Recently I again visited some of the wonderful and essential Jewish communities in Gush Katif in Gaza. My son Mayer, a yeshiva student at the Israeli hesder Yeshiva Kerem BeYavneh (KBY), and I were members of an Orthodox Union (OU) Israel Mission to learn about and strengthen Jews under siege in Israel. It is not […]

Twice in recent days Israels High Court ordered a halt to construction of portions of the security fence on the grounds that it was inconveniencing Arab residents. The principle behind the court decision was morally wrong. Saving lives is more important than sparing people from inconvenience. In the first decision, the court ordered the government […]

One of the two soldiers shot and killed by Hizbullah terrorists yesterday – Sgt. Itai Ilouz, 21, of Afula – will be buried today. The other, Sgt.-Maj. Avishai Korisky, 24, of Nazareth Illit, was to have been married in two weeks. Hizbullah snipers shot the two soldiers as they fixed an antenna at the Nurit […]

I knew this day would come. It was the seventh day of Passover, and I stood – on purpose – in the very back of the synagogue, dreading the inevitable. I watched as most of my fellow congregants silently exited the room as Yizkor, the memorial prayer for the dead, was about to begin. But […]

Arafat and Khameini: US. And Israel Behind Attacks and Beheadings Arab leaders throughout the Middle East have begun adding an interesting twist to their condemnations of terror attacks. From Ramallah to Tehran, claims that the United States and Israel are behind the worst terror attacks on civilians of their own countries are being sounded with […]

SUNDAY, JULY 25, 6 P.M. THE ISRAELI CONSULATE 2ND AVE. AT 42ND STREET NEW YORK CITY On Sunday, July 25, a human chain will be created in Israel, stretching from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to Gush Katif/Gaza. Over 120,000 people will participate. The large majority will be Israelis, but supporters from all over the […]

This editorial suggests to us that the use of the word disengagement (from Gaza) is, in fact, a euphemism for retreat. It speculates on the motives of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who rejected the idea of evacuating Gaza settlements during his election campaign, and also the motives of former prime ministers who have also made […]

JERUSALEM – Members of the Sharon government and leftist Israeli media have accelerated efforts to demonize the right-wing settler movement ahead of the prime ministers plan to forcibly uproot the Jews of Gaza. Recent news reports abound with allegations that persons associated with that sector of society are planning to assassinate Sharon and start a […]

NEW YORK – By an overwhelming margin of more than seven to one, Americans oppose the Bush administrations $213-million annual aid to the Palestinian Arabs, a new poll has found. According to the poll, 74.1% of Americans oppose U.S. aid to the Palestinian Arabs; only 10.4% support it. The poll was conducted on July 14-15 […]

The cabinet on Sunday agreed to award the southern city of Sderot the status of a confrontation-line settlement along with a NIS 46 million aid package for residents and businesses in the city. Renewed discussion on the recognition of Sderot as a confrontation-line settlement follows the recent bombardment of the southern city with Qassam rockets […]