1. JUST SPENT A WEEK AT THE PARIS AIR SHOW, at the request of the DOTHAN-OZARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN ALABAMA, the site of Ft. Rucker, the largest helicopter base in the globe, and the US Army Aviation Command. The area is situated next to five major US air bases, hosting a slate of impressive […]

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip today, lured to a booby-trapped jeep by Palestinians pretending to be in distress and calling for help, the IDF said. Elsewhere in Gaza, two Palestinian teens were critically wounded by Israeli fire. The violence came as a senior U.S. envoy, William Burns, met […]

NOTE: For anyone who thinks that Islamist terrorism is ONLY about keeping the Jews out of historic “Arab Palestine” and is a periodic inconvenience to Western democracies, this brief article should serve to remove some illusions. Former Montreal resident Ahmed Ressam has confessed to plotting to set off three powerful bombs at Los Angeles International […]

Israel announced that the cease-fire agreement officially began on Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at 3:00pm. Since the official start of the cease-fire, however, nothing much has changed for Yesha residents. In Gaza, the mortar rockets continue to rain down on Jewish communities. Overnight, Arabs continued to attack IDF positions with gunfire and grenades. According to […]

Israel set to abandon China Phalcon dealBush administration adamant that $250 million sale be canceled Israeli officials are set to formally discuss ending a contract to sell China a Phalcon airborne early-warning aircraft after the Bush White House voiced strong opposition to the plan. Geostrategy-Direct, a weekly military intelligence newsletter, said yesterday that the Bush […]

Hundreds of mourners at the funeral of long-time Kiryat Arba-Hevron resident Chaim Mageni today were shocked to find that the old Jewish cemetery in Hevron had been, yet again, badly desecrated over the weekend by Arab vandals. Mageni, 56, who passed away suddenly on Friday, is survived by his wife Shoshana, their ten children, and […]

(JPFS) – JERUSALEM – In a marked boost in military cooperation, the Israeli Air Force held a joint exercise recently with the U.S. Air Force over the Negev involving midair refueling, dogfighting, and air-to-ground attacks. While the American and Israeli air forces have a long but quiet tradition of exercising in Israel, it was the […]

Peres to give Egypt Israel’s ‘Input’ on peace proposal Foreign Minister Shimon Peres expected to give “Israel’s point of view” “He is going there only to discuss the proposal.” Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to meet with Peres before he leaves to coordinate positions. Saron said that peace talks can only take place after […]

Israel’s 19, 312 fallen soldiers were remembered today – both collectively and as individuals. All the names of the soldiers and policemen who fell in the line of duty are being screened continuously on Israel Television’s Channel 33; name, rank, and Hebrew and Gregorian date of death are shown, in chronological order, for five seconds. […]

Perhaps in an effort to assuage the fears of those who anticipate a renewal of negotations with the PLO, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he will not uproot any Jewish communities in the context of a future diplomatic deal with the Arabs. In an exclusive interview with Ha’aretz newspaper, Sharon said: ” I do not […]