Excerpts from a speech delivered by MK Gila Finkelstein (National Religious Party) in the Knesset, on July 7, 2004 (with thanks to Susie Dym of Cities of Israel, and translated by Arutz-7 IsraelNationalNews.com): The subject we are dealing with is very painful, perhaps the most painful in the history of the State of Israel: the […]

NEW YORK- A new public opinion poll has found that the majority of Israelis now believe that retreating from Gaza will lead to more, not less, terrorism from Gaza Arabs against Israel. The poll, take in late June by the Geocartography Group for the Israel Institute for Public Policy Polls, questioned a scientific sample of […]

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed El-Baradei visited Israel this week, trying to convince that country’s leaders to scrap its presumed nuclear weapons as part of a broad regional peace agreement. In the best of all possible worlds, such a proposal might be reasonable, but in the chronically inflamed Middle East — where the current […]

http://www.jewishworldreview.com | The New York branch of Arab Bank is a virtual ATM for suicide bombers’ families, a group of terror victims and their relatives allege in a federal lawsuit. The plaintiffs have accused the Jordan-based Arab Bank of “knowingly administering the distribution of financial benefits” to Palestinian terrorists by channeling millions from Saudi depositors […]

On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bi-partisan resolution in support for Israel’s eviction of 7,500 Jews from their home in Gaza. The resolution was sponsored by Republican Tom DeLay of Texas, the Majority Leader, and Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the Democrat’s House Whip. 407 out of 435 congressmen […]

NEW YORK, June 24- In a recent announcement by Aharon Domb, Director General of the Tourism Ministry, Israel is on pace to exceed its goal of 1.3 million tourists for 2004. This was a goal that only five months ago seemed highly ambitious. In his remarks, Domb stated, “If the average of tourist arrivals over […]

“Coming out of hibernation.” That’s how one observer described the plan released today by the Yesha Council to fight the disengagement/withdrawal/expulsion program in the sphere of public Israeli opinion. Correspondent Haggai Huberman reports that the plan contains several elements, all of which are marked by a substantial increase in the level of activism. Among them […]

In spite of a massive IDF presence in the northern Gaza Strip, in the area from which Qassam rockets are being fired against Sderot, exchanges of fire continue unabated. Notwithstanding the many recent Israeli successes in preventing terrorist attacks, especially suicide bombings, it is clear that the Palestinians maintain a strong motivation to keep fighting […]

I never created a professional work about Jerusalem. I didn`t write about Jerusalem in the days I worked as a journalist; nor, did I, as a producer, make any films about the city. Nevertheless, Jerusalem is an integral part of all of my creations. Such is the power of Jerusalem that it gives every Jew […]

Guaranteeing a people\u2019s right to live and work with a degree of freedom and security is an important part of any government\u2019s job. But is it more important than protecting the lives of other people? According to Israel\u2019s High Court, it is. The court\u2019s panel of justices ruled this week that Israel must halt construction […]