JERUSALEM – PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s recent actions will serve to strengthen the ability of “Palestinian” terror groups to launch future attacks against Jewish men, women and children, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told visiting US senators Monday. “Instead of working to disarm the terror organizations, he is working to strengthen them. He is not willing […]

Hundreds of American Jews will arrive in Israel on June 5th in order to join the Jews of Gush Katif in opposing the expulsion from their homes. The organizer of the trip, Brooklyn assemblyman Dov Hikind, says he decided to put together the visit when he returned from his last visit to the threatened Jewish […]

Jean Jacques Rousseau, one of the leading philosophers of the 18th century, was among those who laid the foundations for modern democracy. In his book, “The Social Contract,” he warned of the danger in a majority decision on behalf of particularistic interests opposed to the common good. He determined that the decision of the majority […]

IDF Radio reported today -http://glz.msn.co.il/glz/news/08A84D01D8BB42A79A5583A6EC71DC79.htm that senior security sources advised IDF Radio that in contrast to previous statements by Israeli Government officials that all synagogues would be removed from the Gaza Strip, only “symbolic elements” such are arks and memorial tablets would be removed. Until now Prime Minister Sharon and others assured the public that […]

Deputy PM Shimon Peres met today with US Undersecretary of State David Walsh in Tel Aviv. The two discussed Peres’ efforts on behalf of the PA. In his meeting with US Undersecretary for Middle East Affairs Walsh, Deputy Prime Minister Peres updated him on Israeli talks with Palestinian Authority officials, as well as with Arab […]

The global rise in anti-Semitism over the past several years has left few parts of the world unscathed. From Western Europe to the Arab countries, Jews have become the targets of renewed vitriol and fury, leading various Jewish organizations to intensify their efforts to monitor and track this growing and worrisome trend. But for all […]

Minister Natan Sharansky spoke with Israel National Radio’s Eli Stutz and Yishai Fleisher, explaining his reasons for resigning his post a government minister in protest of the disengagement plan. Sharansky’s resignation as Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Jerusalem (http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=81174) was accepted by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. Click here to listen to […]

This past week, over 200,000 Israelis visited the Jewish communities in Gaza and northern Samaria that are slated for expulsion. This massive show of support should serve as encouragement to us all – the people of Israel have not forsaken their Land, even if their government has. (http://freund.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/gush_katif_march.jpg) The struggle for Gush Katif and northern […]

I grew up in Gaza during the 1950s, a child of Egyptian parents at a time when Gaza was occupied by Egypt. My father headed the Egyptian military then in Gaza and the Sinai. Because I know and understand the culture of the area, I have troubling questions about Israel’s Gaza evacuation. Will it bring […]