Before dawn: An 8-man force crawled through an underground tunnel into Israel and killed two IDF soldiers. Hamas, which endorsed the well-planned attack, abducted another soldier. IDF: He’s alive. The enemy force entered Israel through a deep tunnel they had built for the occasion, and then, at 5:30 AM, attacked on different fronts. One group […]

by Daniel Pipes New York Sun June 20, 2006 Historically, the religious standing of Jerusalem for Muslims waxed and waned with political circumstances. In a consistent and predictable cycle repeated six times through 14 centuries, Muslims focused on the city when it served their needs and ignored it when it did not. This contrast was […]

by Michael Freund What About the Jews? It is almost too absurd to believe. The headline in Ha’aretz the other day just about said it all: “Peretz Orders Fence Route Reviewed with Palestinians in Mind.” Silly me. And I thought the entire purpose of the security fence was to protect Jews from terrorism. Who knew […]

By: Caroline Glick Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Sunday morning Israel Radio reported that a delegation of judges met with Justice Minister Chaim Ramon and demanded that he defend them from what they consider to be unprecedented media attacks against them. The meeting with Ramon took place on the same day the Supreme Court went a […]

June 20, 2006 Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 New York – The ZOA has criticized the Israeli government for planning to uproot 21 illegal Jewish outposts while ignoring the far more extensive illegal Arab housing in east Jerusalem and across Judea and Samaria. This week, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Jewish community leaders in […]

[IMRA: No. This is not a parody. After huffing and puffing and shaking his fists last week warning that “either there is complete quiet or there will be a singular and overwhelming response” DM Peretz lets the Palestinians know that his shaking fists are connected to his shaking knees. “Israel will take further action if […]

Eran Sternberg, director of Arutz Sheva’s televised programming, was forcibly detained and questioned by General Security Services (GSS) on Tuesday. They warned him that he “had best be careful.” The GSS (Israel’s domestic intelligence agency) claimed that Sternberg engaged in violent incitement against officers of the law. Sternberg, who was the former spokesman for the […]

By Ari Shavit For five years, Giora Eiland was the most important person on the command bridge of the Israeli ship of state. Both as head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Operations Directorate and as head of the National Security Council, Eiland deal with the most important strategic issues that Israel faces. He worked in […]

It was another one of those pictures that goes instantly around the world. A young Palestinian, wailing in wretched sorrow, grieving over her dead father, stepmother and five siblings, killed by an explosion on a Gaza beach. Then came the blame. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (he’s the moderate) immediately called the killings an act […]

June 16, 2006 Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 ZOA New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has renewed its criticism of the Israeli decision last month to transfer weapons to Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mamhoud Abbas’ presidential guard, Force 17, after a senior Force 17 member, Abu Yousuf, did not deny that such […]