Printed in the Jewish Press – Nov. 28, 2008 David Wilder A professor from Bar Ilan University, an expert on ancient affairs, investigated the value of silver thousands of years ago. He concluded that the price our Patriarch Abraham paid for Ma’arat HaMachpela, four hundred silver shekels , the caves where the Patriarchs and Matriarchs […]

By Louis Rene Beres Posted Nov 19 2008 On Quashing Anti-Government Dissent In West Bank Communities: Perspectives Of National Law, International Law And Jewish Law (Part One of Three Parts) , Louis Rene Beres In recent months, Israel’s Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, has issued several administrative expulsion orders. The point of these orders, of […]

Nov. 24, 2008 Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST US President George W. Bush has six weeks left in power. If he acts fast, that may be enough time to secure his place in history – at least in terms of the Middle East. Bush’s initial reactions to the Sept. 11 attacks were a rare […]

By Nadav Shragai Haaretz Last update – 12:02 24/11/2008 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1040266.html Hebron in the eyes of the state prosecutors and the High Court of Justice is an Arab city where a few hundred Jews reside until “the final status agreement” is struck. Hebron in the eyes of the settlers is the city of our forefathers in […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA: Stop the presses! A man who started his long military career in an elite special force suggests that there might be a way to get back an Israeli being held a few kilometers distance from Ashkelon that does not involve releasing Arab murderers. Here is a news flash for Defense […]

Esther Pollard sends emotional letter to PM Olmert, urges him to bring up her husband’s release in upcoming meeting with President Bush; after more than 20 years in prison, time is right to free Jonathan, she says By Sharon Roffe-Ofir – YNET – Nov 22, 2008 www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3626923,00.html The end of George W. Bush’s term in […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert misled the government and the public by claiming that he is waiting for the IDF to make recommendations before acting against rocket and mortar attacks on Israel, according to an IDF statement that contradicted Olmert’s statement to the Cabinet. Olmert told the Cabinet Sunday, “Following […]

By Morrie Amitay Founder, Washington Political Action Committee The current election cycle witnessed the creation of “J Street” and the J Street PAC. J Street describes itself as the “political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement” seeking to “change the direction of American policy in the Middle East and to broaden the public and policy […]

William Mehlman Q: What does it take to get the Israeli police to enforce the law in Arab population areas? A: Try a pogrom. Did an inebriated 48 year-old Jamal Taufik deliberately shatter the solemn calm of a Yom Kippur eve in Acre, gunning his car, radio blaring, into Ben Ami Avenue, the main thoroughfare […]

by Seth J. Frantzman There are riots between Jews and Arabs in the Israeli town of Acre. Already the chorus of voices has told us that “for years the people of this mixed city coexisted.” Now we hear that a ‘spark’ has set off an ‘explosion’ of ethnic violence. We have heard this before. We […]