Chanukah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev. Chanukah is probably one of the best known Jewish holidays, not because of any great religious significance, but because of its proximity to Christmas. Many non-Jews […]

“It’s clear that we won’t be able to remain in Gaza forever” – says Ariel Sharon, summarily writing off the efforts of several Israeli governments, the deaths of thousands of Israelis, and the lives of thousands who have made their homes there over the decades. “It’s clear that we won’t be able to remain in […]

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (JTA) — College-age Jews today are almost evenly divided between those with two Jewish parents and those with only one. That was among the major findings of the latest National Jewish Population Survey presented Sunday to officials of Hillel: Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at the organization’s annual professional staff conference […]

Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

Addressing the Herzliya Conference this morning, Dr. Pat Robertson, the Chairman of the Christian Broadcast Network, warned that a sovereign Palestinian state would fatally compromise Israel’s security. He warned against the possibility that such a state would have the sovereign right to control the entry of weapons and personnel into the area. Dr. Robertson said […]

Even as Italy has come under attack in Iraq, some radical Italian leftists have begun collecting money to ship to the terrorists. Last Wednesday’s massacre in Nassaryia, in which 19 Italian troops lost their lives, marked the largest number of casualties suffered by the Italian army since 1945. In Italy, where the word “patriotism” is […]

Israel has no strategic depth and could face a situation in which its air superiority was jeopardized by guerrilla forces coming from neighboring countries just a short distance away, or even from the Palestinian Authority. Since a number of hostile countries now possess long-range missiles, Israel must take into consideration the fact that all of […]

In a test designed to examine the Arrow anti-ballistic missile’s ability to intercept and destroy incoming missiles at high altitudes, the missile system successfully detected and obliterated a target missile early Tuesday. The test was the sixth in a series examining the operational performance of the Arrow, now deployed by the Israel Air Force. Development […]

Preparations are being made for 5,000 Yesha-supporters to arrive in Migron in case of an attempted evacuation. Yesha Council leaders say that the planned destruction could be a shocking prelude to what the government is planning. Preparations are being made for 5,000 Yesha-supporters to arrive in Migron in case of an attempted evacuation – but […]

Beirut – Israel is threatening to wage preemptive military strikes against Lebanon and Syria at will, dropping the standard policy of hitting only to avenge an attack that had already been launched against the Jewish state. “The military establishment is seriously considering this option, which Syria dreads,” a senior Israeli staff army officer was quoted […]