The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), following Egypt’s barring of Israeli cancer researchers from attending a program and workshops in Alexandria (reversed by Egypt at the eleventh hour after protest), has pointed to this being but the latest in a long series of Egyptian anti-peace, anti-Israel and anti-Jewish acts. Israeli researchers had been barred from […]

by Flash 90 (Israelnationalnews.com) An Arab woman stabbed a security man in the stomach at the Kalandia checkpoint Sunday. He was moderately wounded and taken to hospital. Arab hooligans, incited by the Muslim leadership, went on a rampage in the Old City. Flash 90’s photographers tell the story better than a thousand words. Arab masked thugs attacked Israeli […]

Clear & Present Danger to the West Straight from the Jerusalem Cloakroom #228 Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” Oct. 23, 2009 http://yoramettinger.newsnet.co.il/Front/NewsNet/newspaper.asp 1. Jihad (Holy War) has been a cardinal feature of Islam since the 7th century. It constitutes a clear & present danger to Western democracies, irrespective of the Arab-Israeli conflict, independent of the Palestinian […]

For more information, contact Aaron Tirschwell aaron@aiacoalition.org The American Israeli Action Coalition (AIAC) today urged U.S. President Obama to direct his National Security Advisor General James Jones not to appear at J Street’s conference scheduled to be held in Washington DC next week. J Street had previously announced that General Jones will be the conference’s […]

by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe October 14, 2009 http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6418/peace-vs-the-peace-process NOTE: This column is available through the New York Times Syndicate. For permission to reprint it, please contact pearsmh@nytimes.com or call 800-535-4425. “WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY,” the late Irving Kristol once observed, “they first tempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.” Maybe “destroy” was putting […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) According to initial reports, a female terrorist stabbed a security person in the stomach Sunday afternoon at the Kalandia checkpoint in northern Jerusalem. He was taken to the hospital in moderate condition. The terrorist was reportedly caught and her knife confiscated. According to initial reports she was not shot. Earlier this […]

1. Military affairs a. Short range rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza. Several smuggling tunnels from Egypt into Gaza were bombed. 2. Middle Eastern diplomacy a. Israeli relations with Turkey continue to be an issue. i. Turkish military sources now claim that Israeli participation in the Anatolian Eagle air force exercises was canceled due […]

By ROBERT L. BERNSTEIN AS the founder of Human Rights Watch, its active chairman for 20 years and now founding chairman emeritus, I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as its original mission to pry open closed societies, advocate basic freedoms and support […]

by Yoram Ettinger Special To The Jewish Week The all-time record of daily Jewish births at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital, set on Sept. 21, reflects the substantial rise in Israel’s Jewish fertility. Delivery rooms are functioning at 100 percent capacity. Anyone claiming that Jews are doomed to become a minority between the Jordan River and […]