Jan. 22, 2009 Gil Hoffman , THE JERUSALEM POST Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard told his wife Esther from his North Carolina jail cell Wednesday that he was “very disappointed” that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni did not act to help bring about his release during her visit to the US last weekend. A massive campaign was […]

By Nadav Shragai Now, after the war and just before the election whirlwind sucks in our politicians once again, it would be appropriate for many of them to go out of their way and visit the mobile-home sites where those uprooted from Gush Katif live. This way they can tell them one small thing: I’m […]

By Steven Plaut The jets bombed the daylights out of them. The ground forces invaded. At long last the murderous suicide-bombing terrorists were being suppressed in a military campaign. Their total defeat put an end to any notion that the terrorists and their sponsors would be granted their own state. Many civilians were killed and […]

Haifa-based Argo Medical Technologies’ ReWalk in final experimental stages aims to allow paralyzed people to stand, walk, with help of computerized leg supports. Expected to be on sale next year Dr. Itay Gal Published: 01.20.09, 07:59 / Israel Culture In what is probably one of the most important Israeli medical breakthroughs of recent times, Haifa-based […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) This week’s momentous news events were the withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza and the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but nothing changed for American prisoner Jonathan Pollard and kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Pollard has languished in prison for nearly 24 years after having been sentenced to life by […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Members of the Knesset (MKs) and other Israeli officials, journalists and Jewish leaders who gave their support to the 2005 Gaza/northern Samaria unilateral withdrawal to apologize to the Israeli electorate, which had voted overwhelmingly against that proposal in the January 2003 elections (when then-Labor leader, Amram […]

Israeli invention allows paraplegics to walk Haifa-based Argo Medical Technologies’ ReWalk in final experimental stages aims to allow paralyzed people to stand, walk, with help of computerized leg supports. Expected to be on sale next year Dr. Itay Gal Published: 01.20.09, 07:59 / Israel Culture In what is probably one of the most important Israeli […]

Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 19, 2009 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292908245&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull On Sunday, Israelis were witness to a cavalcade of European leaders marching to Jerusalem to have their pictures taken with outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and […]

1. Wall Street Is More Important Than Gaza Strip. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange is higher today than it was upon the launching of the Gaza War. It is substantially higher than the ebb of November. Once again, Israel’s economy is impacted by economic fundamentals (budget deficit, interest and inflation rates, debt to GDP ratio, […]

by Israel National News (IsraelNN.com) Israel’s government has picked up the IDF’s brilliant tactical win in Gaza and tossed it in the trash. Hamas has been hit hard. It learned that, unlike Hizbullah, its armed forces were neither well trained enough nor well armed enough to stand up to the assault of a real army […]