Tonight at midnight, the entrances to Gush Katif will be officially closed. Only security forces will be allowed in, and only outbound traffic will be permitted. Over the coming two days, police and soldiers will present residents with expulsion orders, and will help those who wish to leave with packing and the like. At midnight […]

A monumental structure, probably dating back to the tenth century BCE, was discovered in excavations in the City of David, headed by Dr. Elat Mazar, under the auspices of the Institute of Achaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and conducted in conjunction with the Ir David Foundation – which is engaged in the development […]

Militants loosely affiliated to the Fatah Party of Mahmoud Abbas stormed public offices in Nablus under a hail of gunfire, accusing the Palestinian president of failing to honor security promises. The drama occurred as Abbas was locked in talks with his governing Fatah Party, which is facing a deepening rift with rivals Hamas over his […]

The IDF also ruled it will require reporters and photographers to leave an area if officials decree there is a “reasonable fear of danger to human life.” Security personnel will use “reasonable force” against journalists who do not cooperate, according to the IDF spokesmen. Government officials promised as recently as last month that the media […]

In the H.G Wells novel and subsequent film, “The Invisible Man,” the main character takes a dangerous drug and slowly disappears. That is a metaphor for what is happening to Israel as it plans its latest unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, which it once “occupied” for security purposes. Israel is slowly disappearing, and the twin drugs […]

Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz, who has lived in Kfar Darom for a year and heads the local anti-disengagement efforts, told Arutz-7 that neither the residents nor the army want a violent clash. “Right now,” he said, “there is a busload of Border Guard forces outside the gates, and we don’t want to fight them. But it’s […]

The order, delivered to the municipalities of Jewish towns in Gaza, informs citizens that they are to leave their homes by midnight following the breaking of the Tisha B’Av fast. The IDF order also dictates that residents of Gaza’s Jewish towns will not be permitted to go from one community to another starting Sunday, and […]

TEL AVIV – Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican regarded as one of the most security-minded members of the House, has expressed his concern over the effect of the Gaza pullout on U.S. interests in the Middle East and the war on terrorism. Burton, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, is one […]

The children of N’vei Dekalim brought each family a long-stemmed sunflower with a wish for a happy and peaceful Sabbath. A note was attached. The note, written by the children, reminded us, the grown-ups, to keep up our courage and faith. The previous day, a bite-sized chocolate bar, pinned to an invitation, was hung on […]

The Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of various armed militias in the Gaza Strip, announced on Sunday that it would start operating in the West Bank immediately after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. “We will move our cells to the West Bank,” said Jamal Abu Samhadaneh, commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, which […]