NEW YORK – The statement by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemning what he called “the Israeli occupation” is wrong, the Zionist Organization of America points out. In fact, there is no “Israeli occupation.” The term “occupation” was used by Kofi Annan, and is used by others, to indicate that Israel has no right to […]

Both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer have approved Ya’alon’s appointment. The appointment came just after Ben-Eliezer rejected a proposal to extend IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz’s position, and at the same time as Arab terrorism continues to intensify. The appointment of the new chief of staff must still […]

There is a time for war and a time for peace. Now is the time for war. Not a war in order to bring them to the negotiations table. Nor a war to bring peace. Nor a war because there is no alternative. Not even a war to halt the terrorist attacks. But a war […]

Three Israeli soldiers were killed this morning near the Netzarim junction in Gaza. Terrorists hiding behind a building near the road detonated a powerful roadside bomb by remote control while the tank passed by. The names of two victims have been released: Sgt. Rotem Shani, 19, of Hod HaSharon, and Sgt. Matan Biderman, 21, of […]

Community to be targeted by Jews for Jesus A magazine called “Israel My Glory” with a photograph of Israeli troops liberating Jerusalem in 1967. A mezzuzah with the requisite Hebrew prayer in an enclosed pamphlet. These are some of the strategies that messianic Jewish groups are using to woo Jewish converts. “They’re taking everything that […]

Responding to terrorist attacks and attending funerals are the two most dreadful public duties elected officials are called upon to perform. For the mayors of many Israeli cities they have also become a routine part of our work. For those of us in Jerusalem, this week began as tragically as the last. First, on Saturday, […]

In a spectacular scoop, the most serious and authoritative newspaper of France, Le Monde, announced on its front page last Tuesday that “An Israeli Spy Network Was Dismantled in the United States.” The lengthy article asserts that “without doubt” this is the biggest spy story of its type in over 15 years. But American journalists […]

Dr. Aryeh Stav, Director of the Ariel Center for Policy Research, told Arutz-7 today that it matters little whether the terrorists were from Hizbullah, Fatah, or Tanzim: “We are at war, at this stage of which the Arab world is trying to defeat us using Palestinian terrorism. In yesterday’s case, add to this the great […]

The new program, which recently came out of the Beit Midrash (study hall) of the Hassidim of Oslo, does not take into account that we already saw this movie, even before 1967. Separation already existed back then. However, the shootings and artillery attacks from the “West Bank” on Israel’s Mediterranean coastline showed how ineffective it […]

Six Israelis were murdered this afternoon in a terrorist shooting attack in an area of the country that until now had been considered relatively safe: northwest Israel, near the city of Shlomi. Seven people were wounded, including two in moderate condition. Around 12:40 PM, a cell of two or three terrorists suddenly opened fire from […]