by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) A Jerusalem District Court on Monday evening upheld the enforceability of a United States Federal Court judgment ordering the Palestinian Authority to pay US $116 million in damages to the family of two American victims of PA-backed terrorism. The PA, however, claimed that paying the sum awarded would lead to additional […]

Sep. 1, 2008 Haviv Rettig , THE JERUSALEM POST For the first time in its history, the Jewish Agency for Israel has ceded its function of promoting aliya to a private organization. According to an agreement signed on August 22 but only announced on Sunday, aliya promotion in the United States and Canada will be […]

by Yoni Kempinski and Nissan Ratzlav-Katz (IsraelNN.com) Two girls expelled from Gush Katif have taken it upon themselves to bring about the re-establishment of Gush Katif. They are joined by veteran settlement activist Avi Farhan. The scheduled date of return: September 8. Starting to plan the return to Gush Katif Click to start video in […]

by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) A delegation of 16 Bnai Anousim, or Jews who practice their religion in secrecy, arrived from Europe this week for a visit from Spain, Portugal, Italy and France, arranged under the auspices of the “Shavei Israel” organization. Bnai Anousim are descended from Jews who were forced to convert to Catholicism […]

Israel pardons 48 wanted Palestinians Date: 26 / 08 / 2008 Time: 17:31 www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=31547 Nablus – Ma’an – Israel pardoned 48 Palestinian activists on Tuesday it had previously deemed “wanted,” including 21 from the West Bank city of Nablus. A Palestinian security source told Ma’an that the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams agreed during a […]

By Vickie Elmer Special to The Washington Post Sunday, August 24, 2008; A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301605.html SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — It was almost an ordinary Sabbath at David Tenenbaum’s home. He had been to synagogue, and he and his wife, Madeline, had invited friends over for lunch. Then FBI agents showed up, brandishing a search warrant. They spent […]

August 26, 2008 – Targum Shlishi is supporting the Sobibor Documentation Project, an initiative underway this summer and fall to document archaeological excavations of the long-buried former Nazi extermination camp in Sobibor (Poland). The Nazis concealed the camp and destroyed camp records after the revolt and escape of 365 Jews in October 1943. The Sobibor […]

By Daniel Roth Shai Agassi — on a mission to end oil. Shai Agassi looks up and down the massive rectangular table in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom and begins to worry. He knows he’s out of his league here. For the last day and a half, he’s been listening to an elite corps of Israeli and […]

Sources reveal status of secret talks to create Palestinian state this year Posted: August 25, 2008 10:00 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein © 2008 WorldNetDaily Condoleezza Rice JERUSALEM – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, completing a visit to the region today, has been pressing Israel to sign a document by the end of the year […]

by Gil Ronen and Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) The High Court Sunday night rejected the Almagor terror victims association appeal against the release of another 199 Arab terrorists hours after two judges scored the government for its urgency in freeing them and the use of “slogans” that preclude a proper judicial review of the issue. […]