WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (JTA) — For the first time, the White House has officially determined that the Palestinians are not in compliance with the agreements it has signed with the United States and Israel. But despite the determination, President Bush immediately waived any sanctions required by law, invoking national security as the reason. The president’s […]

IDF soldiers detected and killed two armed terrorists south of Hevron this morning. The Arabs had opened fire on the troops from within a local cave, but no Israelis were hurt. In another incident early this morning, reserve soldiers sought and finally found an armed terrorist trying to enter Kibbutz Nachal Oz, east of the […]

This week the Monitor concludes its extended look at the anti-Israel proclivities of “60 Minutes” stalwart Mike Wallace. As we`ve noted in our earlier installments, Wallace has always displayed a palpable ambivalence — some would say that`s too charitable a word — when dealing with Jewish issues, never more so than when he downplayed the […]

Israeli security forces successfully continue to prevent Arab and Islamic terrorism against Israelis. It was revealed last night that a severe terrorist attack against a Haifa-area military base was thwarted last month thanks to accurate intelligence reports. Several Islamic Jihad terrorists were taken into custody as a result of these reports. Other counter-terrorism successes of […]

The number of Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism and violence since the signing of the Oslo Agreements has now passed 1,000. The six men murdered in Beit She’an on Thursday brought the number to 1,004. The violence known as the Oslo War, which began in September 2000, has exacted 692 victims. Close to 200 people […]

FRANKFURT, Nov. 29 — In an embarrassing mixup that speaks less to the fog of war than to the fog of fax machines, Germany may rescind its offer of armored vehicles to Israel on the ground that officials misread a faxed request from the Israelis specifying the model they sought. On Wednesday, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder […]

An Arab laborer was killed this afternoon by a Palestinian-launched mortar shell that landed in the northern Gaza industrial zone. The shell, one of four fired this afternoon towards Jewish targets in northern Gaza, also wounded nine other Arabs. An Arab boy was similarly killed several days ago by shrapnel resulting from a Palestinian attack. […]

A politically conservative organization has established a new Web site to monitor and critique professors and universities on the manner in which Middle East studies are taught on campus. The predominantly left-wing academics do not like it one bit. But the public seems greatly enamored. In its first two weeks last month, the Web site […]

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Yehuda Lancry said that Israel accepts Palestinian statehood as a solution to the Mideast conflict. Lancry told the General Assembly on Friday that Israel had accepted U.S. President Bush’s vision of peace in which two states – Jewish and Arab – exist “side by side in peace and security.” […]