I am the faculty advisor of Israel Council at Purdue, a student organization dedicated to combating misrepresentations of Israel. On Sunday, November 17, the day of our major conference, THE ETHICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, an article appeared in our Lafayette, Indiana newspaper about the Hebron massacre of Jewish worshipers two days earlier. The […]

Sharon Trying to Persuade Ministers to Support Arafat’s Man for Church Appointment Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to ask the cabinet this Sunday to approve a man closely associated with PLO terrorist chief Yasser Arafat as head of the Greek Orthodox church in Israel: Irineos I. Until then, Sharon will be conducting meetings with several […]

“For 15 years, the State Prosecution and the police have waged a campaign to harm Arutz-7 by “hitting us in our pockets.” On two previous occasions, police have smashed and confiscated our state-of-the-art broadcasting equipment, under the pretext that the station’s broadcasts are against Israeli law. No court has ever ruled that this is the […]

I was invited to attend a V-Day tribute to the doctors and nurses of Hadassah Hospital. I had no idea what V-Day meant, and found out it had to do with the feminism of the Vagina Monologues, an off-Broadway play written by Eve Ensler. The delegates, including the playwright, and Jane Fonda, had been touring […]

In a recent edition of the Jordan Times, James J. Zogby of the Arab American Institute wrote an article surveying the views of Arabs in the Middle East regarding other countries in the world. His article was based on a wide-ranging, systematic survey of Arab public opinion, on a variety of issues, carried out by […]

Dear Editor: I recently attended the World Zionist Congress Conference in Jerusalem. I was there the week of June 17-20, during which a suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded bus in Gilo on that Tuesday, killing 19 and wounding 70. Another suicide bomber blew himself up near a hitchhiking stop in French Hill […]

(IsraelNN.com) Once again, Jacob Richman has researched and linked to many holiday sites. This time, one can find 67 links about Tu B’Shvat, ranging from explanations and customs to games and recipes. Site languages include English, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, French, Portugese, German and Italian. Tu B’Shvat, the New Year for Trees, is celebrated on the […]

Magen David Adom is intensifying its sanctions today, in protest of its shortage of funds. Ten ambulances were parked in front of the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem today, bringing the total to 40. MDA workers are also not participating in readiness exercises in preparation for the Iraqi war, and they continue to threaten to close […]

Two of the more right-wing Likud ministers, Public Security Minister Uzi Landau and Environment Minister Tzachi HaNegbi, say they may not be able to be ministers in the upcoming government. Landau said today that he would forego a ministerial post if it comes with having to support a Palestinian state, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon […]

German diplomat and member of European Union Commission Christian Waldrahs was saved by his bulletproof jeep from an assassin’s bullets, fired as he came out of Jenin Fatah commander Mussa Kadura’s home on Saturday, December 21. DEBKAfile‘s military and counter-terror sources report that Waldrahs has the unhappy distinction of being the first target of an […]