It Returned 90% of the Territories Gained in the Six-Day War   UN Security Council Resolution 242, adopted on November 22, 1967, is the cornerstone for what it calls “a just and lasting peace” that recognizes Israel’s need for “secure and recognized boundaries.” The resolution became the foundation for future peace negotiations.   No other nation in the […]

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by Laura Ben-David (IsraelNN.com) Last week, I embarked on a journey that united me not only with hundreds of neighbors and friends, but with the Jewish people of countless generations, filled with hope and a deep yearning for Zion. A journey that recognizes that our quest to reestablish our homeland did not end with the Balfour Declaration […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST June 1, 2006 One of the foundations of the free market is rational choice theory. That theory assumes that private individuals generally make decisions that maximize their profits and utility and do so far better than any collective organization or bureaucracy. Rational choice theory stands or falls on the availability of information. […]

Fifteen members of the group, which is being led by New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (pictured below) and includes two State Supreme Court Judges, were detained upon reaching passport control. The police questioned them and told them that the Gaza Strip is a closed military zone,’ said Ruth Lieberman, one of the people waiting to […]

The High Court of Justice has approved IDF plans to pave a bypass road re-connecting Jerusalem with Rachel’s Tomb, located on the outskirts of Bethlehem.

Citing the principle of religious freedom, the High Court rejected petitions submitted by the Arab municipalities of Bethlehem and Beit Jala and 18 local Arabs. The petitioners claimed […]

The Israeli cabinet has decided that more than half of the property in East Jerusalem is government property and may be sold or leased to Jews.

The new policy was agreed on last summer but was not revealed until last week.

The cabinet decision is based on the Absentee Property Law that defines an […]

New excavations in Jerusalem’s City of David, now the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, have revealed the location of the most joyous of all Temple services.

A large paved assembly area and water channel, used for the festive Simhat Beit HaShoeva in the times of the Holy Temple, has been uncovered in recent days at an excavation […]

Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski wants to rezone a neighborhood of Wadi Joz, in the eastern section of the capital, for the purpose of settling Jews in the area. The neighborhood in question was zoned and planned a number of years ago by the Housing Ministry for Arab residents.

In a letter sent recently to the Housing […]

Western Wall, Jerusalem A prayer rally filled the Western Wall plaza as thousands of worshippers cried out to God to protect the Jewish people from terrorism and expulsion from parts of Israel.

The prayer rally preceded the major rally scheduled to take place in Zion Square, in Jerusalems City Center.

Psalms were sung in a responsive […]