by Hillel Fendel Arutz Sheva January 27, 2007 Jews in Yemen have been abruptly targeted by a local sheikh, told they were “moral destroyers,” and ordered to “leave or else” – and some have. Jewish “sages” have been killed, one woman reports. Only some 50 Jewish families remain in virulently anti-Israel Yemen, but after years […]

MEMRI In an article in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, titled “What will Happen if the Muslim Brotherhood Takes Control of Palestine?”, Egyptian-born scholar and columnist Dr. Mamoun Fandy [1] writes about the possibility of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt and Syria. [2] According to Dr. Fandy, the rise to power of Hamas, which is the Palestinian […]

ZOA New York – A high-ranking Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer has disclosed that the Israeli government has “tied the IDF’s hands” and is preventing military operations that could stop Hizballah from rearming and gaining strength ahead of a possible new round of violence this summer. The officer said that, “This is not up to […]

by Hillel Fendel Arutz Sheva January 23, 2007 The Yesha Council highlights the deceptions in a recent study by the ultra-left wing Peace Now group purporting to show that 40% of Yesha communities are built on private Arab land. “The so-called facts in the Peace Now report are far from the true reality,” the Yesha […]

BY ALEX ALEXIEV President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s UN rant against the Great Satan got banner headlines around the world last week. But two smaller news items out of Iran, largely unnoticed, tell us far more about where Iran is heading and how U.S. policies can nudge the belligerent regime in the right direction. The first report: […]

Olmert cancels community in Yesha for Gaza Jews New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has opposed the payment of $100 million to Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) announced today by the Israeli government of Ehud Olmert. Simultaneously, Israel announced that the construction of an approved Jewish community at Maskiot, which was to […]

January 17, 2007 ZOA Contact: Morton A. Klein, 212-481-1500 New York – A new survey has found that Israeli Arab support for Israel is low and has dropped significantly since last year’s Lebanon war. The survey, conducted by Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head of the Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University, […]

by Ezra HaLevi Arutz Sheva January 20, 2007 Three Kassam rockets were fired toward Israeli towns from Palestinian Authority-controlled Gaza Sunday. Rock attacks took place in Judea and Samaria and a convict escaped from police in Petah Tikva. One rocket landed near the city of Sderot. Two other landed in open areas between Jewish communities […]

NGO Monitor January 15, 2007 [For annotated report www.ngo-monitor.org/article/war_on_want_wages_war_on_israel_update_ ] Summary: The UK registered charity, War on Want (WoW) campaigns “against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice,” placing great emphasis on its “Palestine” campaign. Despite a number of investigations by the UK Charity Commission for its political activities, WoW continues to ignore […]