By Nicky Blackburn Israel21c October 28, 2007 An Israeli start-up company is developing a new vitamin-based ointment for people suffering from psoriasis that promises to help relieve the debilitating symptoms of the incurable skin disease without the need for steroids. DermiPsor, which was founded in January 2004, has already successfully passed Phase II clinical trials […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Despite Israel’s declaration of Hamas-run Gaza as a hostile entity, trucks filled with hundreds of thousands of shekels each are allowed to enter Gaza monthly. The Finance and Defense Ministries have given their approval. With a shortage of dollars and Jordanian dinars in Gaza, the money is used by Hamas to […]

A PALESTINIAN VIEW A closed file an interview with Adnan Husseini b i t t e r l e m o n s. o r g October 29, 2007 Edition 39 bitterlemons: We’ve heard recently Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talk about the outlying neighborhoods of Jerusalem and that Israel might be willing to “divide” […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) The State Prosecution says a recent decision allowing Jews to reside in several homes near the old Jewish marketplace in Hevron should be overturned and that the Jews should be evicted. The legal battle revolves around a Jewish family living in an old store built several decades ago by the Jordanians […]

by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Arab terrorists in northern Gaza fired five Kassam rockets Friday night into Sderot and Ashkelon as Jewish families came home from synagogues and sat down for their Sabbath meals. One rocket scored a direct hit on a factory in the Ashkelon industrial zone causing extensive damage. No injuries were reported. At […]

by Talia Zarbiv (IsraelNN.com) Yekutiel Ben-Yaakov, a political activist known for his outspoken views in favor of Jewish sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, was expelled for three months from his home in the town of Tapuach on Monday. Fifteen soldiers and police officers woke him at night and presented him with an administrative order, signed […]

By:Avraham Shmuel Lewin, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent Wednesday, October 24, 2007 TEL AVIV – Yoav Yitzchak is a name that sends shudders through the powers-that-be in Israel. Seven years ago, Yitzchak, an investigative reporter, uncovered financial impropriety on the part of then-president Ezer Weizman. A disgraced Weizman was forced to resign the presidency. Now it’s […]

Jewish Leaders Initiate International Effort to Keep the Jewish Capital Secure, Intact and United NEW YORK, NY (October 24, 2007) – We are proud to announce today the formation and launch of The Coordinating Council on Jerusalem, for the purpose of uniting American Jewish organizations on behalf of a secure and unified Jerusalem. Rabbi Pesach […]

YOCHEVED MIRIAM RUSSO , THE JERUSALEM POST Oct. 11, 2007 Some places are defined by a story, the chronicle of an event that characterizes the way people see themselves. Peki’in, a picturesque village nestled in the heart of Galilee, is one such place. The roots of the story go back to the 1930s, as Hitler’s […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) Well-known archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University told Arutz Sheva Radio that she sees the recent revelation of First Temple artifacts on the Temple Mount as further proof of what she called the Antiquities Authority’s “criminal behavior.” The The destruction on the Temple Mount continues… due to “a direct order […]