JERUSALEM – A leading human rights organization charged today that Palestinians who order and dispatch suicide bombers are guilty of war crimes and should be brought to justice. In a 170-page report, the New York-based Human Rights Watch also said that Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat bears ”significant political responsibility” for the ”repeated deliberate killing” […]

In the ongoing national debate over the appropriate balance between preserving civil liberties and protecting national security, it is generally taken for granted that the government’s invocation of “national security” is made in good faith. Indeed, in the context of combating international terrorism, the need for enhanced protection of national security is without dispute. Yet […]

“Demolishing the homes of Arab civilians…” “Shooting handcuffed prisoners…” “Forcing local Arabs to test areas where mines may have been planted…” These sound like the sort of accusations made by British and other European officials concerning Israel’s recent actions in Jenin. In fact, they are descriptions from official British documents concerning the methods used by […]

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Summary The historical animosity between Israel and Russia softened after the Cold War, due in part to Russian immigration to Israel and Moscow’s growing problems with Muslims. Since Sept. 11, that détente has transformed further into a tacit alliance. A new oil-transfer agreement now will empower the former adversaries to jointly undermine a common foe: […]

A Palestinian terrorist disguised as a worker – he actually worked for a Jewish employer for a period of time – opened fire at several Jews near the community of Pe’at Sadeh this morning, and murdered two. Security forces had received intelligence warnings of a likely terrorist attack, and the entering Arab workers were searched […]

NEW YORK – The official Palestinian Authority newspaper has accused the CIA of masterminding the Muslim Chechnyan terrorist siege of a Moscow theater that resulted in the deaths of 118 hostages.     Fuad Abu Hajleh, senior columnist for the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadidah, wrote on October 29, 2002 that the CIA masterminded the attack in […]

While I boarded my El-Al flight last week, holding on to Chana and a bag full of toys, books and food, I couldn’t help but think of what I was leaving behind. Just one day earlier a terrorist had blown himself up near a busy gax station in Ariel killing three soldiers and wounding many […]

Most Americans recognize that we are at war with people who use open societies as the sea in which to swim. Our neighbor Canada apparently does not; and we have serious questions about our State Department. US immigration law requires the fingerprinting and photographing of people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria (the State […]

Israel’s next national elections will be held in less than three months’ time – most probably on Jan. 28, 2003, the 25th of Sh’vat, 5763. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon exercised his right this morning to dissolve the Knesset and call elections for 90 days later, and President Moshe Katzav, whose approval of the move is […]