With each telling, Ha’aretz’s falsehood on building permits for east Jerusalem Arabs becomes further inflated, despite the fact that editors were provided with corrective information. Thus, on May 17, 2006 Jonathan Lis falsely claimed: “Since 1967, almost no building permits have been issued for the eastern part of the capital” (“More demolitions carried out in […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert misled the government and the public by claiming that he is waiting for the IDF to make recommendations before acting against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel, according to an IDF statement that contradicted Olmert’s statement to the Cabinet. Olmert told the Cabinet Sunday, “Following […]

By Morrie Amitay Founder, Washington Political Action Committee The current election cycle witnessed the creation of “J Street” and the J Street PAC. J Street describes itself as the “political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement” seeking to “change the direction of American policy in the Middle East and to broaden the public and policy […]

William Mehlman Q: What does it take to get the Israeli police to enforce the law in Arab population areas? A: Try a pogrom. Did an inebriated 48 year-old Jamal Taufik deliberately shatter the solemn calm of a Yom Kippur eve in Acre, gunning his car, radio blaring, into Ben Ami Avenue, the main thoroughfare […]

J4JPnews release – November 17, 2008 On Friday Nov 21st Jonathan Pollard will enter his 24th year in prison. On Sunday Nov 23rd Ehud Olmert will be meeting with President Bush for the last time. On Thursday Nov 27th the American people will celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday – a holiday traditionally associated with Presidential clemencies. […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to release yet another 250 terrorists from prison, as a goodwill holiday gesture to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas. Olmert made the promise in a meeting with Abbas in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon. MK Ruby Rivlin (Likud) said about the news of the planned release, “We […]

by Seth J. Frantzman There are riots between Jews and Arabs in the Israeli town of Acre. Already the chorus of voices has told us that “for years the people of this mixed city coexisted.” Now we hear that a ‘spark’ has set off an ‘explosion’ of ethnic violence. We have heard this before. We […]

Yehudit Tayar Our sons are fighting in Gaza. Our sons – the sons of our families who were brutally uprooted from their homes, jobs, communities, synagogues and cemetaries are fighting in Gaza. Under the missiles, under the fire of the same terrorists who have been strengthened by the destruction of Gush Katif, our sons are […]

The Violent History of the Leftist Establishment’s Dirty War Against the Right 1904-2008 It feels like deja vu, but it’s a real and recurrent pattern in Zionist history: when the Leftist establishment in Eretz Yisrael feels its hold on power being threatened by the Right, it abandons democratic principles and methods for Bolshevik ones. The […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Ashkelon’s residents will not remain quiet and wait for the government and army to protect them, said Itamar Shimoni, head of the coastal city’s security forum, after Ashkelon was shaken Friday morning by a barrage of five Grad Katyusha missiles fired from Gaza. “I hereby announce to the Defense Minister that […]