Monthly Archives: December 2008

Iran Nears Nuclear Capability Report: Tehran To Reach Goal In 2009

The Institute for Science and International Security said Iran was moving steadily toward nuclear weapons capability. In a report, the institute said Tehran would reach this goal in 2009. In a report titled "Has Iran...

More Israeli Cities To Come Under Attack?

The Israeli Army is now preparing residents of the cities of Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi and Kiryat Gat in Israel's northern Negev region for rocket attacks from Gaza. The Israel security establishment has information indicating that...

Raising A Jewish Child Without Christmas

When you raise a Jewish child in the U.S., you become inured to the fact that American culture is interwoven with Christian motifs - especially in December, when Christmas often becomes a celebration of...

Pro-Arab Israeli Reporter Flees Gaza After Death Threats

The Israeli media sports a unique reporter, Amira Hass, a journalist for Ha'aretz, whose sympathy for the Arab side is legendary. Indeed, over the past few years, Ms. Hass went so far as to rent...

Gaza Rocket, Mortar Attacks Continue

Gaza terror organizations continued over the weekend to fire Kassam rockets and mortar shells on the western Negev communities. Nine rockets and 13 mortar shells were lobbed into Israeli territory on Saturday. Ten more...

Follow up on the Expulsion from Beit HaShalom in Hebron

"Despicable" There are a few items that might qualify for this modifier, but what I have in mind is this: At the Cabinet meeting today, Olmert said: "As a Jew, I'm ashamed of the sight of Jews...

Jews Evicted From Hebron ‘Peace House’

On Thursday, Israeli troops and police evicted nine Jewish families from the Jewish-owned "Peace House" in Hebron, after a week of protests against preparations of the Israeli government to do just that. In March 2007,...

Extremism Breeds Extremism

Following the expulsion of families from Beit Hashalom in Hebron, during a radio interview with the BBC, I was asked about our future plans. When I responded that the community would continue to purchase property...

Scoundrels in the Name of the Law

There are many commandments and laws in the Torah of Israel. Tradition recognizes that some people commit dastardly deeds within the letter of Torah law; such a deed is called a nevala berushut hatorah...

To understand the behavior of the youth in the Beit Hashalom in Hebron

In a country where the justice system is political, a media that makes no room for a flow of opinions, where half the nation finds no place in the media discourse, it should come...