GSS (Shabak) commander Avi Dichter continues to promote the construction of the fence as a barrier against terrorism – even as he says that it appears to be on its way to becoming obsolete. GSS (Shabak) commander Avi Dichter continues to promote the construction of the fence as a barrier against terrorism – even as […]

Turmoil in the Middle East is behind the high number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain, a monitoring group said.There were 375 anti-Semitic incidents in Britain last year, the second highest number in two decades, according to the Community Security Trust, which monitors such incidents on behalf of U.K. Jewry. The incidents ranged from attacks on […]

Unraveling many of the mysteries of the body’s response to disease and devising new methods of diagnosis and treatment, the top-level scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are on the crest of the wave of exciting medical advances. “We aim for research that does not get lost in translation,” said Professor Daniel Shouval, Dean […]

This time, both breakthroughs come from Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital. Israeli fertility experts at the Hadassah University Hospital-Ein Karem have facilitated the birth of two healthy babies from embryos that were frozen for five years longer than previously thought possible. The happy parents, from Jerusalem, had their IVF (in vitro fertilization) embryos frozen in 1990 as […]

The Gush Katif march to Jerusalem continued for its third day today, as the marchers from Israel’s southern Mediterranean coastal communities head for Jerusalem. The Gush Katif march to Jerusalem continued for its third day today, as the marchers from Israel’s southern Mediterranean coastal communities head for Jerusalem. The march comes in response to Prime […]

Sheik Jamal Said stood before the packed mosque and worked the crowd like an auctioneer. Speaking Arabic, the prayer leader asked for a donation of $10,000. No one responded. He asked for $5,000, and three men raised their hands. Hundreds of men sat cross-legged before him in the main prayer hall. Women filled the basement, […]

“Everyone knows that the reason Israel has nuclear weapons is to protect itself from being thrown into the sea.” So said yesterday, more or less, the United States’ Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Ynet reports that Rumsfeld, speaking with reporters in Munich yesterday, was asked why the United States is silent when “Israel has more nuclear […]

Fourteen of the most senior police chiefs, sheriffs and state police commanders returned from Israel last week after five days of intensively studying counter terrorism techniques. These law enforcement executives traveled to Israel as participants in JINSA’s Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP). Modeled after the JINSA’s extremely successful Flag & General Officers Trip, the LEEP […]

Opposition leader Shimon Peres is opposed to forcibly removing citizens from their homes. He said last week, “You’re going to force them to move? They don’t want to, and you can’t just do things by force. They are Israeli citizens with rights and obligations just like yours and mine… Listen to them. They are saying, […]

NRP head Housing Minister Effie Eitam told Arutz-7 today that he is determined to quit the government if it approves Sharon’s retreat-and-expulsion plan. He was asked if Netanyahu would be a worthy successor to Sharon, and said: Housing Minister Effie Eitam, head of the National Religious Party, told Arutz-7 today that he is determined to […]