A Hadassah University Medical Center research team has developed a vaccine that significantly strengthens the body’s immune system against the autoimmune aftereffects of HIV infection, a breakthrough that could dramatically make an impact in the treatment of AIDS patients. Close to a million cases of AIDS have been diagnosed in the US since the beginning […]

For years, it has been my position that the threat of radical Islam implies an imperative to focus security measures on Muslims. If searching for rapists, one looks only at the male population. Similarly, if searching for Islamists (adherents of radical Islam), one looks at the Muslim population. And so, I was encouraged by a […]

Iran’s Sahar 1 TV station is currently airing a weekly series titled “For You, Palestine,” or “Zahra’s Blue Eyes.” The series premiered on December 13, and is set in Israel and the West Bank. It broadcasts every Monday, and was filmed in Persian but subsequently dubbed into Arabic. The story follows an Israeli candidate for […]

Though launched only one month ago, the Yad VaShem online database of Holocaust victims has already been visited by over three million people. A total of 3,029,930 visitors entered the Yad Vashem website since the uploading of the Central Database of Shoah Victims Names to the Internet just one month ago. Israel has the highest […]

The Foreign Ministry said Monday night that 29 Israelis had been injured in South Asia, four of them seriously. The four were in Thailand: two on Phi Phi Island and two on Phuket. Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman, David Saranga, told Israel Radio that the four will be flown to Bangkok on Tuesday for further treatment […]

Hundreds of Israeli families were worrying and waiting Sunday night as the Foreign Ministry tried to track down more than 1,000 Israeli citizens touring in the devastated areas in Southeast Asia. Several Israelis were injured, including some .seriously. on the island of Phuket near southern Thailand, according to the Foreign Ministry, and some have been […]

A young cadet in the IDF Officers Training School has been expelled from the school because he said he would not fulfill orders, if given, to destroy Jewish communities. The soldier was taking part in a class on democratic ideals and refusal. The issue arose during discussion about last year’s “Pilots’ Letter,” in which a […]

This week, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog, who commanded the IDF’s Southern Command from 2000-2003, wrote a paper for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs entitled “Lessons of the Gaza Security Fence for the West Bank.” In his paper Almog explains that the fence around Gaza has blocked 30 percent of the attempted terror attacks on […]

“There is a lot to do against mortar shelling, but our hands are tied,” Southern Division IDF officers revealed to reporters Friday. “Our frustration doesn’t even begin to describe our feeling. Terrorists have learned the pattern of (our) maneuvers and this only encourages them to continue shooting,” officers said on the Ynet web site operated […]

Preliminary results of municipal elections held in 26 Arab areas under PA control have catapulted the Hamas terrorist organization into power in at least one-third of the towns and villages. Fatah, the ruling party left behind by Yasser Arafat, claimed it won in 14 areas, conceding nine to Hamas, which countered that it won in […]