by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The government’s construction freeze has frozen the construction of permanent homes for some 30 families thrown out of Netzarim and other Gush Katif towns in 2005. The families have written a plea to Prime Minister Netanyahu, asking him to allow them to complete the long and difficult process of rehabilitation that […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA: Here is the end of the Hebrew version of this item that was not included in the English version: “Two devices discovered yesterday near Beit El are witness to how the area is starting to heat up, though the quality of attacks in the [West] Bank are low. Joint activity […]

by Jerry Gordon (Nov. 2008) Israeli Knesset Member, Dr. Arieh Eldad, is a nationalist gadfly among the country’s politicians. He is a member of the Moledet party list of the minority National Union faction that favors the willing transfer of “Palestinian” Arab refugees from the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria to the de facto […]

by Steven Plaut It is a bit of a shame that Richard A. Falk [1], professor emeritus of International Law and Practice from Princeton, cannot go back in time in some sort of time machine to right historic wrongs. If he could, there is no doubt at all that he would revise and re-orchestrate the […]

Public Opinion Poll Straight from the Jerusalem Cloakroom #231, Dec. 4, 2009 Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought,” Jerusalem According to a Dec. 3, 2009 poll of Israeli Jewish eligible voters, conducted by Prof. Yitzhak Katz’ “Ma’agar Mochot” – Research and Interdisciplinary Consultancy Institute, commissioned by IMRA: 1. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to freeze Jewish […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) An terrorist’s attempt to infiltrate the community of Yitzhar near Shechem was foiled Friday morning by the Samaria community’s volunteer rapid response squad. An IDF force identified that terrorist, who was armed with a rifle and a knife, trying to infiltrate the community’s westernmost neighborhood, Shalhevet-Yah, from the direction of Arab […]

by ISRAEL21c Staff (Israelnationalnews.com) Israeli scientists have discovered a way to create beating heart cells using human skin cells reprogrammed to become stem cells. The findings could lead to advances in disease research, and could in theory be used to repair damaged or diseased tissues. Published in the latest issue of Circulation, the findings by […]

Likud leaders, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Minister Benny Begin, and Chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria Affairs MK Zev Elkin, have all come out in opposition to the “draconian” manner in which the construction freeze in Judea and Samaria has been implemented. Considering that PM Netanyahu maintains […]

IDF Spokesperson 3.12.09; 16:23 On Thursday (Dec 3.), two I.E.D’s, weighing five and three kilograms respectively, were uncovered by an IDF force a short while ago on a patrol route near Bet El, North of Ramallah. Both I.E.D’s were detonated in a controlled manner by sappers. IDF soldiers were searching the area for more information. […]

Construction freeze in Judea and Samaria based on erroneous assumptions Yoram Ettinger 1. A freeze will not soften – but will intensify – President Obama’s criticism of “settlements” in particular and Israeli policy in general. For instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s June 14, 2009 Two-State-Solution-speech triggered exacerbated pressure by Obama. Moreover, Netanyahu’s willingness to exchange hundreds […]