If you’ve followed the war on terror with any degree of care, you know that Daniel Pipes has been a major player in our debates over what to do about militant Islam. To his great credit, Pipes was one of the very few scholars who warned the country, well before September 11, of the potential […]

It is quite sad to see the anger and frustration portrayed in the words of Mr. Thomas Friedman in his May 11 New York Times op-ed piece entitled “Father & Sons.” He transmits a sense of desperation that unless his vision of peace in the Middle East will be accepted, there can be no peace. […]

At a press conference following meetings between the Indian delegates and representatives of 160 Israeli hi-tech companies, Chaukar emphasized the compatible nature of Israeli and Indian hi-tech industries: “You can contribute the technology and we’ll provide the mass production and external sourcing. We do not rule out investing in Israeli companies either.” There are increasing […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has strongly criticized the State Department for stacking its new Mideast advisory committee with hostile critics of Israel, including extremists who have called for the destruction of Israel and did not support strong U.S. action against Saddam Hussein. The New York Sun revealed (July 18, 2003) that […]

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | Last week, pollster Khalil Shikaki turned up at the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in the West Bank city of Ramallah to deliver the findings of a new public opinion survey: According to him, most Palestinians don’t want “to return” to Israel. This amazing report was immediately disputed by several hundred […]

Itamar Marcus of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) recently noted the latest in an ongoing and long-term practice in the Palestinian Authority to name children’s sporting events and teams, educational programs, camps and institutions, after notable terrorists, including suicide bombers, who have killed large numbers of Israelis. On July 13, 2003, al-Hayat al-Jadida, the main PA […]

Rabbi Ben-Tzion Kravitz of Los Angeles, who recently completed a three-week anti-missionary visit to Israel, reports on a ten-minute turn of events that led to the saving of a 14-year-old girl’s life and the formation of a life-long friendship between two men. Last Sunday, July 6, Kravitz was driving with his wife and son from […]

For 1,500 years, from the era of Alexander the Great to the late 13th century, a high Mesopotamian priest in Babylon ruled as the supreme leader of Eastern Jewry. Known as the Exilarch, he settled all disputes brought before him by Jews living as far away as India and Spain. His authority ended only when […]

Rabbi Lior made his comments on the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz, beginning the Three Weeks period leading up to the commemoration of the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Two months after police began permitting non-Muslims to visit the Mount, only a very small number of traditional Jews have been included. At […]

The Etzion Bloc Biblical and Modern Day History The Etzion Bloc, or Gush Etzion as it is known in Hebrew, is located on the “Path of the Patriarchs,” in the heart of the historic homeland of the Jewish people. Nestling in the Judean Hills, the Etzion Bloc is situated on the ancient mountain route, midway […]