TEL AVIV, Sept. 14 (JTA) — When, not so long ago, the director of an Israeli nonprofit organization noticed that an employee would appear at work every Sunday morning so fatigued that he could barely function, she issued him a stern warning to “stop partying so hard on Saturday nights.” The gaunt-looking employee burst into […]

Two Jews have been murdered in Morocco over the past few days – and local Jewish communal leaders say that Moslem anti-Semites are on the loose again. On Thursday, Albert Revivo, 55 – a wood trader and a respected member of the community – was shot as he was coming out of his store. Yesterday, […]

Like Lawrence, Sir Mark Sykes (1879-1919) was a traveler, soldier and diplomat. He was aptly described by a contemporary as a type of the English romantic eccentrics who almost by accident made the British Empire. As one of the two assistant secretaries to the Brutish war cabinet during World War I, he participated in the […]

Ten years later, it is embarrassing to recall the elation and soaring expectations. President Bill Clinton lauded it as a “great occasion of history.” Secretary of State Warren Christopher ruminated on how “the impossible is within our reach.” Yasser Arafat called it an “historic event, inaugurating a new epoch.” Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel […]

The Jerusalem Post took a strong editorial stand today, calling on Israel to kill Yasser Arafat: “The world will not help us; we must help ourselves. We must kill as many of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders as possible, as quickly as possible, while minimizing collateral damage, but not letting that damage stop us. […]

I have been lecturing widely on the risks which the Road Map poses to Israel. Yet, whenever I complete my largely analytic examination of the issues, I am left with a vague feeling of discomfort — a feeling that I have left my audience without enough concrete recommendations for practical action. With this in mind, […]

Jerusalem (jnewswire.com) – Ramez Abu Islim and Ihab Abu Khader, the two Hamas terrorists who slaughtered 15 Israelis in twin homicide bomb attacks Tuesday, were only recently released from an Israeli prison, Arutz7’s Haggai Huberman reported Thursday. Both had been apprehended by security forces last autumn, and were set free within weeks of each other […]

Stop thinking like a Westerner and you will begin to understand terrorism. There was virtually no guilt trip for destroying the great cities of Nazi Germany, Japan or Korea. Once upon a time democracies knew their enemies and were able to determine general target locations. There was no moral problem with bombing Berlin, Dresden, Hiroshima […]

It was learned today that the suicide terrorists who perpetrated the two attacks had been incarcerated in Israeli prisons as “administrative detainees.” A terrorist victim’s father comments. It was learned today that the suicide terrorists who perpetrated the two attacks had been incarcerated in Israeli prisons as “administrative detainees.” The two were released within two […]

The Arab press is nearly monolithic in blaming Israel for the resignation of the Palestinian Authority’s prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (nom de guerre: Abu Mazen). The Arab press is nearly monolithic in blaming Israel for the resignation of the Palestinian Authority’s prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (nom de guerre: Abu Mazen). There is, however, a difference […]