Al Qaeda’s first coordinated bomb attacks on London’s public transport which shocked Britain on July 7 were mounted at the same time as the G8 summit in Scotland. The death toll rose to 56 with 700 wounded and an unknown number of victims still missing. The Islamists not only directed their destructive urge against London, […]

Two Arab terrorists killed an Israeli couple and injured three others in an attack on a car at the Kissufim crossing Saturday night. Soldiers killed one terrorist and are looking for the second. At least two of the injured suffered light or moderate injuries and all of the victims were ferried by helicopter to Be’er […]

New York – A major new Israeli poll carried out by the Tel Aviv University Institute for Media, Society, and Politics show that only 48% of Israelis support the Gaza withdrawal plan. Researchers Dr. Yari Tsfati and Dr. Yoram Peri took the survey questioning a random sample of 519 Israelis. Drs. Tsfati and Peri said […]

As a Jew who cares very deeply about Israel even though he does not yet reside there, I wish to raise several important questions regarding the situation there as I perceive it from the relative stability of New York City. A great many things that seem to be taken for granted strike me as so […]

At 105, Herbert Brown is impeccably dressed in a crisp blue shirt that brings out the color of his eyes but belies the strain of time on his frail frame. Given his time spent in a Nazi concentration camp and his run-in with the notorious Adolf Eichmann, it’s a wonder Brown has survived. But here […]

New York – Trudy Rubin, long-time Mideast senior columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, whose leftwing record is well-known, has unequivocally stated that Israelâ\u20ac\u2122s Gaza/Samaria withdrawal/expulsion plan rewards Palestinian Arab terrorism, undermines Israel â\u20ac\u2122s security and greatly strengthens Hamas. Rubin said she just came back from Lebanon and saw first hand how strong Hezbollah has become […]

Mountainous terrain can be treacherous whether in Israel’s Negev desert or in the Colorado Rockies. And that’s why joint training exercises between rescue units for the two locations have proven to be so beneficial to both sides. That was the assessment following last month’s visit by ten members of Israel’s Negev Highlands Rescue Team (NHRT) […]

DOLGELLAU, Wales \u2014 Thank goodness for those history channels that bring back the generals and politicians of the past who, by contrast, make many of today’s leaders look indecisive. I saw President Harry Truman on one of them last week. In a speech to the nation near the end of World War II, Truman rejected […]

Tens of thousands of anti-disengagement protestors are under police siege in the small moshav Kfar Maimon. The police refuse to allow them to proceed towards the Kisufim Junction outside Gush Katif. Despite 24 hours of uncertainty and tension, the protestors are in high spirits, with circles of singing and dancing breaking out intermittently. The thousands […]

New York – Danny Rubinstein is the most prominent journalist in Israel covering Palestinian Arab affairs. He has been writing on this issue for 30 years. He authored a biography of the terrorist leader Yasser Arafat and formerly wrote for the Labor Party/Histadrut newspaper Davar. Writing today (7/18/05) in the prestigious leftwing Israeli daily Haaretz […]