by Hillel Fendel Arutz Sheva February 4, 2007 400 young Jews from the Golan, Negev, Judea and Samaria spent the Tu B’Shvat Sabbath with the Jews of Jaffa, who face increasing threats from their Arab neighbors. Organized by the youth wing of the National Union party, the Sabbath event, known as a Shabbaton, came in […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has asked the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, for a retraction and apology to the victims of Hamas terrorism for describing the Islamist terrorist group, Hamas, as a “resistance movement” when speaking to reporters in Europe (State Department, January 18, 2007). Hamas’ Charter calls for the […]

By Moshe Feiglin Why does Israel have to invest three billion shekels to build an underground nuclear bomb shelter for the government? For those of you who do not understand what the endless construction work at the entrance to Jerusalem is all about, we have some disconcerting news. The construction is part of an atomic […]

By Diana West Washington Post January 12, 2007 It only took PBS one hour to uncover the causes of anti-Semitism, now in an alarming heyday. In “Antisemitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence,” narrated by Judy Woodruff, PBS offered the answer: The reason for Jew-hatred, now widely promulgated among Muslim populations, is, well… Jews! Israel! […]

by Moshe Kempinski Arutz Sheva Feb 01, 2007 The holiday of Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the trees, seems to come at a very unusual time. The Talmud in Tractate Rosh HaShanah describes how, at this point in the year, most of the rainfall in the year has already fallen and this is […]

February 2nd. 2007 The Honorable Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg Guest of the City of Sderot Dear Mr. Bloomberg It is an honor to welcome you here today to the city of Sderot. I am a resident of Sderot, having .been expelled from my home in Elai Sinai, which had been a thriving […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 1 February, 2007 One certainly hopes that the nightmare of a nuclear Iran never comes to be. But it would be irresponsible not to prepare for that terrible possibility. Some have suggested that Israel rush to “resolve” its differences with the Palestinians and Syria to reduce the chances that the Jewish […]

New York — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has asked the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, for a retraction and apology to the victims of Hamas terrorism for describing the Islamist terrorist group, Hamas, as a “resistance movement” when speaking to reporters in Europe (State Department, January 18, 2007). Hamas’ Charter calls for the […]

by Ezra HaLevi Though Israel prefers to refer to it as a security fence, the concrete wall that politicians openly admit is a border is tightening around a formerly complacent Gush Etzion. A large terminal is nearing completion and the once-scenic Highway 60, or Way of the Forefathers, is now overshadowed by towering concrete slabs, […]

By: Attila Somfalvi Wednesday, January 31, 2007 JERUSALEM – A new survey released this week indicated that a total shake-up of Israel’s political map would occur if an election were held today. The poll found that Likud would win big, followed by Avigdor Lieberman’s Israel Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Kadima […]