By IKE SEAMANS Ike.Seamans@nbc.com The Ford Foundation has a well-deserved reputation for helping the world’s poor and disenfranchised. It is very concerned about Palestinians, acknowledging, “A just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is of central importance.” So why does it persist in aiding and abetting organizations that promote destructive political agendas aimed at the Jewish […]

Background: Israel’s new Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is scheduled to visit Washington, DC later this month in order to secure administration and congressional support for his plan to withdraw Israeli civilians and the Israeli military from between 90-95 percent of the West Bank and large sections of the city of Jerusalem. On the budgetary side, […]

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 “May we be worthy of our role.” So ends the author’s dedication of The […]

by Hillel Fendel A massive pro-Israel, anti-withdrawal rally will be held in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, coinciding with PM Olmert’s request for billions of dollars to aid the retreat. The protestors will urge U.S. President Bush not to provide aide for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert unilateral retreat plan, which has been condemned on both sides […]

Fortification for the schools in Sderot has finally become a government priority, after a Kassam rocket on Sunday crashed through a classroom in Sderot. The rocket slammed into an empty classroom to which children would have gone after their prayers. It landed directly on the teacher’s empty seat. The classroom was heavily damaged, as were […]

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 “May we be worthy of our role.” So ends the author’s dedication of The […]

“Breaking Out of the Ghetto” was the theme for 150+ Gush Etzion residents marching along the Efrat-Jerusalem highway yesterday, protesting Olmert’s plan to suffocate them with walls and checkpoints. The marchers, organized by the Women in Green organization, protest what they call “political traffic jams” and extensive delays at various checkpoints all over Judea and […]

New York – As in previous years, the Palestinian Authority (PA) official television broadcast on May 15 numerous programs and video clips to mourn Israel’s creation, which they call the “Naqba’ (‘Catastrophe’), used recurrent themes of denying Israel’s right to exist and called for undoing of “the catastrophe,” which is a euphemism for Israel’s destruction. […]

The Gush Katif Committee’s report shows that 80% of the expelled families remain united in their communities, but that 98% have yet to find permanent housing. The report was written by Dror Vanunu, a former resident of N’vei Dekalim and the International Coordinator of the Gush Katif Committee. This body coordinates all relief efforts, from […]

The Israeli public understands that there is not, and will likely never be, a partner for peace among Palestinian Arabs. Thus, the question arises what to do about the West Bank and east Jerusalem Arab populations. Reconquering and annexing the West Bank has been ruled out for demographic reasons. Various plans to transfer the Arab […]