In the H.G Wells novel and subsequent film, “The Invisible Man,” the main character takes a dangerous drug and slowly disappears. That is a metaphor for what is happening to Israel as it plans its latest unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, which it once “occupied” for security purposes. Israel is slowly disappearing, and the twin drugs […]

Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz, who has lived in Kfar Darom for a year and heads the local anti-disengagement efforts, told Arutz-7 that neither the residents nor the army want a violent clash. “Right now,” he said, “there is a busload of Border Guard forces outside the gates, and we don’t want to fight them. But it’s […]

The order, delivered to the municipalities of Jewish towns in Gaza, informs citizens that they are to leave their homes by midnight following the breaking of the Tisha B’Av fast. The IDF order also dictates that residents of Gaza’s Jewish towns will not be permitted to go from one community to another starting Sunday, and […]

TEL AVIV – Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican regarded as one of the most security-minded members of the House, has expressed his concern over the effect of the Gaza pullout on U.S. interests in the Middle East and the war on terrorism. Burton, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, is one […]

The children of N’vei Dekalim brought each family a long-stemmed sunflower with a wish for a happy and peaceful Sabbath. A note was attached. The note, written by the children, reminded us, the grown-ups, to keep up our courage and faith. The previous day, a bite-sized chocolate bar, pinned to an invitation, was hung on […]

The Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of various armed militias in the Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday that it would start operating in the West Bank immediately after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. “We will move our cells to the West Bank,” said Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, which […]

The bulldozers are revving up, thousands of protesters are taking to the streets, and Israel’s security forces are practicing mock evacuations \u2013 but that hasn’t stopped the bulk of American Jewry from striking a shamefully casual pose of inexplicable silence. With just two weeks remaining before the start of the proposed withdrawal from Gaza and […]

GAZA, August 4, 2005 (WAFA-PLO News Agency) Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei called on the Quartet Committee and the international community to exert utmost efforts to end Israeli occupation of the rest of the Palestinian territories. During a festival entitled “Liberation and Evacuation Festival” held in Gaza on Thursday, Qurei called on the international community to […]

The campaign against Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan has mistakenly focused on how to defeat 50,000 troops that Sharon has deployed to carry out his policy. The campaign against Sharon’s plan should instead be focused on how to stop its implementation, before the implementation gains momentum. There are two hot issues that, if systematically marketed to […]

More than 45,000 determined protesters are remaining at the Peduyim Junction on the outskirts of Ofakim, where their march toward Gush Katif was blocked by tens of thousands of soldiers and police. “We will not move from here, we will stay here at the Ranan Junction until we are allowed to continue toward Gush Katif,” […]