Monthly Archives: September 2008

Missiles Fired On Sderot

Jerusalem - A missile was fired Sunday at Sderot by Palestinians in Gaza into an open area inside the city, causing a fire to break out in a thorn field. A man, a woman...

Schlesinger Sees Clouds Over Israel

Jerusalem - Yesterday, Israel's daily Maariv newspaper published a short interview with former CIA Director and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. James Schlesinger, who offered Israel dire warnings. "Israel will face the most severe...

Abbas Is Not Planning Elections

It is now confirmed that Mahmoud Abbas, will continue to serve as Palestinian president even after January 2009, which is when his legal term in office is scheduled to end. Mr. Abbas had inherited the...

Anger At US Consul General In Jerusalem

The political echelon in Jerusalem is angry because U.S. Consul General Jacob Walles said that Israel had agreed in principle to relinquish control of all areas of Jerusalem that it had annexed in 1967,...

Olmert Had MRI Test

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday underwent medical tests at Tel Hashomer hospital, as part of the ongoing watch on the development of the cancer that he developed about a year ago. The prime minister...

Arab Stabs Child

Jerusalem - Violence flared on Saturday after an Arab infiltrated the Jewish community of Yitzhar, set a house on fire and stabbed a 9-year-old boy before fleeing back to the neighboring Arab village of...

Hezbollah Station Broadcasts With An Indonesian Satellite

Jerusalem - The Israel Intelligence Information Center reported that the terrorist organization Hezbollah's al-Manar TV station in Lebanon has started broadcasting via an Indonesian satellite, after being taken off a Thai satellite. The Indonesian satellite...

Palestinian Official Supports Livni As Kadima Chairman

Last week the chairman of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israel, Ahmed Qureia Abu Ala voiced unequivocal support for the candidacy of his negotiation partner, Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, for chairman of Kadima. His...

Palestinian Official Supports Livni As Kadima Chairman

Last week the chairman of the Palestinian negotiation team with Israel, Ahmed Qureia Abu Ala voiced unequivocal support for the candidacy of his negotiation partner, Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, for chairman of Kadima. His...

Abbas Wants To Extend Term Until 2010

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) recently announced he intends to extend his term in office into 2010. He said he plans to do so by means of what is being called...