Iran’s Sahar 1 TV station is currently airing a weekly series titled “For You, Palestine,” or “Zahra’s Blue Eyes.” The series premiered on December 13, and is set in Israel and the West Bank. It broadcasts every Monday, and was filmed in Persian but subsequently dubbed into Arabic. The story follows an Israeli candidate for […]

This week, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, who commanded the IDF’s Southern Command from 2000-2003, wrote a paper for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs entitled “Lessons of the Gaza Security Fence for the West Bank.” In his paper Almog explains that the fence around Gaza has blocked 30 percent of the attempted terror attacks on […]

A young cadet in the IDF Officers Training School has been expelled from the school because he said he would not fulfill orders, if given, to destroy Jewish communities. The soldier was taking part in a class on democratic ideals and refusal. The issue arose during discussion about last year’s “Pilots’ Letter,” in which a […]

Hundreds of Israeli families were worrying and waiting Sunday night as the Foreign Ministry tried to track down more than 1,000 Israeli citizens touring in the devastated areas in Southeast Asia. Several Israelis were injured, including some .seriously. on the island of Phuket near southern Thailand, according to the Foreign Ministry, and some have been […]

Israel may learn from history. Volume III of Plutarch`s “Sayings of Spartain Mothers” reveals the Spartan mother as one who rears her sons for sacrifice on the altar of civic necessity. Such a mother was altogether pleased to learn that her son had died “in a manner worthy of his self, his country, and his […]

Preliminary results of municipal elections held in 26 Arab areas under PA control have catapulted the Hamas terrorist organization into power in at least one-third of the towns and villages. Fatah, the ruling party left behind by Yasser Arafat, claimed it won in 14 areas, conceding nine to Hamas, which countered that it won in […]

“There is a lot to do against mortar shelling, but our hands are tied,” Southern Division IDF officers revealed to reporters Friday. “Our frustration doesn’t even begin to describe our feeling. Terrorists have learned the pattern of (our) maneuvers and this only encourages them to continue shooting,” officers said on the Ynet web site operated […]

New excavations in Jerusalem’s City of David, now the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, have revealed the location of the most joyous of all Temple services. A large paved assembly area and water channel, used for the festive Simhat Beit HaShoeva in the times of the Holy Temple, has been uncovered in recent days at an […]

We certainly do not advocate law breaking and we hope a confrontation will yet be avoided, but we still think it worth remarking on the double standard being woodenly applied to those Jewish settlers in Gaza and the West Bank who plan a show of civil disobedience in protest against their forced relocation. The settlers, […]

A revolutionary Israeli treatment for leukemia using a stem cell-derived product has achieved remarkable Phase I and II trial results. Ten American patients with late-stage leukemia underwent the StemEx leukemia treatment developed by start-up Gamida-Cell and 50% confounded expectations by living past the first 100 days. It appears to be the first successful human clinical […]