The PA-controlled areas in Judea/Samaria have been closed until after the Purim holiday, by order of Defense Minister Mofaz. Arabs will be allowed to cross out of the PA only for humanitarian needs. Over 50 general warnings of planned terrorist attacks – including 11 specific warnings – are being considered by Israel’s security services. The […]

While Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has during the past few weeks directed large numbers of Israeli forces to demolish several isolated West Bank Jewish homes deemed illegal, a report newly released charges that Jerusalem’s city hall deleted files documenting hundreds of illegal Arab building projects throughout eastern sections of Jerusalem. Aryeh King, chairman of […]

Kassam rockets continue to fall on Israeli towns, fired from areas in Gaza out of which Jewish residents were expelled and from which IDF forces were evacuated during last summer’s Disengagement. Two Kassam rockets landed in the western Negev over the Sabbath: one between Karmiya and Zikkim, and the other near Sderot, where a 13-year-old […]

Approximately 18.8 million American adults suffer from depression, the leading cause of disability in the United States. Yet only about half the patients who take common medical treatments like antidepressant drugs actually see a therapeutic effect. Moreover, they suffer a broad range of undesirable side effects including weight gain, sexual dysfunction and even suicidal behavior. […]

by Dr. Joseph Lerner, co-director IMRA In the interview whch follows Rashid Khalidi, Director of Columbia University’s Middle East Institutre and Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, welcomes Hamas’ election victory as deserved and as presenting an opportunity to calm the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by a long-term truce. He asserts that Hamas brought terrorism to the […]

New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has sent a letter Yuri V. Ushakov, the Russian Ambassador to the United States, condemning Russia for hosting a delegation from the Palestinian Authority (PA)/Hamas, the Islamist terrorist movement whose Charter calls for Israel’s destruction (Article 15) and the murder of Jews (Article 7). The ZOA […]

Some of the Gaza evictees find themselves in better situations than others, but all are dealing with logistical and bureaucratic obstacles preventing them from moving forward with their lives. —-email readers, please click here.—- In Kibbutz Ein Tzurim, southeast of Ashkelon, “caravillas” [double-trailers] remain uninhabitable as construction continues. “I have said many times – when […]

Sderot’s Red Dawn alert system goes off Sunday morning after Palestinians launch rockets at Israel. Two rockets fall in sea, north of Gaza Strip; other three land near border fence Shmulik Hadad YNET 03.05.06 Residents of the southern town of Sderot woke up Sunday morning to the sounds of the Red Dawn alert system, which […]

Ehud Olmert plans to withdraw tens of thousands of Jews from Judea/Samaria. The right-wing warns: The areas will be taken over by Hamas, leaving the army defenseless. The plan, as outlined last night by Kadima Knesset candidate Avi Dichter, a former head of the General Security Service (Shabak), calls for razing most of the Jewish […]

By Assaf Uni, Haaretz Correspondent PARIS – The mother of Ilan Halimi, the 23-year-old Parisian Jew who was abducted, tortured and murdered by a gang in a suburb of the capital, accuses the police of missteps that led to her son’s death. She revealed to Haaretz Sunday that the police told the family to ignore […]