In an IDF operation over the weekend, Israeli soldiers re-took control of Shalhevet Hill (Abu Sneineh) and Harat el-Sheik, two areas that have been used by Palestinians to launch attacks on Jews in Hebron. The two hills provide a commanding view of Hebron’s Jewish neighborhoods below. Israeli tanks hold their position in Abu Sneineh overlooking […]

The U.S. response to Arik Sharon’s remarks that President Bush should not “appease the Arabs at our expense” was that Sharon’s statement was “unacceptable” and that the U.S. is Israel’s best friend. Without a doubt, the U.S. is Israel’s best friend. But the situation is not so simplistic. The U.S. is also best friends with […]

Arabs attempted to murder an Israeli civilian last night, but managed only to wound him lightly. Shots were fired from a passing car at an Israeli vehicle just east of Petach Tivka near Oranit. The army has placed a nearby Arab village under curfew. Several Arabs were caught in the midst of attempting separate attacks […]

Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza demonstrated today and yesterday in support of Osama bin-Laden and against the United States air strikes in Afghanistan. The PLO has asked Arabs not to show their support for Osama bin-Laden. But, thousands of Arabs in Palestinian Authority areas insisted on rallying in solidarity with the international terrorist. In […]

(IsraelNationalNews.com) Police are now reporting with certainty that an Israeli citizen was killed in the Sunday morning bomb attack in the Beit Shean Valley near Kibbutz Shluchot. It has also been learned the bomb attack was not a car bomb as first theorized by police, but a bomber that was on foot. Police are now […]

Israel security establishment officials are monitoring the US offensive against Afghanistan, adding there is no immediate threat to Israel as a result. IDF officials declined to respond to questions if the level of alertness in Israel has been increased. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres has confirmed that US President George W. Bush notified Prime Minister Ariel […]

Not only has the US-Israel crisis ended, but it appears to have produced positive results for Israel. The tensions began on Thursday night, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stated publicly that his Cabinet had instructed Israeli “security forces to take all necessary measures to bring full security to the citizens of Israel. We can rely […]

By itself, Jack Straw’s failed mission to Iran is of no lasting significance. Derisively dismissed by his interlocutors, he is back home, his self-described “dialogue among civilizations” now just an embarrassing memory. What makes his hapless journey worth comment, however, is the need to think again about the theory of statecraft that led the British […]

(IsraelNationalNews.com) The United States Department of State on Friday announced that Hamas, Hizbullah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Islamic Jihad were all on the US list of terrorist organization. The significance of the list according to officials is that no US citizen may assist these organizations in any way.

(IsraelNationalNews.com) The Islamic Jihad and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organizations claimed responsibility for the Friday morning murder of Chananya Ben-Avraham, the 45-year-old father of six who was shot to death while traveling in the Shomron. NOTE: The 130 civilian victims of Palestinian terror over the last year, as a percent […]