Two of the victims of last night’s double suicide terrorist attack in Tel Aviv have been identified. One is an Israeli, and the other is a foreign worker from Romania: Adrian Anades, 30. Authorities are not yet sure of the identity of the third casualty, a foreign worker from Asia. Some 25 wounded were still […]

July 25 in the Rose Garden opposite the Knesset there was a somewhat embarrassing event organized by a group calling itself "Soul Searching," a non-partisan group of reserve officers, students and citizens who for months demanded a state judicial commission of inquiry be established to investigate the Oslo agreement. With little media coverage, the leaders […]

The terrorists responsible for yesterday’s attack near the Shomron community of Emanuel added two more Jews to their list of victims today: a several-hours old baby, and an IDF officer. The baby’s mother, 22-year-old Yehudit Weinberg, was serious wounded in the attack, and doctors at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Petach Tikvah performed an emergency Caesarian […]

THE BUSH PLAN: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by […]

Tatiana Sofanova, a non-Jewish Russian woman who was blinded when she attempted to uproot a booby-trapped sign reading, “Death to the Jews,” has been cured by Israeli doctors. She was traveling on a highway near Moscow with her mother and daughter when she saw the sign. Offended by the message of hate, she stopped the […]

Seven Israelis were murdered this afternoon and nineteen wounded when at least three Arab terrorists dressed as Israeli soldiers detonated a roadside bomb alongside a public bus near the Shomron community of Emmanuel, 20 miles east of Tel Aviv. After the initial blast, fleeing passengers were greeted by a barrage of short range gunfire from […]

At the heart of the Palestinian diplomatic struggle against Israel is the repeated assertion that the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip are resisting “occupation.” Speaking recently on CNN’s Larry King Weekend, Hanan Ashrawi hoped that the U.S. war on terrorism would lead to new diplomatic initiatives to address its root “causes.” She […]

Israel’s first astronaut, Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon, is still unsure if and when his scheduled NASA space-shuttle launch will take place. NASA announced on Friday that mysterious fuel-line fractures will keep four upcoming space shuttles grounded for at least two more months – although the tiny cracks are now considered less of a safety […]

The Knesset is due to vote two days from now, July 17, on the POW-MIA Bill, what could be a significant step forward in the effort to gain information on missing Israelis. If the bill is passed, no peace agreement with Syria, Lebanon or the Palestinian Authority will be valid unless the entity with which […]

THIS SPRING, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights held its 58th annual meeting, the month-long event at which it conducts all of its business. For the first time ever, the United States did not participate. The effects were evident. Although fewer than one-third of the UN’s members sit on the human-rights commission at any […]