WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (JTA) ‘ A Jewish community initiative to bring to justice those who kill Americans overseas has become law. Provisions of a bill spearheaded by the Zionist Organization of America, dubbed the Koby Mandell Act, were incorporated into the omnibus spending bill President Bush signed last week. The provisions would create an Office […]

The IDF took up posts outside the Arab slums bordering Jewish communities in Gush Katif Friday night after a barrage of mortar shells injured four, including a seven-year-old boy lying in bed. “We will not accept this massive shelling, just as we do not accept the firing of Kassam rockets near Sderot,” army sources said […]

A riveting and invaluable new book, “Arafat’s War” by Efraim Karsh, offers the first comprehensive account of Palestinian policy through the Oslo years. Karsh tracks Arafat’s ongoing commitment to Israel’s annihilation and establishment of a Muslim Arab state in all of “Palestine,” an agenda clearly discernible in the PA’s continued promotion of the “plan of […]

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (JTA) — Leaders of Chicago’s Jewish community are optimistic that a jury award of $156 million to an Israeli-American family whose son was killed in the West Bank will send a stern message that financial support of terrorist organizations won’t be tolerated. A jury ruled Wednesday in a Chicago federal courthouse that […]

The US demands that Israel evacuate and abandon all Jewish communities behind the anti-terror partition fence. So says Elliot Abrams, director of the National Security Council Middle East section. Abrams gave this short-thrift treatment to the 250,000-strong, 35-year-old Jewish settlement enterprise when speaking to American Jewish leaders recently. They were visiting Washington when Abrams told […]

A unique Chanukah candelabra is to be lit this evening at the White House in Washington, DC at the request of US President George Bush. The menorah was built by a Florida congregation in memory of Noam Apter, a 23-year-old student at the Otniel Yeshiva in the Hevron Hills region who was murdered by terrorists. […]

The electric Menorah will be displayed near the Center One shopping center, adjacent to Jerusalem.s central bus station. The traditional Menorah holds eight candles that symbolize the twin miracles of a small amount of oil that burnt for eight days and the Jews. victory over Greek invaders and 2,000 years ago. A ninth candle is […]

IDF forces thwarted five suicide terrorist attacks and arrested over 100 wanted terrorists this past week, Gush Katif residents filed a complaint regarding an outpost demolition. In addition to the five thwarted terrorist attacks, the IDF Spokesman’s Office further reports that Arabs fired at soldiers on nine occasions this week, and detonated three bombs towards […]

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom hosted his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Al-Gheit and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleimon today for discussions on the future of the Philadelphi Route. The route, along the Israel-Egypt border in southern Gaza, is a critical one, in that approximately 100 arms-smuggling tunnels have been discovered snaking under it over the past four […]

Alert IDF action helped thwart a Kassam rocket attack towards the Negev city of Sderot early this afternoon. The ready-for-firing launcher was sighted in Beit Hanoun, an Arab Gaza city less than a kilometer from Sderot. An Israel Air Force helicopter opened fire on the launcher and destroyed it. The terrorists escaped. Several dozen Arab-fired […]