By Dana Weiler-Polak Haaretz 4 March 2009 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068530.html A 19-year-old woman from Georgia here on Birthright Israel underwent an expedited naturalization process in order to be eligible for a life-saving emergency liver transplant. A few days after Miriam Kishishvili came to Israel with the Birthright trip for Jewish young adults, she began complaining of pains […]

March 4, 2009 DAVID MATAS, THE JERUSALEM POST Two urban legends about the yellow star are commonly told. In one, French Vichy officials during World War II gave Moroccan authorities yellow stars for the Jews of Morocco to wear. King Mohammad V asked for a dozen more, explaining that he wanted them so that he […]

Jews barred as U.S. helps Arabs fortify their presence in holy city By Aaron Klein WorldNetDaily Sign in Kfar Akeb boasting of ‘American gift’ to Palestinian Authority JERUSALEM – Sections of Jerusalem have essentially been forfeited on the ground to the Palestinian Authority, while Jews, including local landowners, are barred from entering parts of Israel’s […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Israel Air Force planes bombed six terrorist smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza Tuesday afternoon, shortly after United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni completed their first official face-to-face discussion since Clinton took office. Arab sources said seven men were wounded. Secretary Clinton said after her […]

Jewish groups pulling back from campaign against UNWRA-does not want to upset new administration American Jewish Leaders Ease Up Campaign Against UN Groups Seeking To Avoid Conflict With the Obama Administration Over Palestinian Aid By Nathan Guttman National Jewish leaders have pulled back on their long-standing campaign against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, […]

by David Ha’ivri The Manhigut Yehudit theory is flawed. Like many others in the nationalist camp, I have been following with concern the activities of Likud’s Manhigut Yehudit faction. The thrust of the Manhigut theory is that the majority of the right-wing voters “feel at home” within the framework of the Likud party and, over […]

Mar. 2, 2009 Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Provoked by the Palestinians’ escalating missile campaign, on Sunday evening the Ashkelon Parents Association voted not to send their children to school on Monday. Ever since the outgoing Kadima government ended Operation Cast Lead in Gaza on January 20, the Palestinians have steadily stepped-up their missile […]

By Aluf Benn Haaretz www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067553.html Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to declare his support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni, that is reason enough to go into the opposition or to attempt to impose a rotation arrangement on Netanyahu. This weekend U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Hamas terrorists attacked Sderot again Sunday night with a Kassam rocket that hit the porch and back yard of a home. Media reported “there were no injuries” to people inside the house, but eight years of attacks have placed 20 percent of the town’s population under mental care. Five other […]

JINSA Report #864 February 27, 2009 Charles “Chas” Freeman is an appalling choice for Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). As President of the Saudi-funded Middle East Policy Council, Mr. Freeman functions as lobbyist, making his analysis suspect. And his analysis is, in any event, appalling. Gabriel Schoenfeld, in The Wall Street Journal’s “Opinion […]