by Mitchell Finkel Some of Abbas’s more memorable malefactions. The easiest way to rewrite history is to forge a new identity for some of history’s most notorious malefactors. For Mahmoud Abbas, a new identity just might wash away a lifetime of demagoguery and duplicity. Understandably, there is a need for a Palestinian leader who can […]

The Heritage Institute did a study showing that of all the distinct ethnic groups in the United States, including those of English heritage, the Jewish community had the highest “community” score of any other group. Jews ranked… * Number 1 in providing medical advancements that saved American’s lives in the last 100 years. * Number […]

by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials say they have been guaranteed by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that Jews will be evicted from Hevron’s Beit HaShalom. Residents and supporters are defiant. Beit HaShalom, or “Shalom House” with a floor space of over 3,500 square meters, was purchased by Jews from its Arab […]

Gil Hoffman , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 20, 2007 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1195546683035&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull National Union MK Arye Eldad will head a new secular right-wing party in the next election that will try to win support away from the Likud and Israel Beiteinu, Eldad announced Tuesday. The party will be called Hatikva, which means “the hope” in Hebrew […]

ELYAKIM HA’ETZNI Some day we’ll recall these tranquil months of Israeli newspaper headlines devoted to road accidents and minor scandals—the headlines of a society free from existential cares—as a fool’s paradise whose fools turned a blind eye to the erupting volcano threatening to bury us all. There was another summer like this one preceding Yom […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) An Arab lecturer at Sapir college in Sderot told an IDF soldier who had entered his class in uniform to leave. The student, Eyal Cohen, a lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps and a second year cinema student, had just finished a one-week stint of reserve duty and came directly from his […]

By Jonathan Pollard J4JPnews – November 21, 2007 BACKGROUND: On this date twenty-two years ago, November 21st 1985, Jonathan Pollard was thrown out of the Israeli Embassy in Washington and into the waiting arms of the FBI. He has been in prison ever since, serving a life sentence for his service to the security of […]

by dan goldberg jta sydney, australia | When David Wakil departs for Antarctica, he will be leaving behind his girlfriend, his family and his home — but not his Judaism. The 39-year-old Australian pilot will live in subzero temperatures for the next six months flying scientists around bases in the South Pole as they research […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Thousands of mourners came to Kedumim Tuesday afternoon for the funeral of Ido Zoldan, 29, son of Nachman and Miriam Zoldan, who was killed by Palestinian terrorists late Monday night as he returned in his car from Karnei Shomron to Shavei Shomron. Ido (pronounced ee-doe), known affectionately by all who knew […]

By:Louis Rene Beres Wednesday, November 14, 2007 One must wonder: Is current U.S. policy on the “Road Map” merely the result of a foolish consistency, or is something much more sinister going on? After all, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice remain determined to birth a viable Palestinian state, one that would be part […]