JERUSALEM – After months of being criticized for making hasty, impulsive decisions, Ehud Barak has done it again–and this time it may prove crucial in helpin Ariel Sharon form his governing coalition. At the end of his concession speech, Barak impulsively announced that he is resigning as head of the Labor Party. Barak not only […]

JERUSALEM – As the votes are tallied in Tuesday’s landslide victory for Likud leader Ariel Sharon, a clearer picture is emerging of who voted for Sharon–and why. Younger voters supported Sharon, as did lower-income Israelis. But middle-class Israelis also supported him in large numbers. The driving issue: security. The daily Arab violence that has wracked […]

JERUSALEM – Ehud Barak’s desperate last-minute concessions do not seem to have succeeded in persuading Arab voters to support him. Trailing by 15-20 points in all of Israel’s polls, Barak gave an election-eve interview to an Arab television station in which he promised that he “would try to reach a compromise solution to the refugee […]

Yasir Arafat’s Palestinian Authority is stockpiling weapons prohibited by the Oslo accords, including rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft missiles, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz has revealed. The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging President Bush to demand that Arafat surrender his arsenal. Ha’aretz Military Correspondent Amos Harel reported (Jan. 29, 2001) that “a merchant ship dropped […]

SADDAM HUSSEIN has two fully operational nuclear bombs and is working to construct others, an Iraqi defector has told The Telegraph. The defector, a military engineer who fled Iraq a year after United Nations arms inspectors left the country, says that he helped to oversee the completion of the weapons programme. He is currently in […]

The end of the talks has brought about the resumption of full-fledged Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets – particularly in Gaza. Terrorists placed several explosives along the Karni-Netzarim highway overnight, which IDF sappers safely dismantled. Soldiers shot at and blew up two of the explosives this morning. Following the dismantling of the bombs, the main […]

Israel Radio reported this morning the Israeli police have captured a Palestinian policeman who tried to kidnap an Israeli taxi driver, Bennie Buzaglo, on the Tel Aviv Jerusalem Highway last night. Buzaglo picked up three Palestinians at Shar Hagai on the main Tel Aviv Jerusalem highway at around 22:00 on his way to Jerusalem. One […]

Nine Paleestinian policemaen stood facing Majdi Mikawi, 27, who had been convicted in a lightning trial on chares that he collaborated with Israel. The men aimed their rifles, and at the sound of “shoot” pulled their triggers. Mikawi’s body was riddled with 41 bullets. When the shooting stopped, one of the officers went over to […]

Let us start with a story told to me by a knowing friend: A woman had a lover. Her husband knew she did but he didn’t stop her. She wanted to see her lover. He told her to come to his home. “But, you live in a dangerous neighborhood.” “If you want to see me, […]

General: The Tanzim (armed militia) are part of the Fatah organization, with declared official goals and objectives of a political and social nature. The Tanzim (“organization” in English) work towards expanding the membership of the Fatah organization to be the largest and leading Palestinian faction in the PA. However, the reality of the Tanzim is […]