As reported by the guardian.co.uk on March 7, 2009 “A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government using settlement expansion … ‘actively pursuing the illegal annexation’ of East Jerusalem.” March 8, 2009 | Eli E. Hertz Palestinian Arabs, supported by the EU and the U.S. have nurtured a myth that historically there were two Jerusalems […]

By Aaron Klein An investigation by this reporter has found that sections of Jerusalem have essentially been forfeited to the Palestinian Authority with Jews, including local landowners, barred from entering, The U.S. has been aiding Palestinians in developing an infrastructure in Jerusalem while the Israeli government has failed to stop Arabs from illegally building thousands […]

by Karin Kloosterman (IsraelNN.com) The film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble opened America’s eyes to the rare genetic disorder — severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) — afflicting up to 100 babies every year in the US. David Vetter, whose story the movie is based on, was a Texas boy who succumbed to the fatal disease […]

 by Hana Levi Julian and Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Closed circuit video shows the attack by an Arab tractor driver last Thursday — the third of its kind in Jerusalem in a single year.  The video is featured at the bottom of this article. The footage shows the tractor pushing a police car it had just overturned and […]

Aharon Karov, who made impossible recovery from critical shrapnel wounds, becomes a lieutenant Hanan Greenberg Saturday’s Paratroopers’ Brigade training graduation ceremony, for soldiers who enlisted in March 2008, was an especially heartwarming sight. Miraculous Recovery Paratrooper critically wounded in Gaza recovers / Meital Yasur Beit-Or 2nd Lt. Aharon Karov was called up for service in […]

Yoram Ettinger, March 6, 2009 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. THE TIMING – THE JEWISH MONTH OF ADAR. Adar is the root of the Hebrew adjective “Adir” (glorious, awesome, exalted, magnificent) and the Hebrew verb “Le’Ha’adir” (to glorify), which are frequently employed in the Old Testament (e.g. the Hymn of the Sea following the […]

By: Louis René Beres Israel has elected a new prime minister. From the start – and even before he begins to consider assorted specific issues for negotiation with other governments and organizations – he will have to determine whether any form of diplomacy is actually indicated. Although, on the surface, such advice may appear distinctly […]

by Maayana Miskin (IsraelNN.com) The Arab terrorist who attacked police officers and civilians in Jerusalem with his bulldozer on Thursday was a resident of the city, police have announced. He was identified as 26-year-old Mir’i Redeideh. Redeideh was married, police said, and had one child. He lived with his family in the neighborhood of Beit […]

March 5, 2009 MOSHE DANN, THE JERUSALEM POST The economy, terrorism and national defense are priorities for every country. But Israel adds an essential factor: historical memory. Egypt has its pyramids; Rome has its Colosseum; Athens has its Acropolis – but, citizens of a modern state, the native populations feel little or no connection to […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is meeting Wednesday with top PA officials in Ramallah, after meeting with top Israeli officials on Tuesday. Her trip to Ramallah was protected by anti-terrorism checkpoints – of the same type that the U.S. opposes when they are put up for the protection of Jews […]