By: Louis Rene Beres Back in October 2006, then-US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had urged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to free imprisoned terrorist Marwan Barghouti. Her obviously naïve argument was that the Tanzim leader remained very popular among Palestinians, and that he was likely the only Fatah representative who could successfully advance the […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) An IDF soldier was lightly wounded on Monday evening when Gaza terrorists fired a rocket and a mortar shell at southern Israel. The soldier was hit by shrapnel and was taken to Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon for treatment. The attack took place as IDF soldiers battled Gaza terrorists near the security […]

Elections for the unions of UNRWA workers began on March 16, 2009 and ended on March 24, 2009. The results will be announced very soon. The UNRWA teachers’ union in the Gaza Strip has close to 7,000 members, the civil service sector has about 2,000 and the general UNRWA workers number about 1,500. Elections are […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) The Judge Selection Committee agreed Sunday on the nominations of three judges to the Supreme Court: Neal Hendel, Yitzchak Amit and Uzi Fogelman. Judge Nili Arad was selected as Deputy President of the Labor Court. Justice Minster Yaakov Ne’eman and Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch phoned the appointees and wished them […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) The U.S. State Department has expressed its “deep disappointment” with the decision by the Scottish government to free the only terrorist convicted in the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The Dec 21, 1988 flight ended with the bombing of the plane, resulting in the loss of […]

By Chaim Levinson http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108228.html Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon attacked the State Prosecution yesterday during a tour by four ministers of illegal West Bank outposts. “I saw that the prosecution’s responses to the High Court of Justice [on petitions against the outposts] do not reflect the government’s position,” he said while visiting the Havat Gilad outpost. […]

Obama’s pro-Arab statements haven’t eroded support for Israel in US Yoram Ettinger The American people display a robust, long-term support of the Jewish state in spite of President Obama’s policy and in defiance of the NY Times and Washington Post (which contrast the Wall Street Journal’s attitude toward Israel.) According to an August 10, 2009 […]

By: Edward Olshaker When radio host Don Imus crudely insulted the young African-American ladies on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, then-Senator Barack Obama called for Imus to be fired. Obama complained, understandably, that Imus “didn’t just cross the line. He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to […]

A six month study of the New York Times shows a bias toward the Palestinian narrative. CONTACT THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLIC EDITOR AND DEMAND CHANGES IN TIMES’ REPORTING. SEE RED BOX AT BOTTOM OF REPORT. New York Times coverage often supports the Palestinian narrative without placing events in greater context.  Headlines, eyewitness accounts, and […]