On May 6, the Israeli navy intercepted a Lebanese ship headed for Gaza. It carried a full cargo of weapons, including Katyusha rockets and Strella antiaircraft missiles. These are not weapons of protest. These are not weapons for demonstrations. These are weapons for all-out war. The Katyushas can reach the most densely populated parts of […]

Like most months, April was up-and-down for the Jewish residents of Hebron. They got no further in their struggle to convince the Israeli government to take back the surrounding Abu Sneineh hills from where, Palestinian snipers catch Jews in the cross hairs, and their struggle with the left-wing police assigned to their city seemed to […]

Last week the sky was lit up with the bright glow of tens of bon fires. Kfar Darom’s Lag B’Omer celebrations began with a large community bonfire. The children, of course, were in charge of gathering the wood while the adults were put to work making falafels and setting up the wood so that it […]

Israel set to abandon China Phalcon dealBush administration adamant that $250 million sale be canceled Israeli officials are set to formally discuss ending a contract to sell China a Phalcon airborne early-warning aircraft after the Bush White House voiced strong opposition to the plan. Geostrategy-Direct, a weekly military intelligence newsletter, said yesterday that the Bush […]

Every Sunday morning, the old cathedral of Toledo, Spain, is witness to an incongruous sight. Protruding from the jacket of one of the worshippers are the white fringes of a Jewish prayer shawl. Jose Luis is not a “Jew for Jesus;” he is a descendant of Conversos (Jews converted to Catholicism at the time of […]

When an independent state of Palestine is declared in the next twelve months, on territories carved out of the still-living body of Israel, it will become an optimal platform for future war and terrorism. But the truly existential threat posed by this platform could require some form of prior Israeli nuclear disarmament. Once the new […]

Hundreds of mourners at the funeral of long-time Kiryat Arba-Hevron resident Chaim Mageni today were shocked to find that the old Jewish cemetery in Hevron had been, yet again, badly desecrated over the weekend by Arab vandals. Mageni, 56, who passed away suddenly on Friday, is survived by his wife Shoshana, their ten children, and […]

State Atty. Edna Arbel has asked for a recording of the harsh words by MK Ahmed Tibi yesterday against IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Shaul Mofaz. Tibi called him a “fascist, cold-blooded child murderer.” It appears, however, that his parliamentary immunity will exempt him from standing trial for the crime of incitement. Legislation submitted today […]

Yuval Baruch and Gideon Avni  The ancient city of Jerusalem, which is located within the area of the walled Old City of today, was revealed to the archeological research mainly because of the large-scale excavations carried out in the southern and south-western areas of the Old City: at the Kotel, in the Jewish Quarter and […]

Israeli Editor on the Roots of Palestinian Violence On May 9, 2001, the bodies of two 14-year old Israelis from the settlement of Tekoa were discovered brutally beaten, their heads smashed by rocks. The following day, Sever Plotzker – Editor at large of Economic Affairs, and columnist for the largest circulating Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot […]