Over the last two millennia, Jews have visited Jerusalem in honor of the festivals, in lieu of the Biblically ordained pilgrimages. On the holiday of Shavuot, there was also the custom to visit the grave of King David on Mount Zion, since, according to Jewish tradition, the day of his birth and passing was the […]

The Aqaba Summit – Sharon, Bush, Abdullah, Abbas – has ended, bringing hope to some, and trepidation to others that once again Israel will pay a heavy price in exchange for nothing. “Today may very well be registered in history as the ‘naqba’ – the day of catastrophe – for Israel,” said MK Dr. Aryeh […]

Even as President Bush invests his considerable personal prestige and the power of his office in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, his initiative is threatened by the continued flow of financial and logistical support for Hamas terror attacks through the group’s social-welfare infrastructure. The first phase of the road map requires the Palestinian Authority to begin “sustained, targeted, […]

Uri Lupoliansky became the first hareidi mayor of Jerusalem in close to 40 years, winning yesterday’s election by a handy 52-43% margin. He defeated independent candidate Nir Barkat, whose denial of connections with Peace Now did not placate the rumor mill about him. The mayor-elect, who took over as city leader when Ehud Olmert resigned […]

Thousands of whom will be protesting the “Road Map” at 7 PM in Zion Square, in Jerusalem. Our parallel demonstration will be WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 12 NOON AT THE ISRAELI CONSULATE SECOND AVE. & 42ND STREET IDF Report on Arab terrorism vs. Israelis – Sept. 29, 2000- May 28, 2003 781 killed; 5,471 injured; 17,633 […]

On May 23, just a week ago, the official newspaper of the supposedly reformed Palestinian Authority carried a front-page picture of the latest suicide bomber dressed in suicide-bomber regalia. It then referred to the place where she did her murdering as “occupied Afula.” The town of Afula is in Israel’s Galilee. It is not occupied. […]

One of the most serious looming crises in the Middle East is the water shortage crisis. Recent articles in the Arab press have underscored the strategic dimension of the crisis and its long-term implications for peace and stability in the Middle East. Thus, the London-based Saudi daily Al-Hayat wrote about “Water: the Hidden Bomb Between […]

Up to 100,000 people are expected to cry out against a terrorist state inside the Land of Israel, this coming Wednesday evening in Jerusalem. The giant demonstration, under the auspices of the Yesha Council, will take place in Zion Square in downtown Jerusalem – while at the same time, Sharon, Bush, and Abbas will be […]

A special ceremony will be held tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 8:15 am at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to welcome home some 50 members of the Bnei Menashe (children of Manasseh), a group claiming descent from a lost tribe of Israel. After arriving on EL AL flight 072 from Bombay, they will […]

To fully understand Palestinian terrorism against Israel’s civilians – an escalating no-holds-barred religious war against noncombatants – we must first understand the underlying concept of sacrifice. This genuinely primitive idea, drawn from an historic Arab interpretation of Islamic duty, animates escalating Palestinian atrocities against Jews. Now, even with an American-backed “Road Map” on the table […]