On June 30, the army shut down Gush Katif. It became officially a “closed military zone”. No cars were allowed in or out of Gush Katif. No cars were allowed to travel between settlements in Gush Katif. The IDF, using its mighty military force, first evacuated a group of teenagers occupying a building in the […]

These lines will hopefully give you a short, but comforting, break from all the terrifying headlines about the coming expulsion of Jews, the incitement charges, the incarcerated kids and other horrors made possible by this government. My husband and I feel that the least we can do to demonstrate our solidarity with the Jews of […]

Muhammad Al-Dura, the poster child of the current Palestinian uprising, was not killed by IDF gunfire at Netzarim junction, according to an inquiry by the German ARD television network based on a study by Israeli physicist Nahum Shahaf. Shahaf analyzed all available unedited videotape from the area of the event, spoke with IDF soldiers and […]

A regularly featured columnist on Israel National News.com, artist and author Ellen Horowitz has brought together her opinion pieces, letters to the editor and publicity material to produce a highly personal and moving account of the years since the signing of the Oslo Accords. Alongside her writings, Ellen has collected powerful news photos, along with […]

All people, Jews or Gentiles, who dare not defend themselves when they know they are in the right, who submit to punishment not because of what they have done but because of who they are, are already dead by their own decision; and whether or not they survive physically depends on chance. If circumstances are […]

The timing of the public debate over corruption is no coincidence. It is directly connected to the upcoming implementation of the disengagement plan. Corruption wasn’t born yesterday, and every now and then, as Yoel Marcus rightly pointed out in this newspaper on Friday, there are historic developments that are of such vital importance that the […]

I must admit that it was not very easy for me to agree to leave my husband, Eyal, and my two young children, Avia, two years old, and Yoavi, nine months old. But I’m glad I did it! I feel honored and appreciative that the Young Israel Organization enabled me to come and I feel […]

One must be crazy to willfully live in a country which has a government which: purports to be a democracy yet is totally oblivious to the will of the people; claims to be a Jewish State yet refuses to acknowledge its right to its own historical land; was elected on a platform which promised not […]

In many ways, Israel is the giver and the U.S. is the receiver Statements made by and the conduct of Israel’s leaders since 1993 create the false impression that Israeli-American ties constitute a one-way relationship. The presumption is that America gives and Israel receives, leading to Israel’ s inferior position and the alleged compulsion to […]

Another Jewish family was destroyed this morning when 16-year old Aviad Mantsur died as a result of the injuries he sustained in a Palestinian terror attack on Friday afternoon. His friend, 17-year old Avichai Levy, was also slain in the assault. All weekend long, Aviad had struggled for his life, as his father prayed for […]