By:Jonathan S. Tobin Wednesday, August 6, 2008 In the wake of Barack Obama’s trip to Israel, Republicans and Democrats wasted no time tilting over the meaning of every word uttered by the man the Democratic Party will nominate for president. But amid all of the partisan debate, one prominent analyst thought both sides of that […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 7 August 2008 The Olmert team’s ongoing failure to seriously address threatening developments in the Gaza Strip is frequently excused as reflecting a conscious decision to focus current efforts on preventing the existential danger that a nuclear Iran would represent. But it would be a mistake to ignore the opportunity that […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Israel has begun to free Hamas leaders who were rounded up by security forces following the abduction of IDF Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit two years ago. On Thursday, Jerusalem freed the mayor of Shechem, who has been held in administrative detention for two years. Also freed was a local businessman […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Marking three years since they were thrown out of Gush Katif under Sharon’s Disengagement plan, former residents of Kfar Yam, Netzer Hazani, and other destroyed Jewish towns plan to return and rebuild.

July 31, 2008 Contact: Morton A. Klein Phone 1: 212-481-1500 In the Gaza Strip, during the past few weeks, Palestinian terror groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have been holding camps throughout, some of them proudly displaying rockets and other weaponry which the youth are trained to use. Hamas alone is currently conducting […]

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Dear Friends, While I would hope by now a letter like this is no longer needed, I have a feeling it still is – especially for those students entering high school this coming September. It is my hope that this letter also be a wake-up call to teachers and principals who […]

Caroline B. Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Aug. 4, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331190746&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Six years ago last week, a bomb went off in the Frank Sinatra Cafeteria at Hebrew University’s Mt. Scopus campus. Seven students were murdered. The attack was the work of a Hamas cell from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. The Silwan cell was […]

 by IsraelNN Staff (IsraelNN.com) For the second year in a row, a vivid exhibition tracing the history and experience of the Bnai Anousim (Jews who hid their identity for fear of persecution) is drawing large crowds across Brazil as it tours the vast South American country. Dramatic poster of the exhibition(courtesy of Shavei Israel) The […]

By:Aaron Klein Wednesday, July 30, 2008 JERUSALEM – Israel last week granted a complete pardon to a handful of senior terrorists, including the leaders of a terror cell responsible for a 2006 suicide bombing in which an American teenager and 10 other civilians were murdered, according to information obtained by The Jewish Press. Last June, […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) A police detective admitted in court last week that police forces hid as Bedouin Arabs attacked Jewish hikers, and then jumped out to arrest the Jews who fought back. The incident occurred last Tuesday, on the third day of a week-long “Land of Hilltops Trek” from the northern Shomron to southern […]