By: Benyamin “Buddy” Korn Jewish Press Wednesday, January 10, 2007 The recent reunion, in Washington, D.C., of activists from the Soviet Jewry protest movement was an opportunity to see old friends and reminisce about a bygone era. But for Philadelphia attorney Joe Smukler, it was also a time to reflect on the lessons to be […]

by Paula R. Stern Arutz Sheva Jan 12, 2007 Twice now, Palestinians have used their bodies to prevent the Israeli army from attacking the home of a known terrorist; and twice now, the Israeli army has buckled under the threat of a “humanitarian” disaster. After the apparent defeat of the Israeli army by unarmed masses, […]

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/811643.html Palestinians in the Gaza Strip may soon succeed in extending the range of Qassam rockets as far as the southern port city of Ashkelon or beyond, the Israel Defense Forces estimates. Qassams launched last summer demonstrated a range of 16 kilometers. This means that if fired […]

During a public debate in a school in the center of Israel, a student arose and addressed a direct question to a representative of the Left: “Do you really want to tell us that such a thing is possible – a ‘demilitarized Palestinian State’? Do you, yourself, believe this?” The questioner had no need for […]

Washington providing $86.4 million to bolster Abbas security forces By Aaron Klein © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com JERUSALEM – A portion of $86.4 million in aid the United States pledged last week to bolster security forces affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party will fall into the hands of the Hamas terror group, Hamas officials […]

by Tamar Sternthal CAMERA January 3, 2007 Like death and taxes, B’Tselem’s end-of-the-year publication of Palestinian and Israeli fatalities is a guaranteed affair, as is the accompanying press release. And, inevitably, journalists will dutifully report B’Tselem’s findings, sometimes inaccurately, sometimes not. And while the publication of the statistics is a sure thing, its accuracy and […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz Arutz Sheva The international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda is boosting its presence in three of the Arab states bordering Israel, while Hizbullah and Hamas are also getting increasingly stronger. Major General Amos Yadlin, commander of the IDF Intelligence Corps, told members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Lebanon, […]

Ben-Dror Yamini Maariv-Hebrew, 5 Jan 06 [Provided by Daily Alert – January 8, 2007 – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs] The Palestinians have bought themselves a place of honor on the list of unfortunates in the world. A well-oiled public relations campaign has turned them into a nation of victims. Misery pays. One of the […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 8, 2007 There is something insidious about half-truths. To accept a half-truth demands accepting also a lie. Last week, readers of The Wall Street Journal were presented with a particularly insidious half-truth along with a lie in the form of an op-ed by University of Haifa professor and prominent […]

By: Dov Gilor Jewish Press Wednesday, January 3, 2007 In 2002, Israel surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to restrain a group of 39 Arab terrorist gunmen who were firing at them from inside the church. The gunmen were mostly from the PLO Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade with some Hamas terrorists, as well. […]