Cabinet Secretary Gideon Sa’ar, speaking with Arutz-7 today, was asked to explain the principles of the Tenet agreement. His response: “It is a document dealing with the required steps – arrests of terrorists, orders to stop terrorism, etc. – in order to reach a real ceasefire.” Ed. note: Some of the relevant passages of the […]

The Moledet Party, whose leader Rabbi Benny Elon succeeded Gen. (res). Rechavam Ze’evi upon the latter’s assassination last October, is engaged in a public relations campaign to promote its idea of “transfer” as the solution to the Israeli-Arab problem. The proposal calls for the transfer of Arabs out of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza and into […]

NEW YORK – As U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni prepares to travel to the Middle East to help put an end to terrorism, Yasir Arafat’s Palestinian Authority is further promoting terrorism by expanding its program of providing payments to families of suicide bombers. Until now, the PA has been providing a one time payment of $2,000 […]

Both Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer have approved Ya’alon’s appointment. The appointment came just after Ben-Eliezer rejected a proposal to extend IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz’s position, and at the same time as Arab terrorism continues to intensify. The appointment of the new chief of staff must still […]

Three Israeli soldiers were killed this morning near the Netzarim junction in Gaza. Terrorists hiding behind a building near the road detonated a powerful roadside bomb by remote control while the tank passed by. The names of two victims have been released: Sgt. Rotem Shani, 19, of Hod HaSharon, and Sgt. Matan Biderman, 21, of […]

Dr. Aryeh Stav, Director of the Ariel Center for Policy Research, told Arutz-7 today that it matters little whether the terrorists were from Hizbullah, Fatah, or Tanzim: “We are at war, at this stage of which the Arab world is trying to defeat us using Palestinian terrorism. In yesterday’s case, add to this the great […]

Six Israelis were murdered this afternoon in a terrorist shooting attack in an area of the country that until now had been considered relatively safe: northwest Israel, near the city of Shlomi. Seven people were wounded, including two in moderate condition. Around 12:40 PM, a cell of two or three terrorists suddenly opened fire from […]

The National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu Knesset party is one major step closer to leaving the government, after its seven Knesset Members met this morning with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Sharon attempted to convince them not to quit the coalition, as he has several times in the past – but this time his efforts did not bear […]

The IDF continues to press forward on various fronts throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). Arutz-7’s Kobi Finkler reports that the Israeli offensives are taking place on four fronts: Gaza; Ramallah-Bituniya; Shechem and neighboring villages; and near Bethlehem, south of Jerusalem, including Beit Jala, Dehaishe, and El Hader. Forces around Bethlehem arrested several wanted terrorists […]

A lone terrorist who succeeded in infiltrating into the Gush Katif community of Atzmona on Thursday night killed five students and left 23 persons wounded. The terrorist opened fire with an automatic weapon while throwing six hand grenades. He fired almost six complete magazines before being shot to death. The victims were students in the […]