According to a report published in today’s “New York Times”, U.S. President George Bush has decided to freeze implementation of his mid-east peace plan calling for the creation of a Palestinian state, until the end of the crisis with Iraq. Administration officials say that it makes no sense to publish the peace plan, known as […]

JERUSALEM — Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat may be under the looming threat of war and military siege, respectively, but their personal financial wealth places them among the elite of world rulers. With $2 billion, Saddam is the fourth-richest among royals and dictators, on par with the king of Liechtenstein, […]

Israel Foreign Ministry officials are irked at media portrayal of last night’s IDF counter-terrorism actions in Gaza as a “massacre,” a “retaliation for yesterday’s terrorist attack,” or both. IDF sources say that there is a wave of disinformation regarding the killing of 11 Arabs in Gaza last night. It is being said that the 11 […]

Fifteen people, possibly including the terrorist, are reported dead and close to 40 are wounded as a result of a bus bombing in Haifa. A bus on a main artery in the central Carmel area blew up at around 2:15 PM, and emergency medical teams quickly arrived to begin treating the wounded. Zaka Rescue and […]

In Shechem, IDF forces once again took action in the Kasbah area, only a week after completing a thorough anti-terrorism offensive there. Arab sources say that the army took over several buildings in the area, that explosions were heard, and that two Arabs have been killed. An explosives vest was found in one home, together […]

In response to U.S. President George Bush’s latest call on Wednesday night for a Palestinian state – he said it must “abandon forever the use of terror” – the ZOA says that such a concept is unrealizable. The Zionist Organization of America says that the ongoing terrorist war waged by the PA Arabs against Israel, […]

A car that was about to be blown up in the Netanya area was discovered early this morning in Tul Karem. IDF forces found a 20-kilogram explosive next to the car, and suspect the Islamic Jihad of planning the attack. In Shechem, IDF forces destroyed the home of a Tanzim terrorist, who was killed last […]

The coalition agreement of the Likud, Shinui, the National Union, and the National Religious Party was signed in the Knesset this afternoon. The coalition will number 68 MKs. The new government will not be sworn in until tomorrow or Monday, however, because the final distribution of the Cabinet portfolios has not yet been completed. The […]

Noam Arnon, spokesman for the Jewish Community of Hevron, made the following presentation on Arutz-7 today: “We’re used to arrests here, and even violent arrests, but yesterday’s arrest of Adi Kolani was probably one of the most violent. One of the boys who founded Givat Elazar – a hilltop near Maaleh Hever named after terrorism-victim […]

It was announced late this afternoon that an IDF soldier was killed this morning in Gaza. He was fatally shot in the back by Arab snipers from Khan Yunis as he was walking to guard duty on his outpost near N’vei Dekalim. He was evacuated in serious condition to the hospital, but died en route. […]