By: Caroline B. Glick Date: Wednesday, December 24 2008 It would seem that in recent years conservative candidates in both Israel and the U.S. have forgotten how to win an election. To win an election, a political party must identify and satisfy its political base. It must also identify and attract potential swing voters. To […]

By Kenneth Levin The core of the Arab-Israeli problem is Israel’s “territorial addiction.” So declares a December 3 Haaretz article by one Alex Sinclair. As to the solution, Sinclair does not quite echo Haaretz’s former executive editor David Landau, who urged Condoleezza Rice a year ago to “rape” Israel. Rather, he advocates a friendly but […]

JPost.com staff, yaakov katz and AP , THE JERUSALEM POST Dec. 24, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868837971&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian terrorists on Wednesday morning fired over 20 Kassam and Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip at Ashkelon and the western Negev, prompting Israel to hold up a shipment of aid scheduled to pass through to the Strip on Wednesday. […]

The extremist Peace Now organization in Israel has been compelled by a court order to publicly apologize and pay monetary damages to the residents of the Jewish community of Revava in Samaria for lying and publishing false statements that the town had been on Palestinian-owned land. Peace Now and activists Hagit Ofran and Dror Atkis […]

by Moshe Phillips More important than a new party is a clear vision. On December 8, 2008, it was announced in Israel that Professor Daniel Hershkowitz, a newcomer to party politics, will be leading a new party called HaBayit HaYehudi (“The Jewish Home”). HaBayit HaYehudi was originally an Is HaBayit HaYehudi really just old wine […]

Charles Winters, who died in the 1980s in Florida, was convicted of violating the Neutrality Act for using his planes to transport arms to Palestine. Spielberg: There are probably many unsung heroes of America and of Israel, but Winters is surely one of them Associated Press Published: 12.23.08, 22:40 / Israel News Before leaving for […]

Yoram Ettinger, December 23, 2008 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. THE HASMONEAN DYNASTY: *Mattityahu son of Yochanan, the priest-led rebellion – 166/7BC *Yehuda son of Mattityahu – 166-161BC *Yonatan son of Mattityahu – 161-143BC *Shimon son of Mattityahu – 143-135BC *Yochanan Hyrcanus son of Shimon – 135-104BC *… *Mattityahu Antigonus – 40-37BC 2. HISTORICAL […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 23 December 2008 IMRA is sponsoring a Golan Hasbarah Video Competition in memory of the founder of IMRA, Dr. Joseph Lerner. The video should address the security ramifications of leaving the Golan with a preference for simulations of post withdrawal scenarios. A prize of NIS 1,000 will be rewarded to the […]

By Nadav Shragai A British tourist working in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem on Sunday unearthed a treasure of 264 gold coins from 1,300 ago. Archaeologists called the find “one of the most impressive deposits ever found in the capital.” The coins were found by Nadine Ross, who came to Israel for one month to […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) In a year-end report on aliyah (immigration to Israel) for 2008, the Jewish Agency reported an increase in immigration from English-speaking countries, even though there was a 16 percent drop in aliyah overall. A major factor in the decrease, the Agency said, was the change in government policy regarding the Falash […]