of life of at least one community. The fence’s route near Nebi Samuel and Givat […]

The Arab and Iranian press have increasingly discussed the upcoming American presidential election. Most journalists are pulling for a Kerry victory. Other commentators have said that the choice between the two is like “choosing between cholera and the plague.” The Iranian press has been particularly active in monitoring the elections. The editor of the Egyptian […]

Ariel Sharon has most of his right-leaning friends befuddled. Our boy Arik the founder of the Likud Party, the darling of the settler movement, the poster boy for no-nonsense anti-terrorism and the very personification of daring military initiative – has, it is feared, transformed himself into Yitzhak Rabin’s pale shadow. Much like Rabin, he is […]

NEW YORK- Despite claims that an Israeli retreat from Lebanon would lead to peace, Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon now have rockets that can reach Tel Aviv–a dangerous sign of what to expect if Israel retreats from Gaza. According to Israel Radio (July 25, 2004), Israel\u2019s chief of military intelligence, Major-General Aharon Ze\u2019evi-Farkash told the […]

“Jews are commanded to surely obliterate the memory of Amalek from beneath the Heavens. I was given the privilege of erasing this descendant of Amalek in our generation, and I did,” said Shalom Nagar, 65, an Israeli of Yemenite origin who physically carried out the execution of the Nazi architect of the Final Solution, Adolf […]

This speech by Nadia Matar, Chairperson, Women in Green, at the Tisha B’Av Evening Walk around the Old City Walls of Jerusalem was delivered in Hebrew. The following is an English translation thereof. Return the Israeli Flag to the Temple Mount! On June 7, 1967, our paratroopers broke through the Lions’ Gate, and liberated the […]

The Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – was closed to Jews today in response to Muslim threats of violence if Jews were allowed to visit. The decision was made by Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco, citing the threat of Arab violence toward Jews who would enter the holy site. The closure is particularly painful […]

The IDF Givati Elite commando unit eliminated two Arab terrorists early this morning as they were preparing to fire anti-tank missiles at Jewish towns along Israel’s southern Mediterranean coast in Gaza. A similar Arab-launched missile fired on Sunday hit a Community Center in N’vei Dekalim and wounded six youths playing outside. One ten-year-old boy, Roni […]

Tonight (Monday) marks the beginning of Tisha B’Av – the ninth day of the month of Av – the Jewish People’s national day of mourning and fasting. Commemorating several sad events in our history, it is most noted for being the date of the destruction of both Holy Temples in Jerusalem – some 2,500 and […]