As part of its promotion of suicide terrorism, the PA has repeatedly taught its population the Islamic tradition that the Shahid (Martyr) who dies for Allah will receive numerous heavenly rewards, including the 72 (or 70 according to other sources) “Dark Eyed” Maidens (or Virgins) of Paradise. These teachings have come in televised religious sermons […]

Background: On June 24, 2002, President Bush set forth the conditions that the Palestinian Arabs must fulfill in order to merit U.S. support for the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Among the major obligations are that the Palestinian Arabs must “dismantle the terrorist infrastructure,” “end incitement,” “elect new leaders not compromised by terror,” and […]

“The people of Israel will not surrender!” was the message broadcast across the world from central Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. “The Settlers Are Israel’s Security Fence!” read one of the large banners crowding the square. “Evicting Jews Won’t Bring Peace” said another in English, captured by several foreign media television cameras. Organizers report that 150,000 […]

After almost five years of negotiations, bureaucracy and various other obstacles, the Uvneh Yerushalayim (Rebuild Jerusalem) organization happily announced this week its purchase of a key property in the Shimon HaTzaddik neighborhood of Jerusalem. Though Jewish families have been living there for several years, and a Yeshiva/Kollel of 30 students operates there on a daily […]

Following his announcement that he was willing to dismantle his WMD program, Libyan President Col. Muammar Al-Qaddafi appealed to Syria, Iran, and North Korea to follow his example “to protect their nations from catastrophe.” [1] The following are excerpts from articles reacting to Qaddafi’s move, published by Libyan and Arab newspapers: Libyan Press: ‘The World […]

The Israeli Government are to speed up the moving of the remaining 18,000 Ethiopian Jews to the Middle East. However, the emigration of the Falasha Mura community would not start next week as had earlier been reported, says Israel’s foreign ministry. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom admitted at the end of a two-day Ethiopia visit, that […]

The government announced yesterday that the number of terrorist attacks perpetrated against Israeli targets in the year 2003 represented a 30% drop compared to the year before – but still averaged well over ten each day. The government announced yesterday that the number of terrorist attacks perpetrated against Israeli targets in the year 2003 represented […]

Should there be an annual award for dumb Nazi analogies? Thats what the daily blog of New Republic senior editor Andrew Sullivan has suggested, in response to the recent comment by radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger that some U.S. day care centers “sound like something out of Nazi Germany.” But Dr. Laura faces […]

An Israeli super-efficient laser developed at Ben Gurion University has caught the eye of the U.S. security establishment. The development of a Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser is noted as one of the significant breakthroughs of 2003 by Aerospace America, the journal of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The journal lauds the chemical laser developed […]

Reports continue to surface that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s diplomatic policies are being run more in tandem with American dictates than with Israeli Cabinet decisions. Middle East Newsline (MENL) reports today that Sharon pledged to the United States that he would help establish an interim Palestinian state in 2004, regardless of whether the Palestinian Authority […]