Shortly before nine o’clock one Monday evening earlier this month, Hatin Sürücü left her five-year-old son asleep in their small apartment in the Tempelhof district of Berlin and made her way to a bus stop in the main Oberlandgarten Strasse. Minutes later, a volley of pistol shots rang out but no one came to help […]

Despite the smiling images from Sharm el-Sheikh, the fact is that Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, has taken no demonstrable steps to dismantle and disarm the vast Palestinian terror networks, end the incitement, or arrest terrorists. And, although his rhetoric even after his election has been troublesome (calling for a “big jihad”, […]

A new initiative seeks to provide housing for the hundreds of individuals and families who want to move to Gush Katif to strengthen veteran Jewish residents in the face of expulsion. In recent months the communities of Gush Katif have been inundated with requests by people who want to move there. This despite the fact […]

Among the participants were Chaim, who moved last week with his family to Gush Katif, and Yossi, who has been there ever since he fell in love with the residents’ lifestyle as a reserve soldier. “Not every day do we see such a large crowd of residents, rabbis and guests gathering together in the main […]

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, and I were members of an Orthodox Union (OU) Israel Mission to learn about and strengthen Jews under siege in Israel. It is not at […]

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Bat Ye’or, the world’s foremost authority on dhimmitude. Her latest study is Islam and Dhimmitude. Where Civilizations Collide. Her forthcoming book, Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, will be published in January 2005. FP: Bat Ye’or, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Bat Ye’or: Thanks for inviting me to your prestigious magazine. FP: First […]

The IDF discovered a Kassam rocket factory near Jenin Wednesday night. The rockets were to be aimed at Afula, underscoring security experts’ fears about the impending withdrawal from the Shomron. The weapons factory was discovered by IDF forces during an operation in the Arab-populated town of Yamoun, northwest of Jenin. The factory was hidden in […]

Accountability is a foreign concept at Ha’aretz, Israel’s influential English-language daily. The Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics calls on journalists to ‘clarify and explain news coverage and invite dialogue with the public over journalistic conduct.’ But the Society is American, and ethics concerning accountability haven’t yet penetrated at Ha’aretz. In a Feb. 10 […]

Proclamation to the Government of Israel, Knesset and our Brothers in the House of Israel We the undersigned on the proclamation are the representatives of the communities of Gush Katif and the Gaza Strip. We came here over 30 years ago as the envoys of the Government of Israel, and we turned a desolated desert […]

Over the years, I have learned to judge people by their actions. And not just current behaviors, but past behaviors, especially if such past behaviors never change. I have often been accused of unfairly judging the majority of Muslims in a harsh light, in particular, the Arabs occupying Jewish Palestine. In truth, I do not […]