(IsraelNN.com) Foreign Minister Shimon Peres explained that Washington is formulating a new initiative that would demand the PA waves demands of the ‘right of return’ for so-called refugees in exchange for Israel agreeing to uproot all Yesha (Judea, Samaria, & Gaza) communities. Peres explained the overview of the plan to a Tel Aviv audience, adding […]

Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan, Commander of the IDF Central Command, will award medals to 12 soldiers tomorrow who fought with particular bravery during Operation Defensive Shield. Among them will be two posthumous awards to Capt. Kobi Azulai and Sgt. Menashe Hava, who fell in Jenin. Other awards will be made to a deputy commander of an […]

Tense quiet reigns in Israel today, as the battle of nerves between Palestinian terrorists and Israeli security forces continues. The police and army are on constant alert, both offensively and defensively, as intelligence warnings of possible impending attacks stream in. At the entrances to northern Jerusalem this morning, traffic was backed up for several kilometers […]

Israel inaugurated its new Ofek-5 imaging satellite last night with a nationally-televised launch from the Palmachim Air Force base near Ashkelon. The satellite, a project of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in cooperation with other Israeli hi-tech industries, was sent into space by an Israeli Shavit launcher. The satellite has the capability of high resolution imaging, […]

(IsraelNN.com) Opposition MK (Herut) Michael Kleiner expressed sharp criticism against the government decision to release the Egyptian sailors that have been in custody since the apprehension of the Karin-A weapons freighter 500 kilometers (300 miles) from Israel’s coast on 3 January. Kleiner stated that the government “lost his head,” adding that by releasing the Egyptians […]

(IsraelNN.com) Four Israelis, including three teenagers, were murdered by terrorist gunfire in two attacks in the Shomron on Tuesday night. At about 7:15pm, Albert (Avraham) Maloul, 50, and his cousin Herzl, were returning home to the capital after a day’s work in the Shomron community of Eli, where they operate the swimming pool. As the […]

Each day and its own suicide attack attempt. Yesterday’s began when Israeli security officials patrolling in the northern Shomron encountered a Palestinian taxi approaching a checkpoint they had just set up. The soldiers ordered the occupants to get out and lift their shirts to prove they were not wearing explosives vests. Only one of them […]

A major terror catastrophe, possibly the worst in Israel’s history, was miraculously averted this morning – but some officials warn that Israel must respond as if the attempt had been successful. A bomb was detonated under a tanker as the truck was being fueled at the Pi Gelilot fuel depot, Israel’s largest. The tanker caught […]

The Israeli Embassy in Paris was destroyed last night in a midnight fire. Israel’s Ambassador to France, Eli Bar-Navi, reports that no one was hurt, and that the small number of security personnel in the building at the time made it out safely. Local police say that the blaze was apparently accidental, although arson has […]

Even as Israeli security officials in both the police and army warn that the effects of Operation Defensive Shield are wearing off, a suicide bombing was thwarted today five kilometers west of Afula by a citizen’s alertness. He noticed a suspicious-looking Arab at a bus stop and notified the police. When the police signaled the […]