TCV News Syrian Tanks Amassing on Israel-Syrian Border August 13, 2006 04:05 PM EST www.theconservativevoice.com/article/17090.html# By Sher Zieve – On Sunday FNC (Fox News Channel) reports that according to its sources, Syrian tanks are building up along the Israel-Syrian border. At this juncture, the Syrians’ intentions are said to be unclear. The UN’s Resolution 1701 […]

by Ezra HaLevi Arutz Sheva August 10, 2006 The first chartered plane of a record-setting week of Western Aliyah arrived in Israel Thursday, with not a single one of the 243 immigrants signed up backing out or postponing due to the war. The plane touched down and pulled alongside a special hangar near Ben Gurion […]

by Ezra HaLevi Arutz Sheva August 10, 2006 Despite the ongoing war in the north and call-up of reserves, 30 IDF soldiers, police officers and riot policemen were dispatched to destroy the foundations of a Jewish home in Samaria on Wednesday. The house, in the early stages of construction, was located near the Binyamin community […]

By: Dr. Rafael Medoff Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Editor’s Note: The U.S. Postal Service recently issued a stamp honoring Hiram Bingham IV, a U.S. vice-consul in Vichy France, for his work with journalist Varian Fry in rescuing Jewish refugees from the Nazis during 1940-1941. The Capitol Hill ceremony unveiling the stamp image was held under […]

Author: Khaled Abu Toameh – Jerusalem Post Source: http://www.standwithus.com Arab world fed up with Hizbullah Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 17, 2006 With the exception of the Palestinians, the Arab world appears to be united in blaming Iran and Syria for the fighting in Lebanon. Until last week, Arab political analysts and government […]

BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ www.alandershowitz.com When the Israeli public was debating the difficult issue of whether to leave southern Lebanon and Gaza, the following question was repeatedly asked by skeptics: What if the land we are giving up is used against us as a base for terrorism and rocket launchings? The answer given by those […]

by Hana Levi Julian Arutz Sheva August 10, 2006 Cleared for publication: An IDF soldier was killed and 16 were injured on Thursday in clashes with Hizbullah terrorists in southern Lebanon. Staff Sergeant Kobi Idan, 26, of Eilat fell in battle when an advanced anti-tank missile hit the Merkava-3 tank in which he was riding. […]

War is a terrible thing. It is an organized effort by two or more parties to kill and destroy one another. It would be wonderful if we could diplomatically end all wars. But such a thing has never ever happened and never will. The only way peace has ever been achieved by nations is when […]

by Hana Levi Julian Arutz Sheva August 9, 2006 The security cabinet gave the IDF the go-ahead on Wednesday to broaden ground operations and take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River. Thousands of troops and reservists stand ready. The vote was unanimous, with three abstentions. Meanwhile, at least 40,000 IDF soldiers waited […]

By: Louis Rene Beres Jewish Press Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Humanitarian international law continues to correctly require that every use of force by an army or insurgent force meet the test of “proportionality.” Going back to the basic legal principle that “the means that can be used to injure an enemy are not unlimited,” proportionality […]