by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard, had scathing criticism Sunday for ministers who are willing to fight for releasing Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti, but not for the release of her husband. She was reacting to statements by Ministers Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Gideon Ezra, as well as Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, […]

Security & Defense: Future Tense Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 3, 2008 www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517288697&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull It wasn’t that terrorists didn’t try last year; they simply didn’t succeed. Take a look at the statistics: In 2007, Palestinians carried out 2,946 terror attacks against Israel, nine fewer than in 2006, and 127 fewer than in 2005. […]

 by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) “Tuesday nights in Jerusalem will never be the same!” declared co-host Jeremy Gimpel at the close of the second hour of Tuesday Night Live, filmed before a capacity audience. Deafening cheers filled the room, packed with immigrants to Israel from across the globe. The diverse crowd of all ages included students studying […]

Rael Jean Isaac Joel Gilbert has pulled off a remarkable tour de force: in “Farewell Israel” he has produced a technically sophisticated, visually imaginative, scholarly documentary that manages in the space of 145 minutes to investigate the belief system and history of Islam, the development of the Arab-Israel conflict (more accurately the Muslim-Jewish conflict) and […]

by Yoni Kempinski (IsraelNN.com) The “Save the Land and Nation” rabbis’ organization held an emergency session Tuesday night in Tel Aviv to discuss the upcoming visit of U.S. President George W. Bush in Israel. MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) called for civil disobedience, following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s declaration that no construction be carried out […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) The terrorists who killed two young Jewish men at Nahal Telem last Friday turned themselves in to the General PA Intelligence Wing in Hevron a few hours later, the Shabak has revealed. The two belong to Mahmoud Abass’s Fatah movement, and are directly linked to the PA security forces, the Shabak […]

By STEVEN ERLANGER and TAGHREED EL-KHODARY Published: December 15, 2007 GAZA — About 200,000 Gazans rallied in support of Hamas on Saturday, the 20th anniversary of its founding. About 200,000 Gazans rallied in a show of force from Hamas on the 20th anniversary of its founding. It was a significant show of force from Hamas, […]

Israelis had a hard time getting excited about Annapolis. They’d seen it all before, been through too much and been let down too many times to work up much enthusiasm, writes PJM Tel Aviv editor Allison Kaplan Sommer. By Allison Kaplan Sommer The Annapolis peace conference has managed to elicit a mood not normally associated […]

by Baruch Gordon (IsraelNN.com) Arutz Sheva Israel National TV and The Ohr Olam Center for Biblical Zionism are jointly launching a Jerusalem-based Jewish TV show celebrating the wonders of Israel, the beauty of Judaism, and the experience of life in Jerusalem. “Tuesday Night Live” will premier on Tuesday, January 1, 2008, with a live studio […]

by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Haaretz’s Chief Editor asked US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to “rape” Israel, using other unsavory terminology as well in his request for American pressure. The comments were made during a confidential briefing by Rice on September 10, during one of many visits to the Jewish state. The meeting was attended […]