Corp. Lior Ziv, 19, of Holon, was buried this afternoon in the military section of the cemetery in his hometown. The fallen soldier, a photographer for the IDF Spokesman’s office, was engaged in filming the IDF operation in Rafiach early this morning when he fell victim to a burst of Arab gunfire. The large-scale offensive […]

Seventy one-year-old Maria Argushi, her seven children, 14 grandchildren, and 4-month old great-grandson, all of whom arrived in Israel last week, now live at the Jewish Agency’s Tapuz Absorption Center in Nahariya. “Our large family from the city of Conception in Southern Chile was always very careful to lead a strict Jewish life,” says Maria. […]

Following a familiar pattern of becoming more intense just as Israel shows willingness to make concessions – i.e., Sharon’s remarks regarding Beit El and Shilo – Palestinian terrorism has abruptly acted up once again. A soldier was killed in Shechem early this morning, while two Israelis were murdered a few hours later at the Karni […]

The Israeli Supreme Court, on Monday, rejected a petition by Arab film director Mohammed Bakri to ban the Channel 1 screening of “The Road to Jenin” – the Israeli perspective of what happened during the April, 2002 anti-terror operation “Defensive Shield” in the slums of PLO-controlled Jenin. Bakri had directed his own narrative of what […]

Like a child playing “Red Light, Green Light, 1-2-3,” Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has taken another small step forward in his drive to make way for a Palestinian state in Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza) before his electorate notices. Sharon told Ha’aretz reporter Ari Shavit today that he would agree to remove some Jewish communities […]

The Ministry of Housing has released the final numbers for its special housing sale campaign of last year for Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip. Ministry sources were proud to announce that though the campaign took place during the heart of the Oslo War, the public purchased well over 1,000 new […]

Two IDF soldiers were killed when two Arabs approached and fired at them near the northern Jordan Valley of Bekaot early this morning. Seven other soldiers were wounded in the attack, including one in serious condition. Another IDF force, of the Nachal HaHareidi, immediately arrived on the scene, and killed the two Arabs in an […]

“If Israel’s comments on the Road Map plan are not accepted, the chance of implementing the plan will be very small.” So says Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom. Representatives of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Defense Ministry are in Washington this week, discussing the changes Israel would like to introduce with American Administration officials. Israel […]

IDF forces carried out a “targeted killing” of an arch-terrorist last night in Gaza. In the attack, of the type often criticized by the United States before the Americans themselves implemented it in Iraq during the current war, Apache helicopters fired two missiles at the car of Saad Arabid within the space of a few […]

The Big Strike, still scheduled by Israel’s Histadrut Labor Unions for Wednesday, is expected to shut most of the country down. Oded Tira, chairman of the Israel Manufacturers Association, told Histadrut leader Amir Peretz that a nationwide general strike would be the “crossing of a red line” that would result in additional unemployment and a […]