In one of those cruel medical ironies, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is most commonly found in developing countries, where blood tests and other costly methods of detection are less available. More than 170 million people are infected with the HCV virus around the world, including 4 million Americans and 9 million Europeans. Infection by […]

New York – In a recent opinion piece, Professor Efraim Inbar, Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and the Director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, analyzes developments within the Palestinian Authority (PA) and concludes that the paradigm of a two-state solution, with a Palestinian state neighboring the state of Israel, is […]

A familiar quality of unreality pervades much of the news and commentary about the ascendance of Hamas in recent Palestinian elections. Note is endlessly made of the fact that Hamas, with its clinics and other welfare operations, is less “corrupt” than the old-guard Fatah chieftains, providing needed services the Palestinian Authority neglected. And many news […]

The PA’s victorious Hamas group produced a video crediting its terror attacks as the policy that successfully led to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and that will bring about further withdrawals. In the video, translated by Palestinian Media Watch, images of Jews being forcibly removed by Israeli troops from Gaza’s Jewish communities are shown, as […]

By Nadav Shragai Ha’aretz February 6, 2006 Rabbi Benny Lau sees “the solidarity of the betrayed” and increasing despair among the national religious public since the “Amona crisis.” Lau, an educator, rabbi and researcher, a bona fide member of the religious Zionist community, is considered a symbol of moderation in the community. However, now he […]

Despite IDF’s operation to prevent rocket launching toward Israel, Qassam falls on house in southern city, killing cat in backyard Shmulik Hadad – YNET 7 February 2006 www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3212433,00.html A Qassam rocket hit a house in the southern town of Sderot Tuesday morning, causing damage to property and killing a cat that was hurt by shrapnel […]

WASHINGTON — Amid much gnashing of teeth, the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections is being called a disaster. On the contrary. It is deeply clarifying and ultimately cleansing. If the world responds correctly, it will mark a turning point for the better. The Palestinian people have spoken. According to their apologists, sure, Hamas wants […]

I have spent the better part of my life keeping secrets: state secrets, family secrets, emotional secrets. I have guarded them, held them close to my heart and locked them in my mind. Each secret has given me moments of pride, of joy, of pain. But there is one that has been breaking my heart […]

Claiming that Arabs might soon outnumber Jews and threaten Israel’s Jewish character unless the Palestinians are quickly offered a state of their own, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced last week that his administration would push for a Palestinian state and Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. But a new study presented this week by […]

A poll carried out this Sunday and Monday by Maagar Mohot Survey Institute (headed by Professor Yitzchak Katz) finds that the Israeli public does not support additional significant unilateral withdrawals if after the elections it becomes clear that the PA doesn’t fight terror and it is not possible to advance in accordance with the Road […]