Covering JFK’s Funeral: Memories from 45 Years Ago

When everyone around you undergoes a traumatic experience, especially at a young age, you remember finite details of that experience for the rest of your life. And so it was for me with the...

Jewish Agency Center Prevents Jewish Learning

Since the founding of the State of Israel, the Jewish Agency has been reponsible for bringing millions of new immigrants to the fledgling state. One of the Agency's primary goals is to help immigrants...

JEWISH COMMUNITY OF HEBRON: NEWS BACKGROUNDER

The city of Hebron, approximately 20 miles south of Jerusalem in the Judean Hills, has been linked to the Jewish people from time immemorial. It is, after Jerusalem, the most sacred city for the...

Hamas Becomes Directly Involved In Attacks

Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was directly involved in attacks against the Jewish state. A report by a government-sponsored intelligence center asserted that the Hamas regime has raised its profile in the latest...

Insight in the News in Israel

Posting: November 20, 2008 "Lunacy" It seems fairly pervasive. And I'll provide just two examples here, both touching on issues I've raised in the last day or two: In response to increased launching of rockets from Gaza,...

Residents of southern city rally against government inaction in face of increased, improved rocket...

Hundreds of people gathered at the main junction at the entrance to Ashkelon, Thursday afternoon, to rally against the lack of fortifications in the city to protect residents from ongoing barrages of rockets launched...

Israel Blasts UN High Commissioner For Refugees

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a scathing denunciation of the United Nations High Commisisoner of Refugees. The condemnation attacks what the ministry refers to as the "high commissioner's utterly shortsighted press release regarding the...

PLO Promotes League Of Arab Nations Initiative To Israeli Public

On Thursday, November 20,the PLO Negotiation Department took the unusual move of sponsoring an advertisement from the League of Arab Nations in the major Israeli media. The ad proclaimed that "57 Arab and Islamic states...

Obama Distances Himself From Malley

The Obama transition team is working to distance itself from a controversial negotiator who has been negotiating with Israel's enemies. Robert Malley, Middle East director of the International Crisis Group, a think tank that has...

More Gaza Rocket Attacks On The Western Negev

Eight Qassam rockets were fired at communities in the Western Negev's Eshkol Regional Council yesterday morning. There were no reports of injuries, but several houses were damaged. Residents of the Eshkol Regional Council were ordered...