A fourteen year old male yeshiva student was stabbed and sustained light injuries near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday afternoon. Magen David Adom paramedics treated the youth for light injuries. Police are currently searching for the stabber, who fled the scene. On Friday an Israeli resident of Mitzpe Natufa in the […]

by Nadia Matar, May 20, 2006 A few days ago former Chief of the General Staff Moshe (Bugy) Yaalon addressed the conference of the Zionist Organization of America in New York. Speaking before an audience of about 500 people, he finally broke his silence and said what we have already known for quite some time: […]

The following letter was written to the President of Rutgers State University by an Israeli citizen after reading Kates’ published comments on the Israeli/Palestinian situation !! Dear Ms. Kates, I think you are a remarkable woman. You are neither an Arab nor a Jew, you do not study the Middle East, or any associated subject, […]

With the words, “The Temple Mount is in our hands,” the IDF reclaimed the flame that has forever burned in the hearts of Jews everywhere: the love of the holiest Jewish city in the world, Jerusalem. Jews all over the world on Thursday celebrated the 39th anniversary of the liberation and reunification of the holy […]

We are the rungs of a ladder, we are the links to the future; this broadens our vision, yet restricts us; this is a source of pride and a reason for modesty. May we be worthy of our role. Israel Eldad We must learn to read widely beyond the mainstream press, which is often ignorant […]

In times of war, when daily doses of death and destruction are the norm, one learns to steel oneself against the tide of bad news. Particularly since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the many horrors committed by our enemies in the years since, it often feels as if nothing’s shocking anymore. Yet, occasionally something […]

March 09, 2006 WASHINGTON – The Zionist Organization of America calls upon its membership to support new House legislation known as H.R. 4681, The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006. The bill, introduced by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Tom Lantos (D-CA) calls for prohibitions on U.S. assistance to a terrorist-controlled Palestinian Authority or any recognition […]

To the President of the United States of America, Mr. George Bush, via the Office of the American Consulate, Jerusalem Dear Mr. President, We have the honor to address you on behalf of millions of Jews in Israel and the rest of the world whose hearts are full of trepidation at the results of our […]

On May 2nd, 2006, the New York Times published a detailed, emotive human interest story on a Palestinian family in Beit Hanoun whose northern Gaza house was hit and whose son was injured by shrapnel from an Israeli artillery shell fired in response to Kassam rockets launched from the area.(“Where Rockets Exit, Shells Enter and […]

By Karin Kloosterman Israel21c May 14, 2006 The earth is a thirsty place. More than half of the world’s countries need drinking water badly, and these countries are not just poor African nations landlocked by deserts. Among the list of 164 countries looking to secure potable water sources for the future include Spain, Greece and […]