The outcome of the war now under way between the Israelis and Palestinians is vital to the security of every American, and indeed, I believe, to all of civilization. Why? Quite simply because Palestinians are testing out a whole new form of warfare, using suicide bombers – strapped with dynamite and dressed as Israelis – […]

Following the Palestinian terrorist attacks during the Jewish holiday of Passover, on March 29, 2002, Israel launched a military operation against the Palestinian Authority. As the Israeli army entered Arafat’s headquarters in Ramallah, Arafat granted interviews to leading Arab television channels. Following are excerpts from these interviews: Interview With Al-Jazeera(1) Arafat: “They decided to take […]

“O y, oy, oy,” said a leading figure in the Labor Party when I informed him that I was writing an article about the party’s future. “You must be planning a very short article,” added a former aide to Ehud Barak. With Ariel Sharon faltering in the polls, terrorism at an all-time high, the economy […]

Fifteen years ago, an American president confronted a great evil and found a simple and powerful way to call for its undoing. Defying his panicky State Department, Ronald Reagan used the Cold War backdrop of the Berlin Wall to call on the leader of the USSR to terminate the Evil Empire. “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down […]

WASHINGTON — At the annual Jewish Seder (which was Jesus’ Last Supper, and is why Easter and Passover are so close), the youngest child will ask the Four Questions. The examination about the ancient Israelites’ flight to freedom begins with “Why is this night different from all other nights?” In Israel this week, however, the […]

The respect with which Moslem Arab leaders can be expected to treat agreements reached with Jews was, yet again, made abundantly clear last week by Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi, the leading Egyptian Sunni cleric and spiritual head of the al-Azhar University in Cairo. In late January, Tantawi was one of the Moslem representatives who attended […]

As an alumnus of the inaugural March of the Living, I was appalled to read in the Israeli media that the March has cancelled the Israel leg of its 2002 journey. The definition of a march is a purposeful journey, on foot, from a starting point to a final goal. As a participant in the […]

“How… can one explain why Bush would vow to destroy any government that sponsors or harbors terrorists, yet demand the creation of a Palestinian state – a terrorist dictatorship? … Why would Bush order the destruction of al-Qaeda holdouts in Afghanistan, but angrily withdraw his support for Israel because they rounded up terrorists in Palestinian […]

The Israel Defense Force is operating under a particularly bizarre situation: in a normal country, the straightforward goal of destroying the enemy’s ability to carry out terror attacks allows the army to identify what targets should be destroyed/controlled in order to achieve this goal. In sharp contrast, the administration of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has […]

It was one year ago, that hideous day, when an Arab terrorist sniper lined up his scope, pulled the trigger and ended the life of 10 month old Shalhevet Pass, hy”d. Shalhevet’s murder touched the lives and hearts of tens of thousands of people around the world and in Israel. Messages of condolences poured in […]