Israel suppresses freedom of speech ZOA CRITICIZES ISRAELI POLICE FOR DETAINING ISRAEL’S ZOA DIRECTOR AND OTHERS FOR DISTRIBUTING BOOKLET ABOUT ABBAS’ FATAH The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is stunned by and strongly criticizes the detention by Israeli police of the ZOA Director in Israel, Jeff Daube, and two activists, Susie Dym and Yehudit Dassberg […]

by Orit The sermons that I heard (or didn’t fall asleep to) mentioned Katrina a lot, but rabbis were eerily silent on the topic of the Disengagement. I find this a little disturbing, because all throughout the holidays we pray for the joy and peace of Israel. First, I’d like to thank you, America, for […]

by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Former border police officer Mordechai Mehager, part of the Yassam riot police unit, insists that police officers who clashed with demonstrators in Amona in early 2006 were told to use violence. Please Install Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox. Click here to install Arutz 7 Video 12 Embed Video – Copy […]

By:Phyllis Chesler Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Whenever people ask me to explain Jewish anti-Semitism, Jewish anti-Zionism, or Israeli anti-Zionism, I pause and then try to discuss these questions calmly and dispassionately. I say: Why are you so surprised? Jews are also human beings. They internalize anti-Semitism along with everyone else. In addition, centuries of persecution […]

By Jeffrey Goldberg International Herald Tribune | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11. By Matthias Küntzel. Translated by Colin Meade. 180 pages. Telos Press Publishing. $29.95. One day in Damascus not long ago, I visited the understocked gift shop of the Sheraton Hotel, looking for something to read. There wasn’t […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Three people were taken into custody and their literature confiscated as they were handing it out to foreign journalists outside the Dan Panorama Hotel in Jerusalem Wednesday night. The Dan Panorama is where most of the journalists who are covering the Bush visit are lodging. The literature in question is […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) Israel Police confirmed Tuesday morning that a pair of Katyusha rockets were fired at northern Israel overnight by terrorists from an Islamist terror gang in southern Lebanon, the “Bader Battalions of Jihad.” The previously uknown group vowed in a statement to launch further attacks, saying “We promised our people Jihad. […]

Thanks largely to the good offices of City Councilor Minna Fenton, Paris Square [outside the Prima Kings Hotel] was this afternoon renamed Freedom for Jonathan Pollard Square. Along side a large number of speakers as well as music and speeches on the audio system, the large crowd – some of whom have been waiting for […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) The Islamic Jihad in Gaza has claimed responsibility for an unusual attempted attack Monday morning involving two terrorists misleading soldiers that they were a When the “couple” was in proximity to the IDF position… they both drew firearms. loving couple. The incident took place near the ruins of the evacuated Jewish […]

By Nadav Shragai Haaretz Last update – 08:12 07/01/2008 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/942111.html If Ehud Olmert as we knew him when he was mayor of Jerusalem could speak to U.S. President George W. Bush, he would almost certainly say the following: “Mr. President, Ehud Olmert may be prime minister today, but his mandate is limited. Neither the Jewish […]