A compelling report shows grave consequences of the disengagement, including higher drop-out rates, increasing use of alcohol/drugs, and lack of professional solutions for these and other problems. Compiled by the Gush Katif-L’maan Acheinu Task Force, the report states that out of 1,000 high school youths among the Gush Katif expellees, 50 have dropped out of […]

[IMRA: Pop the champagne corks? Hamas leader Ismail Hanieh doesn’t insist that the Jews drown when they are thrown out of the country – they can board boats.] Hamas: We never wanted to throw Jews in sea Hamas leader Ismail Hanieh says group never wanted to throw Jews in sea; ‘we don’t hate Jews because […]

Israel’s acting prime minister, MK Ehud Olmert, has declared war, not against Hamas or the Islamic Jihad, but against unauthorized Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Olmert, at a meeting Wednesday afternoon with security officials, ordered the IDF to draw up clear plans to prevent the creation of new outposts and to destroy existing ones. […]

On March 26, 2001, an Arab sniper shot and killed 10 month old Shalhevet Pass. As a result of that murder, Hebron residents redeemed, renovated and repopulated Jewish property stolen from Hebron’s Jewish community following the 1929 riots, massacre and expulsion. That neighborhood, “Mitzpe Shalhevet” is presently on the brink of obliteration, not by Arabs, […]

During the past several weeks, over 100 members of the Likud Central Committee have come to Hebron to see, feel and experience the first Jewish city in the Land of Israel. They’ve come mostly to view Jewish property that is inaccessible to Hebron’s Jewish community. The story properly begins in 1807 when Haim Bajaio purchased, […]

Israel’s High Court has rejected Jonathan Pollard’s request to be a Prisoner of Zion – which would have led to an end to torturous prison conditions and to better chances for his release. The Supreme Court rejected this morning Pollard’s plea to have the State of Israel recognize him as a Prisoner of Zion. The […]

DM Sha’ul Mofaz has authorized the destruction of three Jewish neighborhoods in the Shomron. There are 7, 380 demolition orders against illegal Arab buildings that remain unexecuted. The threatened communities, called “unauthorized outposts” by the government, are Skully’s Farm near Elon Moreh, the Arussi Farm near Har Bracha and Hill 725, near Yitzhar. Mofaz took […]

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s brain scan Thursday evening showed positive results, indicating that the remnants of the blood in his brain from a massive stroke last week have been absorbed, hospital officials said in a statement. In response, doctors had removed a tube they had inserted into Sharon’s skull to relieve pressure on his brain, […]

The Likud Knesset list is as follows: [With thanks to Arutz 7] Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu – Unhappily supported Disengagement until the week before implementation, when he left the government in protest of it. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom – Supported Disengagement from beginning to end, though came out against the abandonment of the Philadelphi Corridor […]

In an attempt to clear the name of settlers living in West Bank communities blamed for the destruction of Palestinian olive trees, the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea,Samaria and Gaza on Tuesday, showed film footage of Palestinian farmers pruning their own trees near Yitzhar. The film footage clearly showed Palestinian farmers pruning their trees […]