Some 45,000 Arabs from “the territories” – Judea and Samaria – have moved to within pre-1967 Israeli borders in the past four years. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by an Israeli-Arab student who is “close” to the situation. The study notes that the “immigration” began some two decades ago, but has […]

NEW YORK, July 26 (JTA) It wouldnt be the second night of Rosh Hashanah if our friends didnt come for dinner, contributing a cornucopia of dishes, especially divine desserts. There are enough pastries covering the buffet to keep judges at the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest busy for a week. I always bake a chocolate and yellow […]

My decision to vote for the reelection of President George W. Bush, despite the fact that I am a life-long Democrat, has caused some to call me a turncoat. But am I really? Or am I moving in a direction the Democratic Party itself should be going? As mayor of New York City, I described […]

Israel Air Force aircraft attacked a Hamas training ground late last night, killing 14 terrorists in the midst of practicing infiltrations into Jewish communities and military outposts. Another 30 terrorists or more were wounded. The targeted camp was of the Hamas military wing, the Iz A-Din Al-Kassam Brigades. It was also used to train budding […]

For the first time in many years, a new commercially viable oil well has been discovered in Israel. The Lapidot Oil Company recently concluded a drilling in Heletz, northeast of Sderot, and found a deposit of some 750,000 barrels worth of oil. The total worth of the deposit, at today’s inflated prices, is well over […]

One of the salient points of Judaism is that it treats and deals with individuals and their behavior while at the same time it sponsors a program for the national entity, as well. In Judaism, the individual is responsible not only for personal behavior but for society as a whole. The Talmud long ago reminded […]

There is a line connecting this weekend’s mass murder in a school in North Ossetia, the ongoing genocide in Sudan, the bomb blasts on Madrid trains, the bombing of Istanbul synagogues and the suicide bombings in Be’er Sheva. That line is Islamic – for the most part Arab – terrorism and it endangers world peace, […]

An alarming television segment strongly promoting child martyrdom has returned to official Palestinian Authority TV. The clip has been aired repeatedly in recent weeks after being taken off the air over a year ago following widespread outrage. At a US Senate Hearing in October 2003, Director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) Itamar Marcus displayed extensive […]

NEW YORK- In the wake of the revelation that one of the Beersheba suicide bombers was released from a Palestinian Authority prison before the attack, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed its surprise and disappointment that the U.S. has not criticized the PAs continuing policy of releasing terrorists. According to the Jerusalem Post […]

VOA’s Ed Warner recently spoke with Political Science Professor Louis Rene Beres, about Project Daniel – a group advising Israel’s prime minister on nuclear weapons policy. Ed Warner – Tell us about Project Daniel and its importance to Israels nuclear policy? Louis Rene Beres, Political Science and International Law Professor, Purdue University and Chairman of […]