It is a week of intensely mixed emotions in Israel. Amidst the excitement of the families of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the three soldiers killed by Hizbullah is set the heart-wringing uncertainty of Ron Arad’s wife and family – and both are offset by the fear that the 400+ terrorists that Israel is to release will […]

Myth #1: Israel is an aggressor. Truth #1: Israel is the victim. Myth # 2: The intifada wave of Palestinian terror was caused by Israeli occupation. Truth #2: The intifada wave of Palestinian terror was caused by removal of Israeli occupation. Myth #3: The territory of Israel used to be an Arab Palestinian state. Truth […]

JERUSALEM — The Bible tells of earthquakes splitting open the hills of this holy city with apocalyptic fury, adding to the mayhem of battles and punctuating Jesus’ crucifixion. Now, a geological survey says the heart of biblical narrative — Jerusalem’s walled Old City — would be among the worst hit parts of the city in […]

Walid Jumblatt, chairman of the (Druze) Socialist Progressive Party and member of the Lebanese parliament, praised the January 14, 2004 suicide bombing by a Palestinian woman in Gaza. The following are excerpts from his statements: [1] “Yesterday, the Palestinian mother Reem Al-Riyashi sacrificed herself, and by so doing joined the columns of the brave Jihad […]

(IsraelNN.com) Documents that have been received at the office of Israel Resource News Agency (IRNA) confirm that the Peace Now organization has submitted a $50,000 budget request to the government Finland, conduct intelligence activity in the Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, the Golan, Gaza and Jerusalem. According to IRNA bureau chief David Bedein, in the […]

Jerusalem (jnewswire.com) – Israel is to release at least 435 terrorists, possibly this coming Thursday, in exchange for an Israeli businessman and the rem ains of three dead Israeli soldiers that have been held and cruelly exploited by the Hizballah. It is anticipated that many of the prisoners – 400 Palestinian Arabs, the rest Lebanese, […]

Part One of a Seven-Part Series Benjamin Papermaster was born in the fall of 1860 in the village of Anolova, Kovno, Lithuania. The children received their first training in the rudiments of Judaism from their parents, particularly their father, who had been a student at the famous Slobodker Yeshiva in Kovno. Of the boys only […]

Natan Sharansky deserves credit for calling attention to the vulnerability of Jewish students on American university campuses. Ditto initiatives like Aish HaTorah’s Hasbara Fellowships, which has already trained over 400 students in pro-Israel advocacy on campus, and the recent conference in Jerusalem of Jewish university students to discuss campus anti-Semitism. Alas, all the campus pro-Israel […]

Muslims, according to Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) are angry with President George W. Bush and want to defeat him in the coming elections. CAIR says that many American Muslims will vote for ABB – anybody but Bush. He, according to the Wahhabi and Saudi supported groups has betrayed them. In 2000, Muslims endorsed […]

A successful overnight operation in Shechem led to the capture of a known Palestinian terrorist who was planning a suicide mission to murder Jews. A special IDF unit surrounded the home of Yichye Akuba, a Tanzim member who has been involved in shooting attacks and placing at least one bomb, and arrested him and two […]