A communiqué in which the Al-Qa’ida organization took responsibility for the Mombasa, Kenya terror attacks was first posted on the “News about the Jihad and the Mujahideen” forum of the Islamist website www.mojahedoon.net by Abu Shihab Al-Qandahari, the forum’s deputy moderator. Al-Qandahari posted another communiqué in which he threatened Americans with a terror attack on […]

Prime Minister Sharon, addressing the third annual Herzliya Conference last night, reiterated his support for U.S. President Bush’s “road map” plan, including a Palestinian state, and set out the conditions under which he sees it unfolding. He began by noting the PA’s campaign of terrorism, “meticulously planned and prepared by the PA chairman” Yasser Arafat, […]

When I was in college, an Armenian American acquaintance told me about his grandfather’s obsession with the Turkish genocide against his people in the early part of the 20th century. To a comment of “nice weather, today,” the old man habitually replied “What does it matter since our people were slaughtered?” I wonder if I […]

While I boarded my El-Al flight last week, holding on to Chana and a bag full of toys, books and food, I couldn’t help but think of what I was leaving behind. Just one day earlier a terrorist had blown himself up near a busy gax station in Ariel killing three soldiers and wounding many […]

IDF soldiers detected and killed two armed terrorists south of Hevron this morning. The Arabs had opened fire on the troops from within a local cave, but no Israelis were hurt. In another incident early this morning, reserve soldiers sought and finally found an armed terrorist trying to enter Kibbutz Nachal Oz, east of the […]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (JTA) — For the first time, the White House has officially determined that the Palestinians are not in compliance with the agreements it has signed with the United States and Israel. But despite the determination, President Bush immediately waived any sanctions required by law, invoking national security as the reason. The president’s […]

Supporters of Palestinian terror violence against Israelis argue passionately that the ends (Palestinian “independence”) justify the means (murderous attacks upon civilians). Leaving aside ordinary ethical standards – everyday standards by which this argument is manifestly indecent – the ends can NEVER justify the means under authoritative international law. Quite the contrary. For more than two […]

Israeli security forces successfully continue to prevent Arab and Islamic terrorism against Israelis. It was revealed last night that a severe terrorist attack against a Haifa-area military base was thwarted last month thanks to accurate intelligence reports. Several Islamic Jihad terrorists were taken into custody as a result of these reports. Other counter-terrorism successes of […]

This week the Monitor concludes its extended look at the anti-Israel proclivities of “60 Minutes” stalwart Mike Wallace. As we`ve noted in our earlier installments, Wallace has always displayed a palpable ambivalence — some would say that`s too charitable a word — when dealing with Jewish issues, never more so than when he downplayed the […]

An Arab laborer was killed this afternoon by a Palestinian-launched mortar shell that landed in the northern Gaza industrial zone. The shell, one of four fired this afternoon towards Jewish targets in northern Gaza, also wounded nine other Arabs. An Arab boy was similarly killed several days ago by shrapnel resulting from a Palestinian attack. […]