As the two-year anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, a very unusual ceremony is being planned in London. Critics say the event will celebrate the tragedy and the hijackers who killed thousands that day. Wednesday, on the streets of London, there was a jarring poster, extolling the 9/11 hijackers as the “Magnificent 19.” It features a […]

Ahmed Qurei, known as Abu Ala, has still not accepted the position of prime minister in the Palestinian Authority. Abu Mazen, who resigned from the position two days ago, has said that he will not serve in a government formed by Abu Ala. Arutz-7’s Haggai Huberman reports that Abu Ala presented fairly moderate positions when […]

In late July I contacted Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman and director of communications at the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). When he returned my call, he presented his point of view about the Arab-Israeli conflict and militant Islam. When I reminded him about CAIR`s record of openly supporting Hamas, Hizbullah and other organizations deemed by the […]

The Israeli planes that flew over Auschwitz this week are a tragic reminder that Allied planes also flew over the notorious Nazi death camp – but failed to bomb the gas chambers and crematoria where an estimated 1.5-million Jews were murdered. The Israeli planes were over Poland this past Thursday, September 4, to take part […]

The Refugee Question Critics of Israel from the moderate (my former position) to the most extreme portray it as an example of colonialism: European settlers push out the native population turning them into homeless refugees. And sure, they say, those Europeans were themselves victims of genocide, but do two wrongs make a right? There are […]

Title: The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Saved 1,200 Jews, and Built a Village in the Forest Author: Peter Duffy Publisher: HarperCollins. New York. 302 pages. $25.95 The calculus of public recognition is, at best, an inexact science. Even a subject as morally freighted as the Holocaust falls […]

The Yesha Rabbis Council issued a Halakhic ruling today not only permitting Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount, but even mandating it, contingent upon proper precautions. The Yesha Rabbis Council issued a Halakhic ruling today not only permitting Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount, but even mandating it, contingent upon proper precautions. Excerpts […]

AMERICANS FOR A SAFE ISRAEL/AFSI & CHRISTIANS’ ISRAEL PUBLIC ACTION CAMPAIGN/CIPAC INVITE YOU TO JOIN THEM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10, 2003, 4-6 P.M. TO ATTEND THE ISRAEL-UNITED STATES SOLIDARITY RALLY AT THE RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING BANQUET ROOM – RHOB B-339 We will meet with MEMBERS OF THE 108TH CONGRESS TO ADVANCE THE […]

Sgt. Gavriel Uziel, 20, was killed this morning in Jenin by Arab gunfire. He and several other fighters were in the midst of arresting an Islamic Jihad terrorist who had been planning to carry out a major attack in the next few days. Shots rang out from a nearby house against the Israeli force, and […]

The cabinet meeting, called into emergency session minutes after the explosion on Bus #2 in Jerusalem, dispersed in the wee hours of the morning. A subdued, visibly tired prime minister sat motionless in his high-backed chair. There had been a phone call from Crawford, Texas. President Bush voiced his condolences and urged Israel not to […]