by Ruthie Blum Jerusalem Post June 9, 2006 In Israel last month to receive the “Guardian of Zion” award from Bar-Ilan University’s Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies, Middle East scholar and author Daniel Pipes pulled no punches. In his acceptance speech at the King David Hotel before a distinguished gathering of academics, politicians, business people […]

When it comes to Arab-Israeli affairs, is former U.S. President Jimmy Carter a) uninformed, b) misinformed, or c) blinded by an anti-Israel animus? His USA Today Op-Ed, “Israel’s new plan: A land grab” (May 16 print edition) makes a strong case for “all of the above.” Key Errors Carter falsely claims that: 1) Prime Minister […]

Liver biopsies are an invasive, uncomfortable and painful ordeal. A long hollow needle is pressed into the abdomen to remove tissue samples to assess liver injury resulting from infectious disease like Hepatitis C, or metabolic liver diseases related to overweight and obesity. But thanks to an Israeli innovation called BreathID, a patient now merely has […]

11 Qassams fired at Israel; man critically injured [Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal told Israel Radio in a live interview that the rocket count is wrong and that 25 rockets have fallen on Sderot.] Ongoing fire: Following weekend’s events in Gaza Strip, terror organizations retaliate with massive fire toward Gaza vicinity communities. One rocket hits southern […]

Israel’s hasty apology for 7 killings in Gaza enabled civil rights organizations, left-wing MKs & foreign countries to condemn Israel. It now appears that Israel had nothing to do with it. Arab Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi and extreme left-wing MK Zahava Gal’on (Meretz) said that Defense Minister Amir Peretz is responsible for the shelling murder […]

New York – Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas today condemned Israel for retaliating against Palestinian terrorists in Gaza last night while also naming a wanted terrorist and murderer, Mahmoud Damra, as head of the Palestinian security force, Force 17, in Judea and Samaria. Abbas was described as condemning as a “barbarous slaughter” the killing […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner 29 May 2006 When it was first announced that Nadia Matar of Women in Green was being prosecuted for “insulting a public servant” via a sharp letter she sent to Yonatan Bassi (see below for text) it was generally expected that this was simply another ploy by overzealous officials to try to […]

Palestinian Authority terrorists from the governing Hamas organization launched a barrage of rockets Saturday from Gaza at Israeli civilian and military targets. No injuries were reported. Since Friday night, Palestinian Authority terrorists launched at least 25 Kassam rockets at the city of Sderot and other towns in the western Negev. One of the rockets targeting […]

Aaron Lerner IMRA Date: 8 June 2006 The Sharon administration never took the time to seriously think through the idea of retreating from the Gaza Strip and never took the time to ponder the consequences of the retreat in order to learn from the experience. By the same token, the Olmert administration has yet to […]

By Allison Kaplan Sommer Israel21c June 04, 2006 Professor Moussa Youdim: I really believed in [Azilect], I was like Moses in the desert – everyone had given up on these type of drugs, I kept at it and we did a lot of work on it. Michael J. Fox Foundation finds promise in Israeli Parkinson’s […]