The Gaza Disengagement Plan was approved by the Knesset a short time ago in a 67-45 vote with 7 abstentions. Ministers Zevulun Orlev (NRP), Uzi Landau (Likud), and Deputy Minister Michael Ratzon (Likud) voted against the plan. Minister Yisrael Katz, a member of the Likud loyalists voted in favor of the plan rather than face […]

The Sharon-Olmert proposition to uproot a Jewish presence in Gaza and North Shomron (and to transfer the area to the enemy) would be an irreversible gift because it is unilateral, voluntary, and does not put any obligation on the other side. It is unlawful to gift away property and rights without prior consultation of the […]

On Oct. 1, over 30 Middle Eastern American groups gathered at the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., to discuss something that is only whispered about in their native lands: freedom. The Middle Eastern American Convention for Freedom and Democracy, a conference organized by the Washington-based Center for Freedom in the Middle East along […]

Two families, including parents and children, moved into the new R achel’s Tomb complex yesterday – for the first time in hundreds of years. The National Union party’s Knesset faction convened today at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Matriarch Rachel – but this was only part of […]

The Missile Threat Escalating or Declining? Fact: The deeper the disengagement the larger the production, upgrading and smuggling of weaponry, ammunition, explosives and missiles of enhanced range and precision. A year ago, Palestinian missiles hit Jewish communities in Gaza, this year they hit Sderot and the northern Negev and very soon they will be able […]

I’m going off on my book tour to talk about The Covenant, a novel that tells the truth about Palestinian terrorism, and the ordinary Israelis who have been fighting on the front lines for years. By the time I come back, the election for president of the United States will be over and done, and […]

Two new research projects have been published which demonstrate complementary ways in which Israeli scientists are helping to fight the global battle against cancer. In one study, researchers at Tel Aviv University have shown that the well-known antidepressant Prozac can safely boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy against tumors in mice. In the other report, an […]

The centerpiece of John Kerry’s foreign policy is to rebuild our alliances so the world will come to our aid, especially in Iraq. He repeats this endlessly because it is the only foreign policy idea he has to offer. The problem for Kerry is that he cannot explain just how he proposes to do this. […]

Collectively, we don’t often get a chance to sound off in a meaningful way on the major issues of the day. I don’t know about you, but those public-opinion pollsters never call me. But there is an opportunity right now to weigh in on one of the greatest and most important issues of our time […]

David Ben-Gurion, at the 1937 Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland said: “No Jew has the right to yield the rights of the Jewish People in Israel. No Jew has the authority to do so. No Jewish body has the authority to do so. Not even the entire Jewish People alive today has the right to […]