by Israel National News staff ‘Avot Uvanim’ at Matityahu: Many communities set aside a daily study hour especially for fathers to study with their sons. The hour is simply known as ‘Avot uvanim’ — fathers and sons. Purim is no exception. Purim at Modi’in Illit:Scenes from Purim at the hareidi city near Jerusalem. ‘Mishloach manot’ […]

[IMRA: Distributed with permission from ZOA National President Morton A. Klein] MEMORANDUM TO: Members of ZOA National Board & Selected Friends of ZOA FROM: Morton A. Klein National President RE: ZOA’S Role In The Withdrawal Of The Anti-Israel, Pro-Arab, Pro-China Chas W. Freeman’s Appointment As Chairman, National Intelligence Council DATE: March 11, 2008 Yesterday, President […]

By Editorial Board In a press availability at the end of the Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Sharm el-Sheik on Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made some very revealing comments in her opening remarks. But their significance lies not only in what she said, but also in what she didn’t say. The following is from […]

JINSA Report #867 March 6, 2009 Italy Quits Durban II We were not surprised (see JINSA Report #848) when Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers that Italy would not participate in Durban II, saying “aggressive phrases of an anti-Semitic nature” in the draft documents were “totally unacceptable.” He […]

Jewish settlers accuse Palestinians of destroying prayer, psalm books at Cave of Patriarchs Efrat Weiss Police launched an investigation Monday after Jewish settlers in Hebron accused Palestinians of destroying prayer and psalm books in the Cave of the Patriarchs. Spokesman for the Jewish settlement in Hebron, Noam Arnon, claimed a double standard was at play. […]

By Aaron Klein An investigation by this reporter has found that sections of Jerusalem have essentially been forfeited to the Palestinian Authority with Jews, including local landowners, barred from entering, The U.S. has been aiding Palestinians in developing an infrastructure in Jerusalem while the Israeli government has failed to stop Arabs from illegally building thousands […]

by Karin Kloosterman (IsraelNN.com) The film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble opened America’s eyes to the rare genetic disorder — severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) — afflicting up to 100 babies every year in the US. David Vetter, whose story the movie is based on, was a Texas boy who succumbed to the fatal disease […]

 by Hana Levi Julian and Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Closed circuit video shows the attack by an Arab tractor driver last Thursday — the third of its kind in Jerusalem in a single year.  The video is featured at the bottom of this article. The footage shows the tractor pushing a police car it had just overturned and […]

Aharon Karov, who made impossible recovery from critical shrapnel wounds, becomes a lieutenant Hanan Greenberg Saturday’s Paratroopers’ Brigade training graduation ceremony, for soldiers who enlisted in March 2008, was an especially heartwarming sight. Miraculous Recovery Paratrooper critically wounded in Gaza recovers / Meital Yasur Beit-Or 2nd Lt. Aharon Karov was called up for service in […]

by Maayana Miskin (IsraelNN.com) The Arab terrorist who attacked police officers and civilians in Jerusalem with his bulldozer on Thursday was a resident of the city, police have announced. He was identified as 26-year-old Mir’i Redeideh. Redeideh was married, police said, and had one child. He lived with his family in the neighborhood of Beit […]