By David Solway In 1839, the Russian novelist Mikhail Lermontov published A Hero of our Time, the tale of a melancholy romantic by the name of Grigory Pechorin. In the preface to the book, Lermontov explains that his protagonist is “a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of our […]

by Dr. Avi Perry (Israelnationalnews.com) It happened while I was driving in downtown Haifa. They were standing in a busy intersection, all six of them, flashing signs—“For Israel…. Against Occupation.” I wanted to stop and ask them if they understood the contradiction, since Palestinian Arabs refer to Israel-proper as “The Occupation.” Unfortunately, the heavy traffic […]

By: Aaron Klein Carter To Work For Anti-Israel Sanctions Former president Jimmy Carter told the Palestinian government he would work privately to push for U.S. and international sanctions against Israel, according to officials in the Palestinian Authority. Separately, Carter told Hamas leaders that he would lobby the Obama administration to open dialogue with the terrorist […]

By LEONARD GETZ, For The Bulletin Ever since the Jewish community caught on to President Obama’s pressure on Israel to impose a “settlement freeze” in Judea, Samaria and parts of Jerusalem, the administration has blamed the media for misrepresenting its overall policy and strategic approach to the “peace process.” One article said, “There was concern […]

by Elad Benari (Israelnationalnews.com) As part of the “After the 2010 Congressional Elections” conference which was hosted Sunday by Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, experts spoke about U.S.-Israel Relations, particularly in light of last week’s midterm elections which saw the Republicans gain a majority in the House of Representatives and leave a […]

by David Lev (Israelnationalnews.com) Residents of the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem were reeling Friday night after an attempt by Arabs to break into Jewish homes in the neighborhood – dressed as Hareidi Jews. The two “Hareidim” were seen walking around the neighborhood Friday night by residents, and at about 9:30 PM, a resident named […]

IDF Radio Last Updated: 15:40, 11/06/2010 http://glz.co.il/newsArticle.aspx?newsid=71631 [IMRA translation] The Asseiasah Kuwaiti newspaper reports that people close to Hezbollah’s military leadership say that the organization has an air weapon systems, including an Iranian plane that can attack targets on the ground at a great distance, drones. The newspaper reported that these are the surprises which […]

By: Editorial Board Date: Wednesday, November 03 2010 As reflected in this week’s Letters section, some of our endorsements for this week’s elections created something of a stir. Many readers seemed particularly perturbed by our endorsement of several Democratic members of Congress despite their public support for President Obama’s Middle East policies – policies The […]

The Elazris – Formerly of Moshav Bedolah, Gush Katif; Now Nitzan By: Date: Wednesday, November 03 2010 This is the second of a series featuring Gush Katif families The family: Parents Hertzl (53) and Yehudit (48), children Yifat (27) married to Ohr, studying math education, Ayelet (25), studying accounting, Keren (22), studying human resources, Einat […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The Jewish answer to the pro-Palestinian Gaza flotillas: An aid flotilla, docked at Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers in New York City, to the Jews of Hevron. The Hebron Fund, which runs an annual festive dinner for the Jewish Community of Hevron, continues its “out of the box” dinner planning by […]