The word shalom is one of the Jewish names of G-d. One should be careful when using the word in its context of “peace”, as opposed to its use even in the English language as a standard “hello” and “goodbye” greeting. Even that is proscribed by Jewish law, which prohibits mentioning the name of G-d, […]

The surprise victory of Histadrut labor federation chairman Amir Peretz over VPM Shimon Peres in the Labor Party primaries this morning puts an end to speculation as to whether or not Israel will have early general elections. There will be. It is far from clear, however, how this election will play out. Will Peretz succeed […]

The pain and suffering of all terror victims is inexpressible. Now this is as true for Londoners who were attacked this past summer (July 7) by Islamic suicide bombers as it is for more routinely vulnerable Israelis. For the latter, of course, murderous assault by terrorists on buses, pizza parlors and children`s playgrounds is an […]

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Corrie, By now your open letter to the world, “A Call to Action; Rachel’s Words Live,” has been published in many different media outfits, including the viciously anti-Jewish Counterpunch magazine. It was even published in Hebrew in Israel’s far left daily Haaretz. You begin your epistle by recalling that your daughter […]

A new motto has taken over much of the anti-disengagement camp – but not everyone agrees with it. Even the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza – which some say was overly cooperative with the expulsion forces during the disengagement – has produced a calendar and other items with the motto […]

It was with dismay – though perhaps with less surprise than there would have been, say, a year or two ago – that many in Israel heard of their government’s decision last Wednesday to approve a plan whereby the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt – a border the Sharon government earlier insisted […]

The forces of evil in the government, the State Attorney’s Office, the police and the media are in a state of shock. They don’t know what happened to them. They truly thought that with the deportation and the destruction of Gush Katif and Northern Samaria that they would succeed in finally crushing us. They truly […]

In the year and a half which preceded the implementation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s withdrawal and expulsion plan from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria, the leftist elites in Israel waged an unrelenting cultural war against the Israeli Right generally and against religious Zionists specifically. Religious Zionists were portrayed by the media, by entertainment […]

Jerusalem turned cold and rain poured into our hotel sukkah, so we were forced to eat in the lobby. A sukkah is a temporary dwelling to remind us of our people’s forty-year sojourn in the desert. The lobby of the Jerusalem Gold Hotel, our temporary dwelling, is our meeting hall, sometimes dining room, and the […]

As a pro-Israel activist going back to my days as at Wayne State University in Detroit, a hotbed of pro-PLO/anti-Israel activism, a good portion of the materials and resources I used to combat pro-Palestinian advocates came from the Israeli Embassy, the book From Time Immemorial (a must read for any serious pro-Israel activist) and, of […]