A respected independent survey has determined that 51 per cent of Israelis are against the planned evacuation under fire, while only 37 percent support it. The poll was conducted Thursday night by the Maagar Mohot Survey Institute, headed by Professor Yitzchak Katz. Respondents answered the question, “Are you for or against withdrawal under fire in […]

A group of 50 rabbis have issued a call not to enlist in the reserves in the coming months, in order not to free up other soldiers to take part in the expulsion from Gush Katif/northern Shomron. Among the signatory rabbis are Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba, Chairman of the Yesha [Judea and Samaria] […]

A major independent polling service reported today that support for the proposed Withdrawal Plan has dropped to 48 per cent. The survey will be telecast on Israel’s Channel Two news tonight. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon denounced the poll as a result of “incitement” by anti-evacuation groups. The poll was conducted by the Maagar Mohot Survey […]

A report that exposes the fallacy of the “demographic threat” of an Arab majority between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea is being presented by Israel’s Government Press Office. The new data raises doubts about one of the central arguments advanced by PM Ariel Sharon on behalf of the withdrawal plan. “Unfortunately, the Prime Minister […]

Arab terrorists exploded more Kassam rockets before dawn Wednesday on Jewish towns in Gaza and in the western Negev. No one was injured and no damage was reported. One Chinese and two Arab workers were killed in Tuesday’s Kassam rocket attacks on Ganei Tal greenhouses in southern Gaza, and six others were injured. The three […]

Shortly after 2:30 PM, a large explosion was heard in the hothouse area of Ganei Tal, in northern Gush Katif. In addition to the two dead, six other workers were wounded – including three in serious condition. One was flown by helicopter, and the others were transported by ambulance, to Soroka Medical Center in Be\u2019er […]

An IDF soldier was lightly wounded in a gun battle that raged for a few hours early this morning opposite a building which served as the terrorists\u2019 hideout. Acting on precise intelligence information, IDF troops attempted to apprehend the terrorists peacefully, but as they surrounded the building, the terrorists opened fire. When the gunfire subsided, […]

Two groups of terrorists had gathered near a mosque in Gaza’s Jabalya slums and were firing mortar shells from two launchers. Two of the terrorists were wounded by IAF missiles, which also destroyed both mortar launchers. The Islamic Jihad terror group issued a statement saying that a few minutes before the Israeli air strike, its […]

IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT Terrorist attack thwarted when soldiers uncovered an explosive belt at the Beit Iba crossing The explosive belt was uncovered in a bag of a Palestinian who tried to exit Nablus. Earlier this afternoon around 14:00, IDF soldiers at the Beit Iba crossing identified a Palestinian acting in a suspicious manner at the […]

The Cabinet, in its session of 15 days ago, decided to offer the farmers of Jewish Gaza one of three alternatives: land of equivalent size in the Negev or Galilee; up to 40 dunams (approx. 10 acres) of land elsewhere in Israel; or financial subsidy in purchasing land elsewhere in Israel. Mazuz nullified the latter […]