The Palestinians arranged a “funeral” for an Arab who was still alive – all in order to create an impression of more casualties than there actually were. Cameras aboard an Israel Air Force pilotless plane captured the images of the “funeral,” which will be presented at a Foreign Ministry press conference this evening. The film […]

(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stated on Wednesday that no IDF soldier would be subjected to questioning by UN fact-finders regarding Operation Defensive Shield in Jenin. Sharon stated emphatically that soldiers would not be interrogated, “even for a moment”.

May 1: IDF forces concluded their task in Hebron tonight and pulled out of the city. The forces arrested 150 Palestinians suspected of participation in terror attacks, 52 of them wanted suspects. During the operation in the city, the following weapons were seized: explosives and explosive devices, 6 M-16 rifles, a LAW missile, magazines, ammunition […]

Anti-Semitic vandalism made a dramatic appearance in England this past Saturday night. Vandals desecrated the Finsbury Park Synagogue in London, such that worshipers who entered the synagogue the next morning were greeted with a swastika painted on the rabbi’s lectern, torn prayer books, and over 20 smashed windows. Green paint was splashed on the holy […]

It is still not clear when exactly Yasser Arafat will be allowed to leave his compound in Ramallah in which he has been holed up for almost a month. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee today that Arafat can leave “whenever he wants to.” The Cabinet decided yesterday that […]

The Cabinet decided this afternoon to accept a proposal to end the nearly five-month-old siege on Yasser Arafat. The ministers made the decision at the end of a several-hours long meeting and following heavy pressure by U.S. President George Bush. The plan is to have the six wanted terrorists in Arafat’s compound – four murderers […]

At least two terrorists, wearing IDF uniforms including flak jackets, infiltrated the settlement of Adora near Hebron yesterday and murdered four Israelis, including a five-year-old girl. They also wounded seven others, including the girl’s mother and brothers. The attack took place at about 9 a.m. in the hilltop community northwest of Hebron, close to the […]

In face of the world’s demand to investigate Israel’s behavior during the Jenin battles, President Moshe Katzav had this to say today: “With all due respect to self-righteousness, the international community must stop applying a double-standard. I do not understand why the world community has been silent for over one and a half years in […]

German police have instructed Jewish residents in Berlin not to appear in public with clothes that identify them as Jewish, in order to avoid being attacked. Officials there are on a “maximum security” alert for possible attacks against Jewish targets throughout the country. “The threat is getting closer,” acknowledges Paul Spiegel, president of Germany’s Central […]

Lt.-Col. Tal, who lives in a Jezreel Valley with his wife and three daughters, fought in the recent anti-terrorism offensive in Jenin. “[We] went to great lengths to avoid hurting civilians,” he said. “[We] discovered that the Palestinian shooters were using civilians as shields. A shooter inside a house might hide behind an old woman, […]