We are the rungs of a ladder, we are the links to the future; this broadens our vision, yet restricts us; this is a source of pride and a reason for modesty. May we be worthy of our role. Israel Eldad “May we be worthy of our role.” So ends the author’s dedication of The […]

We are the rungs of a ladder, we are the links to the future; this broadens our vision, yet restricts us; this is a source of pride and a reason for modesty. May we be worthy of our role. Israel Eldad “May we be worthy of our role.” So ends the author’s dedication of The […]

The Israeli public understands that there is not, and will likely never be, a partner for peace among Palestinian Arabs. Thus, the question arises what to do about the West Bank and east Jerusalem Arab populations. Reconquering and annexing the West Bank has been ruled out for demographic reasons. Various plans to transfer the Arab […]

By: Louis Rene Beres Jewish Press May 10, 2006 Fatah is a movement of blood sacrifice…. Our people gave the world a chance and unless the world takes this opportunity, violence and havoc will come. Othman Abu Gharbiya, deputy chief of the National and Political Guidance Bureau of Fatah (Al-Hayat al-Jadida) They will fight for […]

Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 15, 2006 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1145961349445&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Last week, as he presented his new government to the Knesset, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proclaimed that the scattered Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria present a threat to the country and so they must be destroyed. If what Olmert says is true, then no patriotic […]

Analysts say publicity about missiles could damage PM Olmert’s withdrawal plan. National Religious Party MK Effie Eitam: ‘Any West Bank withdrawal will be followed by rockets fired at major Israeli cities’ Aaron Klein, WND According to some intelligence officials, Israel has been deliberately minimizing the threat of rocket attacks by Palestinian terror groups in the […]

Fatah is a movement of blood sacrifice…. Our people gave the world a chance and unless the world takes this opportunity, violence and havoc will come. Othman Abu Gharbiya, deputy chief of the National and Political Guidance Bureau of Fatah (Al-Hayat al-Jadida) They will fight for Allah, and they will kill and be killed, and […]

It is a perverse human quality, but we are drawn to news stories about human tragedies. Some characteristics of such stories intensify the level of our interest: descriptions or pictures of gore or disfigurement; pictures of grieving loved ones; and some form of personal connection – no matter how indirect – to those at the […]

LETTER FROM RUTH MATAR (WOMEN IN GREEN) JERUSALEM Thursday, May 11, 2006 Dear Friends, At the presentation of his government before the newly elected Knesset on May 4th, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the following shocking statements: “The continued dispersed settlement throughout Judea and Samaria creates an inseparable mixture of populations which will endanger the […]

by Bennett Zimmerman, Roberta Seid and Michael L. Wise BESA Perspectives No. 15, May 7, 2006 www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives15.html Executive Summary: Population statistics and predictions of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) are unreliable. A BESA study that subjects Palestinian demography to rigorous analysis shows that the 2004 Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza […]