Transplanted tissue could offer a solution to kidney donor shortage. Instead of searching for a kidney donor, a new study suggests, one might be able to grow a new kidney. A team headed by Prof. Yair Reisner of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, one of the world’s top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions, has […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (JTA) A conference room filled with suits is nothing unusual in this town except when the suits are all filled by college students. As part of an initiative to groom a new generation of pro-Israel activists on campus, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee brought 240 students to Washington for four all-expense-paid […]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to resume the transfer of tax monies to the Palestinian Authority – despite objections by Israeli defense and security elements. The latter say that it is still Yasser Arafat who oversees the PA coffers, and that money given to the PA will be used to finance terror activities. IDF Chief […]

On the Yahoo map Web site, there is an advisory: “When using any driving directions, or map, it is a good idea to do a reality check and make sure the road still exists .. ” That’s good advice for the Bush administration’s Middle East “road map ” it vainly hopes will bring peace to […]

House by house, old Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem are being reclaimed for Jews. The Uvneh Yerushalayim association, formed for the purpose of locating and reclaiming Jewish-owned properties in eastern Jerusalem and environs, very recently scored a very dramatic success in its efforts. The story began when a property in a largely Jewish-owned, but currently Arab-inhabited, […]

December 30, 2002, 11:08 PM (GMT+02:00) The powerful blast that reverberated across eastern and central Lebanon Sunday, December 29, was caused by the explosion of a big surface missile in Hizballah hands and of Iraqi origin. Reporting this, DEBKAfile’s exclusive military and Lebanese sources reveal that the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group has recently taken delivery […]

THE BUSH PLAN:     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 […]

Conflicting reports continue to circulate regarding the new version of the Road Map plan. A copy of the plan’s third draft was recently submitted to Israel, and is expected to be approved by the Quartet sponsors – the U.S., Russia, the European Union, and the UN – sometime after the upcoming Israeli elections a month […]

The current medal tally is: 4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze. Adding to the three gold medals won last week, Israeli athletes have won another three medals in the World Championship Swimming Competition for the Handicapped, held in Argentina, Superstar swimmer Keren Leibovitch won the gold medal last night for her time in the 50 […]

Once again, we’re hearing that awful word again in the context of the Middle East debate. “Settlements.” That’s what the conflict is all about, we’re being told. That’s why the Arabs are mad at the Israelis. That’s the root of the violence, the terrorism, the hatred. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer raised the ugly […]