by Hana Levi Julian (Israelnationalnews.com) Sunday will see the launch of the new IDF recruits for November 2009, and this month’s cycle saw a significant increase in willingness to serve in combat roles, with motivation at the highest level it’s been in a decade. The vast majority of recruits — 73.7 percent of all field […]

By: Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press Staff Reporter Nazi hunting. Sounds like a glamorous job, but judging from Operation Last Chance, a new book by Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, catching Nazis is more grit than glamour. In the book, published by Palgrave MacMillan, Zuroff recounts his recent painstaking efforts in finding aging Nazis and their collaborators […]

Israel has long asserted that the Egyptians could put an end to the entire smuggling industry within 24 hours if they wanted to, using military obstructions along the length of the Philadelphi Corridor. Gaza smuggling at pre-Cast Lead volume Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Nov. 17, 2009 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258027307182&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Smuggling into the Gaza Strip from […]

Justice4JP – November 13, 2009 To mark Jonathan Pollard’s 25th year in American captivity – which is also his 25th year of abandonment and betrayal by the government of Israel – J4JP will be reviewing some of the best-written, most informative, and most interesting articles, essays and information written about the case over the last […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind is in Israel for three days, with a busload of other Jews from the U.S., and their message is: “The Jewish presence in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem is growing and will continue to grow – and we want to be a part of it.” A […]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (Israelnationalnews.com) The global economic downturn has hit many people hard, with some having to liquidate their real estate assets. In the case of at least one Jewish man in the United States, the result is an ideological crisis that impacts Jerusalem. Aryeh King, chairman of the National Lands Fund, told Arutz Sheva […]

IDF SPOKESPERSONS ANNOUNCEMENT November 4th, 2009 Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy An exceptionally large quantity of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered onboard a cargo vessel intercepted by the Israel Navy Special Forces and brought to the Ashdod port. Dozens of shipping containers found on the ship were carrying numerous […]

by Hillel Fendel and Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Wary caution is the order of the day in the Golan Heights, in light of Netanyahu’s apparent readiness to enter into negotiations with Syria. Sammy Bar-Lev, mayor of Katzrin, the Golan’s only city, told Arutz-Sheva, “We have to be ready and on the alert, though at present I […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The Jewish world is only nine days away from commemorating the 24th anniversary of Jonathan Pollard’s incarceration – barring a miraculously dramatic development. Pollard was arrested on Nov. 21, 1985, and subsequently convicted on one count of passing classified information to an ally – Israel – a crime for which the […]

By: Sara Lehmann Nearly two years ago, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) opened an Israel office in Jerusalem. The director of the office, Jeff Daube, made aliyah after years of working with organizations like AIPAC, NORPAC, CAMERA and Palestinian Media Watch as well as lobbying extensively on Capitol Hill. Soon after arriving in Israel, […]