The number of Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism and violence since the signing of the Oslo Agreements has now passed 1,000. The six men murdered in Beit She’an on Thursday brought the number to 1,004. The violence known as the Oslo War, which began in September 2000, has exacted 692 victims. Close to 200 people […]

Following is the text of the Bush administration’s draft plan for steps to create a Palestinian state, a copy of which was provided to The New York Times. The text uses acronyms: “AHLC” is the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, a seven-member group created during the Oslo process that coordinates donor assistance; “PLC” is the Palestinian […]

BERLIN, Nov. 14 — Chancellor Gerhard Schröder announced today an agreement that would give the Central Council of German Jews equal legal standing with the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. The accord will increase financing for Jewish schools and other institutions and recognizes the rapid growth of Germany’s Jewish community, from about 30,000 in 1990 […]

Two Iranian Muslims face assault and hate crime charges for allegedly attacking a Jewish man outside a West Hollywood nightclub, authorities said. Witnesses told authorities that Dauod Mohammed Majid, 19, and Mohammed Hassan Aref, 22 were among a group of up to 15 others who chanted “Kill the Jews” as they kicked the victim, who […]

(IsraelNN.com) UN Security Council chief, Kofi Anan, has condemned Israel for conquering “Palestinian territories”, stating that Israel must relinquish all the territories it conquered in the 1967 war [Judea, Samaria, Gaza, the Golan, the Old City of Jerusalem, the Western Wall, the Temple Mount] for peace with the “Palestinians”. Anan also said that Israel is […]

(IsraelNN.com) Israeli business daily “Globes” reports that production of transmission equipment for Israeli made Merkava tanks will be shifted from Germany to an American factory in order to bypass the German arms embargo against Israel. Germany imposed an arms embargo on Israel when the Arab uprising gained steam in Sept. 2000. The European Parliament imposed […]

(IsraelNN.com) Hevron officials reported that over 25,000 guests arrived for ‘Sabbath Hevron’, opting to join in for the Sabbath festivities in the holy city. The annual event coincides with the weekly Torah portion of Chayei Sara, where the sale of Cave of Patriarchs to our Patriarch Abraham is documented.

(IsraelNN.com) During the coming week 884 new immigrants are expected to arrive in Israel. Of these 278 are from Ukraine, 207 from Russia, 180 from Argentina, 92 from the Central Asian Republics of the former Soviet Union and the Southern Caucasus, 53 from Ethiopia, 35 from France, 10 from the USA and the rest from […]

When MIT Professor Nancy Kanwisher helped launch a petition last spring calling on Harvard and MIT to cut their financial ties to Israel, she saw it as a political protest against Israel’s alleged violation of Palestinians’ human rights. But in the months since she helped gather signatures on the two campuses, her effort has become […]

Chief Scientist of the Ministry of the National Infrastructures Introduction In the framework of the peace treaty between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan the integrated development Master Plan for the Jordan Rift Valley (JRV) was studied in the mid 1990’s. The Red Sea – Dead Sea Canal (RSDSC) was considered to be one […]