Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can lay claim to the following: Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin – 109 per 10,000 people – as […]

Before last week’s summit, Arab as well as radical-right publications in the United States launched a bruising blitz condemning Israel as an untrustworthy ally and an unfit partner for peace. Numerous timeworn allegations of its duplicity were cited, including the assault on the USS Liberty, which occurred 36 years ago this week — on June […]

On Monday afternoon rumors began to spread aboutthe approaching evacuation of outposts. KarniEldad, parliamentary assistant of National UnionMK Uri Ariel, hastened to the Yesha (acronym forJudea, Samaria and Gaza, which forms the Hebrewword for “salvation”) Council offices inJerusalem. After she spoke with some of theleaders of the Jewish settlers in the territories,she burst into tears. […]

In last week`s column I shared with you the first part of a letter from an American gentile who lives in Munich, Germany, describing the covert and overt anti-Semitism that continues to plague that country, and for that matter, the world. The letter once again reinforces the old truth, we remain “one lamb among 70 […]

By a margin of nearly five to one, Americans oppose the Bush administration’s demand to halt all further Jewish construction in Judea-Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza. Bush’s Road Map requires Israel to take a series of actions against Jewish resident and buildings in the territories; the Road Map does not contain any restrictions on […]

An American diplomat visits a foreign country. He has a meeting with groups opposed to the policies of their own democratically elected government, A, which has close ties to our own government, B. The opposition group castigates A, as well as specific groups of Americans who support A and the President of the United States. […]

When President Bush was hectored by journalists for a timetable for the war, he responded: as long as it takes. The President has been principled in his determination to remove a criminal regime that promotes terror. And under his leadership, our military has been free to think creatively and act flexibly. However, when it comes […]

NEW YORK- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft to indict and extradite a Palestinian Arab murderer of an American, who is being released by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a “gesture” to the Palestinian Arabs. The terrorist scheduled for release is Ahmad El-Sukar, who is presently serving a […]

Mr. Ariel Sharon is a great strategist. One of his favorite tactics is to agree to the things he opposes. He agreed to the Tennet report and the Mitchell plan, and he gave up his famous demand for 7 days of “Total cessation of terror acts”, unilaterally. Many in the “settlements” and in his own […]

Over the last two millennia, Jews have visited Jerusalem in honor of the festivals, in lieu of the Biblically ordained pilgrimages. On the holiday of Shavuot, there was also the custom to visit the grave of King David on Mount Zion, since, according to Jewish tradition, the day of his birth and passing was the […]