Three terrorist attacks were prevented or failed this morning – along the Lebanon-Israel border, in Hevron and in the Shomron. Three terrorist attacks were prevented or failed this morning – along the Lebanon-Israel border, in Hevron and in Samaria (Shomron). In the first incident, IDF soldiers on in the north foiled an attempted terrorist infiltration […]

Six Egyptian and Jordanian engineers began testing the stability of the eastern wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Begun Thursday, the appraisal comes weeks after Israel’s Antiquities Authority reported that the 2,000-year-old wall was in danger of collapse as a result of a Feb. 11 earthquake that measured 5 on the Richter scale. For the past […]

Prime Minister Sharon is now considering a “mini-withdrawal” from 5-6 communities, instead of 21: Netzarim, Kfar Darom and Morag in Gaza, and Kadim and Ganim, and possibly Chomesh, in the northern Shomron. Immediately after the Likud Knesset faction meeting yesterday at which Prime Minister Sharon announced that he would formulate an alternate plan, he began […]

* 21 communities, most of them founded some 20 years ago * close to 8,000 residents * 26 synagogues * over 20 yeshivot, schools and other educational institutions (not including nurseries and kindergartens) * 900 acres of greenhouses growing bugless lettuce, cherry tomatoes (90% of Israel’s exports), organic vegetables, spices, flowers, plants and more * […]

Opponents of the unrequited withdrawal are intensifying their work in the two remaining days before the referendum – one of them being the Sabbath – especially in light of Prime Minister Sharon’s intentions to continue giving media interviews throughout the weekend. Well over 1,000 volunteers are going door-to-door this morning and afternoon, and will continue […]

International Technologies Lasers (ITL), which is based in Rishon Letzion, has developed a device that can analyze and identify chemical elements by remote laser sensing harmless to the eyes and body. The significance is that for the first time, cars and people may be scanned from several meters away to detect explosives, drugs or other […]

An initiative which has brought thousands of people from across the country to visit Gush Katif for the first time is winning the hearts of the people of Israel, including quite a few Likud voters. “Ask most proponents of a withdrawal from Gaza whether they have ever been to Gush Katif and the answer will […]

Ben-Gurion University As the head of the Anxiety and Stress Research Unit at Israel’s Beersheva Mental Health Center for the past decade, Dr. Hagit Cohen knows too well that there are currently no medications that directly address the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In recent years, reaction to extreme trauma has become an important […]

A car bomb blew up just outside Kfar Darom this morning, wounding four soldiers who were 30 meters away – one of them moderately-to-seriously. The car bomb could have made it into pre-’67 Israel. A car bomb blew up just outside Kfar Darom this morning, wounding four soldiers who were 30 meters away – one […]

The city of Imphal, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, is now home to a new Jewish educational center geared to the needs of the local community of Bnei Menashe, a group claiming descent from a lost tribe of Israel. The center, which will offer daily classes in Hebrew language, Jewish history and […]