To most Westerners, especially Americans, the almost regular and predictable murder of Israeli civilians of all ages seems both incomprehensible and, precisely because of its regularity and frequency, unsurprising. The phenomenon has, however, stirred some interest in a media previously immune to serious analysis of terrorism in general and within American academia, which was traditionally […]

A suicide-bomber’s vest containing 10-15 kilograms of explosives was found this morning in the Arab village of Hizme, on Jerusalem’s northern border near Pisgat Ze’ev. Security forces, with the assistance of bomb-sniffing dogs and acting upon intelligence warnings, found the explosives in a private home – and subsequently blew up the building. The bomb was […]

Gal’on has asked Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein to open a criminal investigation into the operators of Arutz-7’s internet site on suspicion of “incitement to murder and racism.” Gal’on honed in on a sentence in an op-ed on Arutz-7’s Hebrew site, written by Gil Ronen, a resident of pre-1967 Israel, near Hadera. Gal’on says that his article […]

(a) ARUTZ-7 RADIO OFF-AIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE From: Arutz-7 Editor feedback@israelnationalnews.com In light of today’s court ruling convicting ten Arutz-7 directors and staff members of broadcasting without a license, A7 stopped its radio broadcasts at 5 PM this afternoon. It issued the following message: * “To the precious and loyal listening public of Arutz-7, may […]

JERUSALEM — When Arnold Schwarzenegger came under fire during the California recall campaign for past remarks praising Adolf Hitler’s speaking skills and former Austrian president Kurt Waldheim, his staunchest defender was the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Schwarzenegger appeared to return the favor last week when he announced the formation of his 68-member transition team. The governor-elect […]

Jews are famous for trying to avoid problems by paying for them. When Yitzchak Shamir was prime minister and the first “intifada” was in full swing, rather than simply shoot the hooligans and be done with the problem, he chose to avoid creating “bad publicity” by allowing the stoning to continue and arranging for the […]

Voice of Israel’s Reshet Bet, Israel’s most listened-to station, broadcast on its 10:30 news flash this morning that IDF forces killed a terrorist as he and an accomplice tried to climb the border fence in Gaza near Kibbutz Nachal Oz. The broadcast stated blankly, “the terrorists were not armed.” The report neglected to mention, however, […]

Sheikh Mansour Al-Rifa’i ‘Ubeid, formerly Egypt’s Under Secretary for Religious Affairs in charge of mosques and the Koran, wrote an article in the religious weekly Aqidati, which is published by the official Egyptian daily Al-Gumhuriya. The article titled “Treason and Deception are in Their Blood,” attacks Jews. The following are excerpts from the article: [1] […]

Last week, Palestinian terrorists attacked a U.S. diplomatic convoy in Gaza, killing three American security contractors attached to our embassy in Tel Aviv. Some Palestinian officials panicked, lest this latest atrocity further alienate them from the Bush administration (which, after all, provides part of the Palestinian Authority’s funding). So the P.A. denounced the attack with […]

Of the 3,787,860 Israelis eligible to vote in local municipal elections today, a record few of them cast their ballots. Israel’s Arabs though, have shown up in overwhelming numbers to exercise their right to vote – something most Arabs of the Middle East don’t have the opportunity to do. A record 93 percent of Abu […]