There is a right way and a wrong way, strangely, to call for the elimination of Israel. The secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, provided an example of both ways in recent weeks. When the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated on October 26 that “the regime occupying Jerusalem must be eliminated from the […]

November 21 marked the start of my 21st year of incarceration in America for my service to the security of the State of Israel. I am often asked if I am angry that Israel has not done more to secure my release. The question is wrong. It should be: Am I angry that Israel has […]

An argument we have been repeatedly is that a civilized society must obey the laws of the land. They tell us that since the Knesset has legislated the expulsion of Jews from the Gaza Strip, these laws had to be obeyed by both the Jewish villagers in Gaza and by the Israeli police and military […]

Is this impressive? The Middle East has been growing date palms for centuries. The average tree is about 18-20 feet tall and yields about 38 pounds of dates a year. Israeli date trees are now yielding 400 pounds/year and are short enough to be harvested from the ground or a short ladder. Israel, the 100th […]

Sharon knows that if he decided to make some concessions within the context of real movement by the Palestinian Authority on its 12-year old commitments — such as disarming and dismantling the terror groups, arresting terrorists, ending incitement, changing the names of streets, schools and sports teams named after suicide bombers, and agreeing to stop […]

The term “Palestinian” is a masterful twisting of history. To portray themselves as indigenous, Arab settlers adopted the name of an ancient Mediterranean tribe, the Philistines (“invaders” in Hebrew), that disappeared almost 3,000 years ago. The connection between this tribe and modern day Arabs is nil. Romans, in order to conceal their shame and anger […]

Barely 24 hours had passed since Monday’s Palestinian suicide attack murdered 5 Israelis in Netanya, but that didn’t stop a leading left-wing figure from calling for further surrender to the terrorists. Speaking to a group of students, former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon, who is running in the Labor Party primaries, _called_ (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/654533.html) for the […]

On June 7th, 1967 / the 28th of Iyar, 5727, Motta Gur, commander of the battle for Jerusalem during the Six-Day War, uttered three words that shook the very foundations of the world, and served as the culmination of 2,000 years of Jewish hopes, dreams and prayers: “Har Habayit beyadeinu!” (“The Temple Mount is in […]

The threat of the combined Sharon-Peres Kadima Party winning the next election, must bring about a decided change in the outlook of the individual existing so-called nationalistic parties. As was proven in the last election in 2003, the vast majority of this nation has a nationalistic orientation! We must find a way in which this […]

The professional literature on terrorism and counter-terrorism remains dense and murky. Anesthetized and bloodless, it is a literature that generally steers clear of the most meaningful forms of understanding. For this to ,change we must first investigate the primary connections between terrorism-inflicted suffering and psychological persuasion. Al-Qaeda operatives, perhaps together with various Palestinian allies, are […]