TEL AVIV — One year after Ariel Sharon’s election as prime minister, terrorist activity in Israel is at an unprecedented level. Last week alone, seven Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorists — among them two 15-year-old teenagers and three soldiers who were killed when their Merkava tank was blown up by a massive bomb. And […]

Arabs on Saturday night opened fire on an Israeli vehicle in the area of the Bir Zeit Bridge, 20 kilometers north of Jerusalem. Two of the four people in the car were moderately wounded by the gunfire. They continued driving to an army checkpoint, where they reported being hit. The two were airlifted to Hadassah […]

It is so clear that holdovers from the previous two administrations wrote Secretary Powells foreign policy speech, that we were surprised by two fundamental, huge, glaring, practically unforgivable MISTAKES of AMERICAN HISTORY/POLICY. “The Middle East has always needed active American engagement for there to be progress, and we will provide it, just as we have […]

With all the attention paid to how Muslims and Arabs in America feel about the Islamic terrorists’ attacks on America, it may come as somewhat of surprise to learn about another anxious group of Americans — Jews. All Americans are worried about the America hatred among groups who do not value human life. But Jews […]

TEL AVIV — It’s called the New Israel Fund (NIF), and it was founded in 1979 for the purpose of “strengthening democracy in Israel by promoting civil rights, social justice, religious pluralism, Jewish-Arab coexistence and women’s equality.” It sounds noble enough, but a thorough investigation by Caroline Glick of Israel’s weekly Makor Rishon found the […]

The IDF continued its offensives against PA targets and terrorist infrastructures throughout the Palestinian Authority last night and this morning. Air Force helicopters fired missiles at buildings in Jenin, Khan Yunis, Shechem, Ramallah – including PLO military intelligence headquarters in Arafat’s compound – and Gaza. Some 20 Arabs, most of them members of the PLO […]

NEW YORK – In the war against terrorism, one member of the Bush administration sees no reason for the US to choose between Iraq and Iran as targets. Richard Perle, chairman of the Defense Department’s Policy Board, said there is no point in choosing. “I’m finding tiresome the statements from Israeli officials that somehow Iran […]

The security cabinet, meeting today after the worst Arab attack since the current wave of terrorism began and one of the worst attacks Israel has known since the beginning of the Oslo War, approved a new approach to Israel’s policy towards the Palestinian Authority. The basic strategy of not demolishing it will not be changed, […]

President Bush told Prime Minister Sharon that he was concerned about the welfare of the Palestinian people and wanted to find a way to help them through the hard economic times in which they find themselves (or put themselves). Mr. Sharon politely agreed that the Palestinians people have suffered economically from the war their leadership […]

Two hours later, a lone Palestinian terrorist murdered three Israelis at the Kisufim Crossing entrance to Gush Katif in what military investigators described as a well planned ambush. The terrorist, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and grenades, managed to make his way to Kissufim, and shot at the car driven by Ganei Tal resident […]