The Arab destruction of Joseph’s Tomb is practically complete. Some time in the past two weeks, Arab vandals hacked away at the large two-meter stone marking the gravesite of the Biblical figure, leaving barely more than a pile of rubble. Chief IDF Rabbi Brig.-Gen. Yisrael Weiss recently visited the site in Shechem, and discussed its […]

Findings from a Jewish Agency conference today: The number of Jews in the world is 100,000 fewer than last year… 35,000 Jews immigrated to Israel last year, slightly more than half of whom were from Russia. Two-thirds of the Russian olim were not Jewish… Three countries have Jewish communities that are considered to be in […]

Riad Abu Ziyad, chief Hamas terrorist leader in Gaza, was killed in a shootout with IDF troops this morning. The incident began when Israeli soldiers came to apprehend Abu Ziyad in central Gaza; he attempted to flee, was shot by IDF forces, and died on the way to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva. Abu Ziyad […]

IDF Southern District Commander Major-General Doron Almog stated military officials know the identities of the terrorists responsible for the attack. Almog added there is no way to increase the armor protection on tanks to withstand powerful bombs such as the one used in today’s attack. There have been several attacks targeting tanks in the past […]

Back to the withdrawals? Political sources in Jerusalem say that Prime Minister Sharon is once again preparing a program according to which wherever there is no terrorism or violence, Israel will withdraw its forces and hand over security control to the Palestinian Authority. The sources say that Hevron and Bethlehem are likely to be first. […]

At approximately 9:30pm last night, an IDF armored corps company commander, Captain Shachar Shmul, was shot once in the chest by an Arab sniper outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Captain Shmul was in the midst of overseeing the controlled explosion of a suspected terrorist vehicle, making sure that the flames did not damage nearby […]

Dozens of intelligence warnings of massive terrorist attacks caused the IDF to take the severe measure last night of imposing a closure on all the PA-controlled areas in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. The closure will remain in effect until Friday. The government had originally approved the lifting of a number of restrictions on the Arab […]

JTA reports that the last of the 10 Iranian Jews imprisoned in the city of Shiraz in 1999 have been freed in the last few days. Iranian Jewish activists living in Los Angeles say that the remaining five prisoners were released for a ten-day vacation, but “we’re hoping and assuming they will not be required […]

Two Paratroopers Brigades soldiers who were killed last night in a battle with terrorists outside Shechem were buried this afternoon. Lt. Amir Ben-Aryeh of Maccabim-Reut, near Modiin, and St.-Sgt. Idan Suzin of Kiryat Tivon, both 21, were killed when terrorists attacked a building under IDF control atop Shechem shortly before midnight. The guard was killed […]

A private memorial ceremony will be held in Houston, Texas today for the seven astronauts who perished aboard the Columbia space shuttle. Some 12,000 pieces of the craft have been found thus far. Volunteers of the Zaka emergency medical organization – which responds to terrorist attacks, car accidents and the like, ensuring burial for all […]