(IsraelNationalNews.com) “Tell me please, Mr. Foreign Minister [Peres] and Mr. Defense Minister [Rabin, who was also Prime Minister], how will you prevent a little van traveling within Arafat’s Yesha areas from loading up with katyushas and shooting towards the coastal cities? How will you prevent [katyushas from being shot towards] Ashkelon, Netivot, S’derot, Ofakim, and […]

IDF generals, too, are uneasy about Prime Minister Sharon’s decision to open Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza) roadways to Arab motorists. The National Union/Yisrael Beitenu (NU/YB) Knesset faction released a statement last night calling upon Sharon to reconsider his decision, saying that the move represents the “abandonment of Israeli citizens in Yesha.” Yesterday, the IDF […]

Iran has denied any connection with a boat containing over 50 tons of weapons seized by the IDF Thursday in the Red Sea, that Israel says was being smuggled into the Palestinian Authority, Israel Radio reported Saturday. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry released a statement on Iranian public telivision, saying that Iran had […]

Julian Borger Guardian December 17, 2001 The gathering for a recent dinner at an expensive Washington hotel was officially to honour the “Keepers of the Flame” – US security officials deemed by their more conservative colleagues to have fought the good fight for bigger defence budgets and tougher policies. The mostly casualty-free military successes in […]

U.S. Envoy Gen. Anthony Zinni arrived in Israel today on a four-day mission to meet with Israeli and Arab leaders. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that Zinni will pressure Yasser Arafat to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure operating in areas under his jurisdiction. Zinni will call on Israel to ease restrictions on the Arab […]

Palestinian religious leaders view the US-British war on terror as part of a Judeo-Christian and “atheist” battle against Islam and the entire Muslim nation. So reports Palestinian Media Watch (http://www.pmw.org.il) which translated a sermon delivered last Friday at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. The following excerpts from the sermon, which was also […]

An attitude of indifference toward Israel may have settled upon a segment of American Jewry–witness the significant decrease in recent months in the number of American Jews visiting Israel or choosing to study there–but the level of pro-Israel sentiment among Bible-believing Christians has remained as high as ever. This is not merely ironic; it contains […]

Terrorism is the ultimate anti-Zionist weapon. It subverts Israel’s promise of normalcy for the Jews. One reason Israelis have learned to live with the recurring image of parents burying their soldier sons is that the death of young people in uniform isn’t a violation of what humanity considers normal. But the murder of teenagers on […]

Special anti-terror units of the IDF crossed into a PLO-controlled area in Gaza this morning and seized Riyad Iyad, a commander in Arafat’s Force 17. Iyad is considered one of the main organizers of shelling attacks on Israeli towns along Israel’s southern Mediterranean coast. Iyad’s father, Masoud, was a senior terrorist who was eliminated in […]

During 2001, Israel’s population grew by approximately 142,000 despite the ongoing war against terrorism. According to a Jewish Agency for Israel spokesman, preliminary figures indicate that over 44,400 new immigrants came to Israel in 2001: 33,763 from the former Soviet union, 3,294 from Ethiopia, 1,400 from Argentina, and 5,956 from other countries. Jewish Agency Chairman […]