by Prof. Yisrael Aumann (Israelnationalnews.com) Two men—let us call them Reuben and Simon—are put in a small room containing a suitcase filled with bills totaling $100,000. The owner of the suitcase announces the following: “ I will give you the money in the suitcase under one condition…you have to negotiate an agreement on how to […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) The willingness to cave in to terrorist demands in order to return kidnapped soldiers is what has kept Gilad Shalit captive for so long, General (res.) Elazar Stern said Sunday in an interview with Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew-language news service. In fact, if Israel had stood firm in the past, Shalit might […]

By: Aaron Klein The Obama administration is set to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ease the blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip during the premier’s visit to Washington this coming week, according to Israeli diplomatic sources. Separately, a senior Palestinian Authority negotiator said the Obama administration has taken a harder line against Israel […]

It’s a jungle out there Should another war break out – like the one with Hezbollah almost exactly four years ago – the Golani Brigade will not be unprepared. By Amos Harel Haaretz Published 10:51 02.07.10 www.haaretz.com/magazine/week-s-end/it-s-a-jungle-out-there-1.299647 Last week, long before setting off on their post-army treks to the Amazon rainforest, the fighters of the […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) The government, citing potential violence, has convinced nationalists to call off their planned July 4 eviction of illegal Arab residents from a Jerusalem home on the eve of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to U.S. President Barack Obama this week. Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beiteinu) told Ateret Cohanim […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) The Jerusalem Court for Local Affairs rejected on Wednesday a request by Jewish residents of Beit Yehonatan in Shiloach (Silwan) to postpone their eviction but granted a 30 day delay for carrying out the eviction order. In a conversation with Arutz Sheva’s Hebrew service, the residents of the disputed building expressed […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) The IDF swiftly responded to a mortar attack on the Western Negev Monday afternoon and killed one armed Gaza terrorist while wounding two others. The soldiers escaped injury, but an army jeep sustained damage. The mortar shelling hit the Sha’ar HaNegev region, which includes Sderot, located less than a mile […]

Just days ahead of Netanyahu-Obama meeting, builders start 20 Jewish homes in east Jerusalem Ronen Medzini Construction in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah began Sunday, just a few days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with the US president. The controversial construction plans, set at the site of the Shepherd […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Arabs in Shiloach (Silwan) near the Kotel in Jerusalem went on a rampage Sunday evening. At least two hundred Arabs hurled fire bombs, fireworks and rocks at security guards stationed at Beit HaDvash in the neighborhood, and at dozens of policemen and Border Police who came to restore order. Three homes […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) A Jewish dance group was attacked in Germany last Saturday while performing during a street festival in Hanover. The incident led to discussion this week of the phenomenon of anti-Semitism among immigrant youth. Members of the Haverim dance group were pelted with stones as they took the stage. One dancer was […]