SHARON ON GAZA “I also recommended the establishment of several Jewish settlements, Jewish ‘fingers’ as I called them, to divide the Gaza district….all of them built, like the Judean and Samarian settlements, on state-owned land. Standing with the cabinet members on a high hill of dunes, I pointed out exactly what I thought we needed. […]

The head of Israel’s intelligence agency issued a dire warning against withdrawing from the Philadelphi Route, adding that quitting northern Shomron would expose Israeli cities to shelling attacks. Avi Dichter, who heads Israel’s General Security Service (Shabak), appeared before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today and spoke out unambiguously against aspects of PM […]

Morale is high, despite the rain and cold, among the thousands of people at the anti-disengagement sit-in around the Knesset. MK Uri Ariel has moved his parliamentary office to the site. The protest is actually more like a live-in, with tents set up along the length of the fence surrounding the Knesset. Many families spent […]

Thousands of Jewish Israeli women marry Arabs, unwittingly entering a trap of torture. Mayaan Jaffe goes behind the scenes to see how some of them are rescued. Black eyes. Bruises. Blood. Out of the refuse of a Gaza town, Aliza [all names have been changed] emerged a broken woman. With tears streaming down her face […]

“Our residents are fed up. I don’t know what has to be done, but perhaps Gaza should be flattened and rebuilt,” the mayor of the besieged town of S’derot told Arutz-7 Monday. Mayor Eli Moyal aimed his complaints against the government and not the army. “The government cannot hide under the slogan that it is […]

Iran’s Sahar 1 TV station is currently airing a weekly series titled “For You, Palestine,” or “Zahra’s Blue Eyes.” The series premiered on December 13, and is set in Israel and the West Bank. It broadcasts every Monday, and was filmed in Persian but subsequently dubbed into Arabic. The story follows an Israeli candidate for […]

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and the global war on terror that quickly ensued, it is difficult to remember that the first challenge to American security that the Bush administration encountered came not from the Arabs but from the Chinese. On April 1, 2001, the Chinese government […]

These days, we hear many hysterical voices – in the Israeli government, the army and the media – proclaiming that civil disobedience threatens the foundation of the nation. In fact, the very opposite is the case. Civil disobedience is the root and cornerstone of Am Yisrael (the People of Israel). This week’s Torah portion brings […]

Arab terrorists exploded two shells at the Erez Industrial Park and checkpoint in northern Gaza, one of them a direct hit on Nissim Arviv, a 25-year-old resident of Nissanit who was arranging affairs at an automobile shop. Arviv, married and father to a baby girl, is in critical condition at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon where […]

Yasser Arafat dominated the scene of the Arab/Israeli conflict for over fifty years. Now that he has died, many believe that new leadership will emerge and that peace will finally come to the Holy Land. Is that a valid assumption? What are the facts? Review of an Evil Life: Review of an Evil Life: In […]