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Saudi Columnist: ‘The Only Way to End Violence and Terrorism Is to Fight a Cultural and Ideological Battle’

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Several Arab columnists have recently published articles critical of the view that the main motivation to terrorism is poverty or despair. They instead cite the role of cultural and religious factors in motivating terrorism, and particularly the incitement by sheikhs who encourage young men to conduct terror operations. The following are excerpts from three articles; […]


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Tu B’Shevat: Renewal and New Life in Eretz Yisrael

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

by Moshe Burt The 15th day of the month of Shevat (Hebrew letters Tess Vuv = 15) is commonly referred to as Tu B’Shevat, the Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, for trees. It is about this time that buds appear on most trees in Eretz Yisrael. “Over the centuries, Tu B’Shevat took on an added […]


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Settlers: There is no ceasefire here

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

JERUSALEM – Jewish residents of the Gaza Strip Sunday reacted angrily to the Sharon government’s assertion that “Palestinian” aggression against Israelis in the area had virtually ceased, and accused political and military officials of concealing the truth about ongoing attacks. The government and much of the Israeli media have gone to pains to positively spin […]


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IDF Personnel Corps vs. Hesder Yeshivot

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

A new storm is brewing in the religious-Zionist public, with the decision by IDF Personnel Corps Commander Maj.-Gen. Elazar Stern to disband the special yeshivat hesder units in the army. Beginning with the upcoming recruitment in March, the hesder yeshiva students – who combine army service with yeshiva study in a five-year combined program – […]


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Military on the Mall

Monday, January 24th, 2005

By Diana West of The Washington Times “Exactly what do you wish to achieve with your articles?” a reader asked. “Do you want a war against Islam?” Such questions are particularly piquant this week as I write near a massive deployment of military force that includes anti-aircraft missile batteries on the ground and round-the-clock combat […]


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Moms, Grandmothers Call for Refusal

Monday, January 24th, 2005

A 74-year-old grandmother is signing up mothers and grandmothers to call on soldiers to refuse orders they may receive to expel Jews from 25 communities, as the government proposes. Yael Sharaz-Polkovski, 74, has called the new organization The Voice of Mother. Women from all over Israel, including many secular kibbutz members, already have signed the […]


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Israeli researchers discover gene for altruism

Monday, January 24th, 2005

By David Brinn – January 23, 2005 Why are some people more prone to give charity or put themselves in danger in order to help others? A team of Israeli psychologists claim they have the answer – they’ve located the first gene linked to altruistic behavior. According to a study conducted by Prof. Richard Ebstein […]


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Our Test for Abu Mazen

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

by: Natan Sharansky of The Wall Street Journal Whether the election of Abu Mazen will be a turning point in the search for peace depends critically on whether the Free World, led by the U.S., is prepared to link its policies toward his new government to the degree of freedom the Palestinian Authority affords its […]


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Sharon: The Jewish People Are Not Your Experimental Guinea Pigs

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

by: Emanuel A. Winston, Middle East analyst & commentator When is it legal and proper to indict politicians who knowledgeably risk the lives of their citizens as if they were guinea pigs to experiment on. I am now speaking of Israel. Like all others, I am aware that politicians are only human and can make […]


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IDF Prevents Huge Terrorist Attack

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Israel revealed Sunday that IDF forces in Samaria last week prevented a massive terrorist attack when they discovered a huge store of weapons, including mortar shells, rockets and suicide belts. Soldiers arrested 14 senior Hamas terrorists in the pre-dawn raid in Shechem. The weapons laboratory was described as the largest discovered in the past three […]


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