The Philadelphi corridor is a narrow stretch of sand, ten kilometers long and about a hundred meters wide, separating Egypt from the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces patrol its length in a zone established and defined by the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace accord.[1] On May 12, 2004, five Israeli soldiers were killed in the corridor near the […]

The Moslem Waqf plans to remove another few thousand tons of dirt dug up in the course of its illegal construction/destruction work on the Temple Mount. The dirt contains ancient remnants from the Temple Mount, and the leaders of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities will meet on Sunday with Antiquities […]

“They are simply animals. They walk around freely amongst us, but if we make a mistake and come to their areas, it could cost us our lives.” So said this morning Yaakov Shabo, one of four Israelis who made a wrong turn on Friday into an Arab-populated neighborhood and were saved at the last moment […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the New Israel Fund to publicly denounce anti-Zionist statements made by an official of an Arab-Jewish school that the Fund finances. The New Israel Fund-backed School for Peace is located in Neve Shalom, an Arab-Jewish village in Israel that is often touted as proof that […]

In covering the recent charges against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, several media outlets downplayed the relationship between Hamas and terrorism, saying only that it is blamed for or accused of attacks against Israel. This language is misleading in light of the fact that Hamas itself regularly takes credit for attacks. NPR: […]

Prime Minister Sharons Office issued a statement today rejecting the possibility that an Israeli spy had infiltrated the Pentagon and passed on classified intelligence information via AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobby group in Washington. The statement came in response to a Friday evening report made by the American television network CBS that the Federal Bureau of […]

Jerusalem With its latest victory at the Likud Party convention under its belt, the settlement movement intends to deal Prime Minister Ariel Sharons plan for unilateral separation its final blow in a door-to-door campaign that organizers say could reach one million Israeli homes. Sharons crushing defeat at the convention last Wednesday, where delegates voted to […]

Last month I joined the Rabbinical Congress of Peace delegation to Capitol Hill which attempted to explain to U.S. lawmakers the futility and danger of the “land for peace” formula that has become almost a religion in Israel and the world over. For years now it has been assumed that if Israel makes concessions, it […]

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(The letter below was somewhat edited, but written by a resident of the beleaguered community of Gush Katif to one of our members of Women in Green. Leah was very impressed with its contents and passed it on to us. Our Board decided to give it wider circulation.) Dear Leah, I feel like I’m living […]