Sharon Trying to Persuade Ministers to Support Arafat’s Man for Church Appointment Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to ask the cabinet this Sunday to approve a man closely associated with PLO terrorist chief Yasser Arafat as head of the Greek Orthodox church in Israel: Irineos I. Until then, Sharon will be conducting meetings with several […]

Magen David Adom is intensifying its sanctions today, in protest of its shortage of funds. Ten ambulances were parked in front of the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem today, bringing the total to 40. MDA workers are also not participating in readiness exercises in preparation for the Iraqi war, and they continue to threaten to close […]

Two of the more right-wing Likud ministers, Public Security Minister Uzi Landau and Environment Minister Tzachi HaNegbi, say they may not be able to be ministers in the upcoming government. Landau said today that he would forego a ministerial post if it comes with having to support a Palestinian state, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon […]

Rabbi Yitzchak Arama, the rabbi of the Netzer Hazani community in Gush Katif, was murdered late this morning by one or more Palestinian terrorists. He was shot in an ambush attack as he was driving with his family near the Kisufim Junction entrance to the Katif area. He got out of the car after being […]

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has issued a new report to the Security Council condemning 23 nations and movements that recruit child soldiers – yet one entity particularly known for massive recruitment of child warriors is conspicuously absent: the Palestinian Authority. “For the first time in an official report to the Security Council,” said Olara Otunnu, […]

In the lead-up to an all-but-certain war between the United States and her allies and the dictatorship of Iraq, Saddam Hussein is trying to increase the chances that as many of his neighbors as possible will not join in the fight on the side of America. One method Hussein has adopted vis-a-vis Kuwait is a […]

Three Algerian Moslem extremists have been arrested in Paris on suspicion of planning a chemical attack. They were found to be in possession of unidentified chemicals, as well thousands of dollars in cash and Islamic propaganda literature. In other European news, British Prime Minister Tony Blair made clear yesterday that differences between his country and […]

The anti-Oslo camp gained important points last week with U.S. President George Bush’s appointment of Elliott Abrams as his Middle East policy coordinator. Abrams, who will serve in the top Middle East policy spot in the National Security Council (NSC), was known for his objections to Barak’s concessions in Camp David, as well as for […]

The IDF removed the curfew from the PA-controlled city of Shechem today – and promptly had several of its nearby outposts attacked by Arab gunfire. Israeli cars nearby were also stoned and firebombed. IDF forces returned fire, and no Israeli casualties were reported. Three terrorists, including at least two Hamas members, were killed in clashes […]

Arik: Now that President Bush has delivered his WMD policy statement, here is your final draft with the revisions we discussed. Should be delivered before the Israeli elections of Jan. 2003. Irwin WMD Policy Speech (543TS-12/10/02) On Iraq for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: Draft #3 – Israel has long been considered the mini-America in the […]