New York – The Israeli Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, today stated that it is impossible to make peace with Palestinian Authority (PA) chief, Mahmoud Abbas and his administration. In an interview today in Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper, Mofaz states: “We will not reach peace with the current Palestinian leadership – we have to wait until […]

Security forces entered the Samaria city of Jenin around dusk to search for the Islamic Jihad terrorists who carried out the attack at the public market in Hadera. Army soldiers called for them to leave their houses and surrender and then shot after the terrorists opened fire. During the shootout, the army killed Islamic Jihad […]

The large number of those contemplating emigration is reflected by concern for security, revealed in the newly released Palestinian Center for Public Opinion poll by Dr. Nabil Kukali. Almost two-thirds of the people (64.8 percent) are worried about their personal safety. Dissatisfaction with the current PA administration was registered with 61.5 percent of the respondents […]

Israel is a “science and hi-tech superpower,” said Gates, known as the world’s richest man. “Considering the density of start-ups in Israel and local successes, Israel is like a part of Silicon Valley.” Gates began his visit to Israel by meeting with upper management of several leading Israeli hi-tech companies, and afterwards with some 400 […]

Peace Now was prevented from protesting in Hevron today, but succeeded in forcing a decision to destroy nine buildings outside Ofrah. Jewish idealists were evacuated from some, but not all, of the areas they tried to build up this week. Over 50 extreme left-wing protestors arrived at the seam between Kiryat Arba and Hevron Friday […]

Sharon announced this morning at the Cabinet meeting that he intends to appoint two Likud MKs to the Cabinet: MK Roni Bar-On as Minister of Industry and Trade, and MK Ze’ev Boim as Ministry of Absorption. Both Bar-On and Boim loyally supported Sharon in his plans to abandon Gush Katif and northern Shomron, and the […]

Palestinian youngster shot dead by IDF troops Saturday as he places suspicious object on road near West Bank settlement; sappers dispatched to scene determine suspicious object a mock-bomb. IDF officials: Terror-related incidents increasing, especially those involving the throwing of Molotov cocktail bottles, stones at Israeli vehicles and IDF soldiers Efrat Weiss A Palestinian man was […]

Jerusalem turned cold and rain poured into our hotel sukkah, so we were forced to eat in the lobby. A sukkah is a temporary dwelling to remind us of our people’s forty-year sojourn in the desert. The lobby of the Jerusalem Gold Hotel, our temporary dwelling, is our meeting hall, sometimes dining room, and the […]

As a pro-Israel activist going back to my days as at Wayne State University in Detroit, a hotbed of pro-PLO/anti-Israel activism, a good portion of the materials and resources I used to combat pro-Palestinian advocates came from the Israeli Embassy, the book From Time Immemorial (a must read for any serious pro-Israel activist) and, of […]

Evacuated settlers residing in tent cities suffered flooding, damages caused by first rains of the year; Meanwhile, solutions to communities delay, PM fails to give answers to evacuees Anat Bershkovsky The evacuated settlers of the Atzmona and Elei Sinai settlements, who have been living in ‘tent cities’ since the pullout, suffered Wednesday from flooding, mud […]