Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut — a blast that killed more than 240 Americans. Soon after that attack, President Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz asked me to take a leave of absence to serve as presidential envoy for the Middle […]

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Nov. 6 (JTA) — Costa Rican authorities are awaiting the arrival of an extradition request for an accused Nazi collaborator who was indicted on war crimes charges this week. Bohdan Koziy, a Ukrainian national who has lived in Costa Rica since 1987, was indicted this week by a court in Katowice, […]

In a video aired on Israel’s Channel 10, District Police Commander of Samaria, Shachar Ayalon is seen briefing his officers prior to the violent evacuation and dismantling of the Gilad Farm last year, ordering them to break the law. In a video aired on Israel’s Channel 10, District Police Commander of Samaria, Shachar Ayalon is […]

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (JTA) — It’s rare for a man to became famous in more than one field, but David Bar-Illan did just that. Bar-Illan, who died Tuesday in Jerusalem at 73, was a writer known for his caustic, staunchly pro-Israel columns — and a concert pianist known for his renditions of the Hungarian […]

Maariv on-line reports on the arrest of a gang of Arab children ranging in age form 12- 14 who were attacking and beating Jewish children for many months in the Chabad and other parks. The Arab children, also residents of Lod, said that they would beat the Jewish children until they would bleed, in revenge […]

Results of a new poll commissioned by the European Commission show that Europeans in 15 countries believe Israel to be the greatest threat to world peace. Results of a new poll commissioned by the European Commission show that Europeans in 15 countries believe Israel to be the greatest threat to world peace. The full results […]

The day may be near when environment-friendly buses powered by a zinc air fuel technology developed in Israel are a regular sight on U.S. city streets. A joint Israeli-American project to develop an all-electric bus for urban use will be unveiled this week, following six years of research. The Israeli company Electric Fuel Battery Corporation, […]

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (JTA) — Increased pressure from American Jewish organizational officials is driving preliminary talks on a new deal to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel before famine takes a heavy toll on the community remaining in Ethiopia. Coming on the eve of a federation-sponsored trip to Ethiopia, federation leaders, advocates for […]

Jerusalem (www.jnewswire.com) – After decades of biased reporting and anti-Israel parliamentary activity feeding off centuries of deep-running antisemitism, nearly 60 percent of today’s Europeans view the Jewish state of Israel as the greatest threat to world peace. According to a majority of people polled by the European Commission over the past month, Israel poses a […]

Gal’on has asked Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein to open a criminal investigation into the operators of Arutz-7’s internet site on suspicion of “incitement to murder and racism.” Gal’on honed in on a sentence in an op-ed on Arutz-7’s Hebrew site, written by Gil Ronen, a resident of pre-1967 Israel, near Hadera. Gal’on says that his article […]