Today marks the anniversary of one of the most important events in Jewish history in the past one thousand years. It is an episode that forever altered the destiny of the Jewish people, as well as that of European civilization, giving rise to seismic shifts in spheres as varied as cartography, commerce and mysticism. Scholars […]

Perhaps the best thing Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush can do prior to their meeting today to discuss a possible Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is to take a quick tour of the White House. The stroll down memory lane will not only give the two men a chance to take a short break from […]

Introduction The Nile River is the longest river in the world. From its major source, Lake Victoria in east central Africa, the White Nile flows generally north through Uganda and into Sudan where it meets the Blue Nile in Khartoum, which rises in the Ethiopian highlands. The Nile traverses almost 6,700 kilometers (4,169 miles) from […]

Arutz-7’s Haggai Segal spoke yesterday with Asher Oknin, head of the Likud chapter in Kfar Shalem – providing a glimpse of what may or may not be an accurate representation of the typical Likud withdrawal supporter. The Maariv newspaper has begun a daily feature in which it presents two opposing opinions of Likud members regarding […]

Hamas and Yassir Arafat are already negotiating and salivating over the loot of the Gaza Strip after Sharon retreats. These negotiations are reminiscent of Biblical Prophecy when the invaders made their way up to Jerusalem where they start to divide the loot when G-d intervenes and slaughters the invaders. Hopefully, we will see that happen […]

A bombing meant to spread AIDS was among 10 Palestinian terror attacks foiled by Israeli security forces over Passover. The Shin Bet said on Tuesday a captured terrorist linked to Yasser Arafat?s Fatah faction had confessed to planning a Passover bombing in which the explosives would be laced with HIV-infected blood in the hope of […]

President Moshe Katzav has been saved from an assassination attempt in Hungary, as three Arabs have been arrested by Hungarian police on charges of planning to detonate a bomb in the Budapest Holocaust Museum. Katzav is on a three-day state visit to Budapest, with one of his main stops being the museum and its dedication […]

Israeli research created the basic methodology for a group of neurosurgeons in Grenoble, France, in 1993, to first implant an electrode deep inside the brain of in a human patient with Parkinson’s disease. Michael J. Fox names Israeli neurologist to foundation advisory board ‘Breakthrough’ drug proven effective against Parkinson’s disease Movement Disorder Surgery program Naomi […]

Belgium’s Jews, in particular Antwerp’s Jewish diamond merchants, have been put on notice by the Arab European League (AEL). “We want to warn Antwerp’s Jewish community in its entirety to be on its guard. The community’s support for Israel is no secret,” Ahmed Azzuz, head of the AEL in Belgium told the Belgian newspaper La […]

On March 22, 2004 Sheikh ‘Atiyyah Saqr, former head of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee who in the past issued a Fatwa declaring Jews “apes and pigs,”(1) was asked the following question this week in an online chat room: “What, according to the Qur’an, are the Jews’ main characteristics and qualities?” The following is his answer:(2) […]