Dear Friends, Do you agree with those who say that “the Palestinians have been doing a better job than the Israelis on the public relations front”? Yes. For the past twenty years, the Palestinians have outmaneuvered the Israelis in framing the conflict for the world media. The turning point came during the 1982 Lebanon War, […]

Our father Abraham selected Hebron as the first home for the Jewish people to settle in Erets Israel. There, Abraham purchased the historic cave of the Machpela. Other than Jerusalem, Hebron is indeed the holiest location for the Jewish people. The city is mentioned in the Torah over 70 times: “Abram removed his tent, and […]

Israeli artists are garnering more international recognition this year. Since the start of 2003, two Israeli films have received awards at a French Film and Television festival, six Israeli films were chosen to take part in the 53rd Berlinale film festival, and eight Israeli artists will present at the Venice Biennale. 1. The film Purity […]

The Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), which has conducted surveys of Israeli, Syrian and PA school textbooks in the past, has undertaken a similar survey of Saudi Arabian textbooks, with the cooperation of the American Jewish Committee. The report presents the worldview to which Saudi students aged 6-16 are exposed through their […]

On Sept. 20, President Bush issued the national security strategy of the United States. Expanding this country’s right of preemption in foreign affairs–a right known formally under international law as anticipatory self-defense–the new American doctrine asserts that traditional concepts of deterrence will not work against the new kind of enemy. Instead, we must adapt the […]

Two Paratroopers Brigades soldiers who were killed last night in a battle with terrorists outside Shechem were buried this afternoon. Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh of Maccabim-Reut, near Modiin, and St.-Sgt. Idan Suzin of Kiryat Tivon, both 21, were killed when terrorists attacked a building under IDF control atop Shechem shortly before midnight. The guard was killed […]

JTA reports that the last of the 10 Iranian Jews imprisoned in the city of Shiraz in 1999 have been freed in the last few days. Iranian Jewish activists living in Los Angeles say that the remaining five prisoners were released for a ten-day vacation, but “we’re hoping and assuming they will not be required […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon–Jewelry glitters in the shop windows, street cafes do a brisk business in fancy coffees and cakes, and just down the road from a lineup of fine new restaurants, an acquaintance shows off her exquisitely refurbished apartment, complete with hand-decorated tiles on the floor. Since the civil war ended in 1991, the Lebanese have […]

The Interior Ministry, in a report entitled “Polygamy in Israel,” indicates that Israel is paying through the nose to 20,000 Israeli-Arab men who have married multiple wives from other countries, and thus receive child-support payments for them. The report, submitted to Prime Minister Sharon yesterday, was prepared by Brig.-Gen. (res.) Herzl Gedz, head of the […]

A senior terrorist mastermind was caught in Hevron early this morning: Bader El-Haimouni, who planned the ambush attack between Hevron and Kiryat Arba three months ago. He also planned the murderous attack of five weeks ago in the Otniel yeshiva. El-Haimouni, of Islamic Jihad, is thus responsible for the murder of 16 Israelis. IDF forces […]