The international organization “Journalists Without Borders” (RSF) is taking Israel’s side. The group says that Kuwait is making it difficult for Israeli journalists who have come to cover the war preparations. RSF has sent a letter to the Kuwaiti Minister of Information saying that Kuwait “would do honor to itself if it were to stop […]

Satellite images of a facility near Baghdad show an airliner that Iraqi defectors say is used to train terrorists in the art of hijacking.Space Imaging, which operates the Ikonos civilian surveillance satellite, was prompted to look for the aircraft in existing photos after a ”Frontline” television show interviewed two Iraqi defectors who described the hijacker […]

I suppose everyone has seen lists of the “World`s Shortest Books.” Since I think we Jews could use our own special list, I have, as a public service and in the spirit of Purim, prepared the first annual Official Jewish List of the World`s Shortest Books. 1. “The Laws of the Torah We Follow and […]

In a tragic case of mistaken identity this afternoon, two Israeli citizens were killed by IDF forces in the Southern Mt. Hevron region. The two were hired guards of a private contractor working in the area. The IDF released a statement saying that the forces were on high alert, following intelligence warnings of a planned […]

The Knesset Absorption Committee, chaired by MK Colette Avital (Labor), held an emergency closed-door session today on the current situation of the Jews of Iraq. Some 40 Jews, mostly elderly, remain in the country, with most of them living in Baghdad. The committee heard from a senior Mossad representative, the chairman of the Babylonian Jewish […]

A few months ago, a great deal of tut-tutting and dignified outrage emanated from much of the civilized world over the broadcast of a series on Egyptian television which sought to dramatize the “truth” of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. But, as the debate over President Bush’s rightful determination to pursue war against […]

The Supreme Court rejected a request today by the Hevron Jewish Community to deal urgently with an issue that has been on hold for over three months. The Court issued a restraining order in December preventing the demolition of several buildings along the route leading to the Machpelah Cave. The army had requested permission to […]

As the latest series of the Intel’s new series of mobile Centrino computer chips and products is unveiled in New York this week with great fanfare and an unprecedented $300 million advertising campaign, the team at the company’s R&D facility in Haifa will be looking on with a particular sense of pride. The Centrino officially […]

(Washington, D.C.): Six months to the day after President Bush offered not only Saddam Hussein but the United Nations one last chance to disarm Iraq, the verdict is in: So long as the former is in power, he will not voluntarily, fully and permanently surrender his weapons of mass destruction programs or credibly foreswear the […]

A 17th victim of the Haifa bus bombing of six days ago has died. Moran Shushan, 20, of Haifa, was critically wounded in the attack, and succumbed to her wounds early this morning. Moran is survived by her widowed mother and three sisters. Fifteen people were killed in the attack, and a 16th victim died […]