Very shortly, Israelis will wake up to find their military forces pulling out of the northern Gaza Strip and Bethlehem and handing over the war on terror originating in those regions to Palestinian prime minister Abu Mazen and his internal security minister Mohamed Dahlan. The confusion Monday, June 16, over whether or not the Egyptian […]

A vulture was hacking at my feet. It had already torn my boots and stockings to shreds, now it was hacking at the feet themselves. Again and again it struck at them, then circled several times restlessly round me, then returned to continue its work. A gentleman passed by, looked on for a while, then […]

In the mid-1990s, then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres proclaimed a “New Middle East,” in which trade and economics had replaced ethnic and religious wars. Israel, as an economic and technological powerhouse, was poised to be an engine of advancement for the region. He was premature, to say the least. The region was mired in ethnic and […]

Here we go again. Palestinian suicide bombers murder and injure ordinary Israelis going about their daily business. Israel responds by trying to assassinate Dr Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, a leader of Hamas, a terrorist organisation whose raison d’etre is to destroy Israel and murder every Jew in the Middle East. Self-defence in response to attempted genocide, in […]

Jews and Anti-Jews Hatred of Israel is a crutch Arab states have to give up. JERUSALEM–The day after Israel’s failed assassination attempt on Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi, a “deeply troubled” President Bush let it be known that he did not think such attacks helped Israeli security. He was concerned lest the strike undermine the […]

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 […]

“A Particular Responsibility: The Making of the U.S. Army Talmud” opened April 8, 2002, in the American Jewish Historical Society Gallery at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16 Street, New York City. With historical documents, photographs and artifacts, the exhibit tells the story of the involvement of the United States Army in the […]

No let-up in violence and terrorism from Gaza, yet Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for a possible withdrawal of its forces from the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. The Negev city of Sderot is up in arms. Only several days ago it was reported that the PA had told Israel it was not yet […]

Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can lay claim to the following: Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin – 109 per 10,000 people – as […]