Evacuated settlers residing in tent cities suffered flooding, damages caused by first rains of the year; Meanwhile, solutions to communities delay, PM fails to give answers to evacuees Anat Bershkovsky The evacuated settlers of the Atzmona and Elei Sinai settlements, who have been living in ‘tent cities’ since the pullout, suffered Wednesday from flooding, mud […]

by Judy Lash Balint 1. You can’t get on a bus without being poked in the rear a dozen times with someone’s stray lulav. 2. The sweet smell of etrogim in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda (Yehuda Market) is overpowering. Huge crowds descend on the parking lot near the market to vie for the best lulav and […]

More than two-thirds of Israelis oppose further unilateral pullouts and expulsions of Jews without a final accord with the PA, according to a Maariv poll, but a Sharon aide said more are planned. The Teleseker poll for the Israeli newspaper revealed that only 28 percent of those surveyed support dismantling more Jewish communities without an […]

Prof. Robert J. Aumann of Heb. U. is a co-winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, for “enhancing our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis.” Aumann, a religious Jew who grew up in New York City and currently resides in Jerusalem, won the prestigious prize together with Prof. Thomas C. Schelling of […]

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The court decision is being heralded as a huge victory for Israeli civil liberties, as it marks the first time damages were awarded on the grounds of false house arrest and administrative detention. Federman claims that he has been a long-time target of the Jewish (national) section of the Shin Bet (Shabak / General Security […]

Commissioned by Israel Resource News Agency and the Center for Near East Policy Research At the time of this writing (Sunday, October 9th, 3 p.m. Israel time), according to the residents of the Shirat Hayam Hotel in Ashkelon, they are about to be expelled today to other hotels in Ashkelon (among them Shaul Hamelech, which […]

Arab terror gangs and the PA announced a truce as the PA tries to show it is in control, but Hamas still patrols in several Gaza towns. Firebomb and shooting attacks against Jews on the rise. “Any action aimed at spreading chaos or internal strife … will be considered treason,” according to a statement at […]

The IDF’s use of Palestinian civilians as human shields in arresting wanted terrorists was ruled contrary to international law by a Supreme Court lineup led by court president Aharon Barak. According to the practice, a terrorist’s neighbor knocks on his door and asks him to come out to face arrest, on the assumption that he […]

New York – In an address last week to the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies, Maj. Gen. Aharon Zeevi-Farkash, the head of Israeli military intelligence, disclosed that Al Qaeda operatives entered Gaza from Egypt following Israel’s withdrawal. Zeevi-Farkash also said that during the ten days after the withdrawal, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian terrorist […]