More than two-thirds of Israelis oppose further unilateral pullouts and expulsions of Jews without a final accord with the PA, according to a Maariv poll, but a Sharon aide said more are planned. The Teleseker poll for the Israeli newspaper revealed that only 28 percent of those surveyed support dismantling more Jewish communities without an […]

With Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip now a fait accompli, the question of whether the move was a mistake or not is no longer salient. The fact of the matter is that the withdrawal from Gaza created a new strategic environment for Israel and the central issue today is how Israel will contend with […]

Prof. Robert J. Aumann of Heb. U. is a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, for “enhancing our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.” Aumann, a religious Jew who grew up in New York City and currently resides in Jerusalem, won the prestigious prize together with Prof. Thomas C. Schelling of […]

1. Yom (Day of) Kippur has been a breakthrough contribution to humanity, highlighting HUMILITY and SOUL-SEARCHING as a pre-requisite for improving one’s conduct. Yom Kippur encourages individuals to admit that they are FALLIBLE, identify their own wrong-doing, and ask forgiveness for any faut-pas committed (intentionally or unintentionally) against relatives, friends, socially, at work, or otherwise. […]

National Secretary of the Zionist Organization of America You could conceivably quote the dubious opinions of Thomas Friedman and the New York Times relative to the State of Israel and the so-called “peace process” that began on the White House lawn, September,1993. You could refer to the _www.zoa.org_ (http://www.zoa.org/) OpEd, _After Gaza_ (http://www.zoa.org/oped/oped20050902a.htm) , reviewing […]

The around-the-clock news updates of IsraelNationalNews.com discontinue at this time, 1:00pm, in honor of the Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) holiday. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 4:30pm, standard time. The updates will resume on Thursday night, several hours after the conclusion of the holiday, which ends at 5:45pm in Jerusalem. During the holiday, the Jewish […]

The court decision is being heralded as a huge victory for Israeli civil liberties, as it marks the first time damages were awarded on the grounds of false house arrest and administrative detention. Federman claims that he has been a long-time target of the Jewish (national) section of the Shin Bet (Shabak / General Security […]

THE ENCLOSED ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONE WHICH WE ARE RE-SENDING AS A REMINDER OF A VERY IMPORTANT FILM EVENT. All this month, BLUES BY THE BEACH, the story of Mike’s Place, a bar on the Tel-Aviv beach, will be shown at various venues in an effort to have it qualify for an Academy Award nomination as […]

The court decision is being heralded as a huge victory for Israeli civil liberties, as it marks the first time damages were awarded on the grounds of false house arrest and administrative detention. Federman claims that he has been a long-time target of the Jewish (national) section of the Shin Bet (Shabak / General Security […]

Commissioned by Israel Resource News Agency and the Center for Near East Policy Research At the time of this writing (Sunday, October 9th, 3 p.m. Israel time), according to the residents of the Shirat Hayam Hotel in Ashkelon, they are about to be expelled today to other hotels in Ashkelon (among them Shaul Hamelech, which […]