David Bedein

The Jewish population of Israel continues to grow faster than the Arab population. The data came from from an analysis of data of the Central Bureau of Statistics for the first four months of 2007.

The Fatah organization, the mainstream body of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), was launched in 1964 by the Arab League with one purpose in mind: To foment rebellion of Palestinian Arabs against the state of Israel.

Iran has warned that if Israel takes part in an American attack on Iran, Iranian missiles will rain down on 600 targets in Israel.

In exchange for promising not to attack, soldiers were granted amnesty.

One Israeli soldier, Givati Infantry Brigade Staff Sergeant Arbel Raich, 21, was killed and two were lightly wounded overnight Wednesday in an exchange of fire with armed Palestinians at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) el-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israeli troops were dispatched to locate smuggling tunnels.

For the first time, Hamas is asking for direct talks with Israel to discuss reopening the crossing points into the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian government headed by ousted Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh made a direct approach Tuesday to Israel on the matter.

Israel Strategic Affairs Minister Avidgor Lieberman reported that the NATO leaders told him that Israel ultimately could not count on the international community to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weaons.

Five Kassam rockets and four mortar shells were fired yesterday morning from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

Over the weekend, during operational activity in the Beit Hanoun region of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army infantry's crack Givati Brigade reconnaissance unit troops discovered eight Kassam rocket launchers equipped with stopwatches, one of them ready for launching.

An editorial in the paper claims that Israel is planning war against Syria, and it would be disgraceful were Syria not to prepare for it.