The crackdown was swift and brutal. Though the government was deeply divided between hardliners and those favoring more negotiation with the Palestinians, the hardliners won. Towns and refugee camps that had raised the flag of the Republic of Palestine were shelled, while Yasser Arafat proclaimed a "genocide" and urged his people to resist. There were […]

Syria recently test-fired a chemical warhead on board a Scud B ballistic missile as part of a periodic exercise program. The missile used in the test 10 days ago has a range of 300 kilometers and normally carries a conventional warhead. During Syria’s periodic tests, its missile crews try to incorporate new tactics or technologies. […]

The State Department’s demand that Israel prohibit all Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria-Gaza and parts of Jerusalem ignores the crucial fact that terrorism predates the current Jewish presence in those areas by a number of years. In fact, between 1948-1967, before a single before any Jew could visit the remnant of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem […]

JERUSALEM — On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell dropped what to Israeli ears sounded like a bombshell. Standing next to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat in Ramallah, Mr. Powell said, “I think as we get into the confidence-building phase there will be a need for monitors and observers to … make an independent […]

In a July 3, 2001, op-ed entitled “The odd couple,” Ha’aretz columnist Yoel Marcus discussed the peculiar nature of the ongoing relationship between Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres. He argued that despite the fact that Peres legitimized Arafat with the Oslo agreements, Arafat continually ‘rewarded’ Peres and Israel with terror. Furthermore, despite the fact that […]

On June 24, 2001, the German TV network, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) aired in its weekly program, “Weltspiegl” a news special titled “The Father of the Terrorist.” The program briefly focused on the life of the Tel-Aviv disco suicide bomber and his family and friends reaction to his martyrdom in which 21 mostly teenagers were killed […]

Since Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat announced his acceptance of a cease-fire, over 40 mortar shells have been fired at Jewish communities in Gaza, several Israelis have been injured in shooting attacks in Judea and Samaria, and five-month-old Yehuda Shoham died after being assaulted by Palestinian stone-throwers near Shiloh. Perhaps someone should point out to […]

Israel Broadcasting Authority’s English news, the raid on Entebbe was so compelling a moment that he immediately decided to name his first son Yoni. “Entebbe was such an important thing for all of us,” says Ledhosvia, “I had come abroad before that, in 1974, and was in the US doing my masters degree when Entebbe […]

We’ve all heard and read the reports recently about how the Mexican government is actively promoting illegal migration into the United States, even providing survival kits to thoseintending to cross the Rio Grande and make their way to the “promised land.” Mexico makes little or no effort to police its border with the U.S. It […]

On his way to Kuwait, where he later died of a heart attack, Faysal Al-Husseini gave what turned out to be his last interview to the Egyptian (Nasserite) daily, ‘Al-Arabi’. Following are excerpts from the interview with reporter Shafiq Ahmad Ali:(1) The Oslo Accords: A Trojan Horse Q: “What is happening now, unfortunately, is a […]