Israel’s Ministries of Finance and Tourism have announced their intention to enact an “open skies” policy with respect to air travel. This policy would ease restrictions on foreign airlines wishing to offer flights to Israel. The move should lead to dramatic reductions in the prices of flights into and out of Israel, and allow Israel […]

The Jews of Israel have been told that the withdrawal from Gaza and northern Samaria will bring them greater security allowing them to return to a semblance of terror-free living. When senior security officials in January pointed out the increased danger 46 Negev towns would live under as a result of the Gaza pullout, the […]

One of the most difficult things that the ba`al t`shuva (someone who has become Torah observant), or even the F.F.B. (frum from birth), must deal with is enjoying shalom bayit with their less-observant family members on issues of kashrus in the home, Shabbos observance and other religious customs and rituals. When a person makes that […]

As this column reported last week, the Tunis-based head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Farouk Qaddumi, whose official position on Israel is that it should be destroyed, will move into Gaza this summer. He is a possible successor and key rival to the Palestinian Authority’s current leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Mr. Qaddumi will be bringing with […]

Most of us surely remember those cute but chilling childhood games played with toy pistols. Sometimes they were packed with nothing more harmful than water or a well-worn plastic bullet, chewed several times over by the family dog. The game always ended when a shrill, childish voice would call out “Bang, bang, you’re dead” and […]

Egypt’s deployment of troops along Gaza’s Philadelphi route ends a 26-year-old peace treaty with Israel, and severely threatens Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’ over its southern neighbor. According to a military agreement initially ratified by the Israeli cabinet Sunday, 750 Egyptian troops will be responsible for border control between Egypt and the newly vacated Gaza Strip. […]

Recife – The First Jewish Community In The New World Many people know that on September 7, 1654, twenty-three Jews arrived in New Amsterdam (renamed New York after the Dutch left). Most are not, however, aware of the fact that these Jews came to America from Recife, Brazil. Recife, now the capital of the state […]

A senior Palestinian Authority official said the attempted massacre of Jewish civilians in Beersheva Sunday morning was a legitimate response to Israel’s ongoing war on “Palestinian” terror. At least fifty people were wounded, two seriously, when a “Palestinian” homicide bomber blew himself up adjacent to a crowded public bus in the southern city. “Those who […]

Post-withdrawal terrorist attacks continue to be carried out throughout Israel with alarming frequency. IDF forces apprehended and arrested a 14-year-old Arab boy attempting to smuggle three pipe bombs out of the city of Shechem, in Samaria, on Monday. The would-be smuggler was caught at the Hawara checkpoint and IDF sappers were summoned to safely neutralize […]

Less than 5 days after Israel completed its expulsion of Jews from Gaza and N. Shomron, 2 people are seriously injured after an Arab terrorist blew himself up outside the Be’er Sheva bus station. At approximately 8:30 this morning, a terrorist approached the central bus station in the Negev capital and tried to board one […]