The demand for food assistance rose by 46 percent this year, compared to a 37 percent rise last year. In the north the demand was the greatest and increased by 50 percent, compared to 42 percent in 2002, a poverty report compiled by the humanitarian organization Latet says. The group collects food contributions for some […]

While lavish words were being spoken in Geneva yesterday to launch a piece of paper, down-to-earth actions were being taken in Jerusalem to launch a new neighborhood in the Land of Israel. Jerusalem, the City of Gold, continues to expand. While lavish words were being spoken in Geneva yesterday to launch a piece of paper, […]

On November 30, 2003, Dr. Muhammad Talal Al-Rasheed, columnist for the English language daily The Saudi Gazette, wrote an article titled ” Senseless Violence, Senseless Death.” The article is in reaction to the murder of Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed of Hail by ‘Islamists’ in Algeria. The following are excerpts from the article: […]

The large-scale military operation that the IDF began this morning in Ramallah continues this afternoon. The operation is designed to apprehend Hamas terrorists, members of four cells who are responsible for no fewer than 68 terrorist murders since the beginning of the Oslo War three years ago. The army notified the PA in advance of […]

American Muslims need to get their priorities straight. Synagogues and consulates are being attacked in Turkey. U.S. troops are fighting an Iraqifada. And Palestinian Arabs continue to blow themselves up in suicide-homicide attacks on Israeli citizens. It’s clear there is a worldwide terror jihad being waged by a small minority of the planet’s 1.1 billion […]

Bernie Segal, president of the Weinberg Foundation, visited Israel this week, together with Daryl Friedman, president, and Morton Plant, chairman, of the Jewish Federation of Baltimore. The Weinberg Foundation is one of the most important Jewish philanthropic foundations. It contributes large sums of money to care for the elderly in Israel and in the FSU, […]

TIME/CNN has chosen, as its #1 name on the list of Global Business Influentials, a 34-year-old Israeli named Shai Agassi, who edged out such contenders as Charlie Bell of McDonald’s and Ken Kutaragi of Sony. Agassi, who grew up in Raanana, is chief technology developer of the world’s largest business-software company, SAP of Germany. “He […]

On Monday, a peace agreement will be signed by Israelis and Palestinians. This “Geneva accord” has gotten much attention. And the signing itself will be greeted with much hoopla. Journalists are being flown in from around the world by the Swiss government. Jimmy Carter will be heading a list of foreign dignitaries. The U.S. Embassy […]

The United Kingdom’s Political Cartoon Society has chosen a virulently anti-Israel cartoon for first place in its annual Cartoon of the Year competition. In January, 2003, at the height of Israel’s election campaign, editorial cartoonist Dave Brown of Britain’s Independent drew a caricature of a grotesque Ariel Sharon eating an Arab child. Sharon is seen […]

First was a Peace Now delegation, including several left-wing MKs. Binyamin Regional Council head Pinchas Wallerstein asked to board their bus at the turn-off between Kokhav Yaakov and Michmas and explain the residents’ point of view, but only some of the passengers politely agreed to hear him out; the others, including Meretz MK Zahava Gal’on, […]