Middle East ceasefires are always unilateral ceasefires, whereby the Jews stop shooting back. They usually morph into one of those “controlled carnage” agreements that Israeli politicians so love, whereby the Arabs continue to murder Jews, and as long as the rate of murder is “reasonable”, the Jews do not retaliate. Such deals obtained in the […]

A recent convention on plasma technologies at the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel highlighted advances in a new breed of laser with many potential applications. The college, a world leader in the field, is home to Israel’s only FEL (Free Electron Laser) research lab. The conference, which included 70 scientists from universities all […]

WASHINGTON [MENL] — The United States, in what was regarded as a breach of national security, continues to ship classified military hardware to foreign clients in the Middle East. Officials said the Defense Department has acknowledged the export of classified military hardware to U.S. allies in the Middle East and other regions. They said the […]

Many people consider the new Eden Hills development a modern paradise on ancient land. If you haven`t heard, a new project has been launched by Jake and Devorah Leibowitz who celebrated the Eden Hills town groundbreaking a few weeks ago. Held under a white canopy, the ceremony welcomed guests from Israel and abroad while all […]

An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber Friday night killed three men and a woman and injured more than 50 others at a Tel Aviv nightclub on the boardwalk near the beach. Three of the injured are in serious condition. Three of the victims have been identified: Yitzhak Buzaglo, 40, from Moshav HaYarden, whose wife Linda was […]

A few days ago, a 79-year-old Polish Holocaust survivor died in West Palm Beach after a long illness. Born in Bialystok with the name Ethel Katz, her story was known all over the world, having been told over four decades in newspaper and magazine articles, books, documentaries, TV presentations and lectures in 60 countries. Ethel.s […]

Writing of the Jews as a “people of solitaries,” E.M. Cioran, the most dazzling French philosophical voice since Paul Valery, observes of the Jewish “nation” that this people, “…unsuited to the complacencies of despair, bypassing its age-old fatigue and the conclusions imposed by fate, lives in the delirium of expectation, determined not to learn a […]

Proponents of PM Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan argue that the withdrawal from southern Lebanon proves that missile attacks will cease after a withdrawal. Declassified IDF reports show otherwise. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently assured the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations that Israel will not experience continued rocket and mortar attacks following […]

[IMRA: It should be noted that Egypt – that enjoys praise for its “contribution to peace efforts”, is obligated by its treaty with Israel to prevent weapons smuggling. So far Egypt’s “contribution” has been continuing to allow the smuggling of weapons in Gaza through Egypt and Egyptian efforts to insure that Hamas and Islamic Jihad […]

Last Friday night, the TV stations were in a frenzy over the right-wing incitement against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan to withdraw from Gaza and northern Samaria and to expel all Jews living in these areas from their homes and communities. Channel 2 devoted fully a third of its hour-long news broadcast to the issue […]