The Knesset Education Committee held a comprehensive hearing today on the damage that the Moslem Waqf continues to cause to precious Jewish antiquities on and under the Temple Mount. The Waqf is working to build a new mosque in underground chambers of the Mount, and antiquities found in ancient water cisterns there are destroyed in […]

(Washington, D.C.): About a decade ago, a President named George Bush dismissed criticism that he was pursuing short-sighted policies by saying he lacked the “vision thing.” Let’s hope it’s not genetic, because the son and namesake who now occupies the White House has lately begun talking about a “vision” of the Middle East that is […]

In June 2 and 3, 1941, a pro-Nazi pogrom (farhod) was perpetrated against the Jewish community of Baghdad with 900 Jews killed, thousands injured, and millions of dollars in property looted, burned and destroyed. Many of the dead were not identified and were buried in a mass grave. This is a personal memoir of what […]

Since September 11, 2001, many articles and reports have appeared in the Arabic press claiming Muslim proselytizing (“Da’wa”) in the U.S. has seen an upsurge in Americans’ converting. These reports claim messages of tolerance promoted by the U.S. government and local authorities has induced many to convert to Islam. Immediately after the September 11 attacks, […]

(IsraelNationalNews.com) At about 3:00pm today, three Jews were wounded by terrorist gunfire in a drive-by terrorist shooting attack near Shavei Shomron. Injured in the attack were Yair [ben Rivka] and Shimrit [bat Chemda] Heibi, who both were taken for emergency surgery following their arrival at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. Yair, 52, was injured in […]

I extend a warm welcome to the Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, who is also the President of the European Council, and Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission. Welcome to Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish people for more than 3000 years, and the united, undivided capital of Israel forever. Israel […]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 – In a letter to President Bush today, 89 senators urged him not to restrain Israel from retaliating fully against Palestinian violence and to express his solidarity publicly with Israel soon. The six-paragraph letter was intended to prevent Secretary of State Colin L. Powell from including direct or indirect criticism of Israel […]

Today’s news involved a series of quotes uttered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at various forums, as well as significant statements made by other political leaders. Sharon began by repeating his pledge, at the beginning of today’s Cabinet meeting, not to conduct any talks regarding a Palestinian state before a discussion is held on the […]

As US citizens, we support the United States’ War against Terrorism. However… initiating a plan to create a new terrorist state called Palestine seems completely inconsistent with our goal of eliminating terrorism. Until Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority stop sponsoring terrorist groups – Tanzim 17, PLO, Fatah, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Palestinian Front for […]

Alarm is growing in congress and among grassroots Americans that advocacy for a Palestinian state by President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell may be a ranaway policy shift. It appears to be based on an effort to keep U.S. coalition partners from defecting and is inconsistent with U.S. moral principles and with the […]