NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine to reverse his decision to permit students to wear green sashes glorifying suicide bombings at the university’s commencement ceremony on June 18, 2004. The sash, or “Shahada,” is a symbol worn by Muslim extremists as a […]

It now appears that Israel’s “unilateral” disengagement from Gaza will only occur if Egypt sets the precise terms. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleimon is expected to arrive in Israel this week, and will lay down the conditions that both Israel and the PA must fulfill for Egypt to agree to the Israeli withdrawal. Among the […]

On June 6th, 2004, the Israeli cabinet voted to dismantle Israeli settlements in Gaza in accord with the Sharon Plan. When the Knesset considers the rest of the Sharon Plan, the issue that promises to be the most hotly debated is the almost unnoticed Clause Five — mandating military training of Palestinian armed forces to […]

There`s been a lot of talk since 9/11 about anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination, and yet according to actual hate-crime statistics, it is Jews whove had the most to fear. According to the FBI`s Hate Crimes Statistics Report for 2002, there were 155 anti-Islamic incidents and 931 anti-Jewish incidents that year. And as anyone who follows […]

US President Bush has, once again, suspended the relocation of the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. Bush did this by asserting that US national security will be harmed if he implements the US law requiring the move. Bush\u2019s refusal to take concrete measures recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital has […]

VIA FACSIMILE ([949] 824-2087 and 2763) AND E-MAIL Mr. Ralph J. Cicerone Chancellor University of California, Irvine The Chancellor’s Office Irvine, CA 92697-1900 Mr. Manuel N. Gomez Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs University of California, Irvine 405 Administration Irvine, CA 92697-5180 Dear Chancellor Cicerone and Vice Chancell or Gomez: We are writing to you on behalf […]

The IDF has completed the removal of some 40 barriers around Arab villages throughout Judea and Samaria, thus removing many restrictions on free travel for Palestinian Authority residents. Neighboring Jewish residents fear that terrorists will be able, as they have in the past, to commit shooting attacks and then return quickly to their villages without […]

A late-night visit from a refugee rabbi during World War II convinced a Portuguese official to save Jews from Hitler. Rabbi Haim Kruger, a refugee in France, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portugals consul general in Bordeaux, spoke all through the night about the problems of the war, Sebastiao de Sousa Mendes, the consuls son, […]

Surrounded by neighbors committed to our destruction and standing in the front line of the global war against terror, Israelis can rightly take pride in being the only democratic state in the region. However, recent political developments do raise serious questions. A genuine democracy does not start and end with elections. It requires government to […]

A Web site partially funded by Teresa Heinz Kerry offers a report glorifying Hezbollah (Hizbullah) suicide bombers as “deified in paradise and venerated on earth for fighting Israel” – and praises the terrorist group’s support network for women widowed by their husband’s “martyrdom” attacks. Women’s eNews.org still features the September 2003 report, written by Sarah […]