Parting with a Son – The Asheris Mourn Eliyahu

Nestled on a hillside in the Shomron village of Itamar, Miriam and Yitro Asheri, parents of Eliyahu, kidnapped and murdered last week, sit on the low chairs of mourners in their living room. Seated facing...

A Shiva Call to the family of Eliahu Osheri, murdered this week

This week, the country was informed that Eliyahu, an 18 year-old boy from Itamar was also kidnapped. For some reason, Eliyahu's kidnapping did not generate the same publicity and media attention as Gilad's. Perhaps...

The Harmless Children of Hezbollah?: A German Perspective

Germans are squabbling about whether Israel's military strikes against Lebanon are justified. But how else can Israel defend itself against Hezbollah rockets? By staging sit-down protests along the Israeli-Lebanese border, perhaps? Should Israel stop defending...

Kidnapped According to the Terms of the “Prisoners’ Document”

Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen can announce his opposition to terrorist operations from now until whenever, but last night he was due to sign a document that states explicitly that terror attacks such as...

Restore the Power of Deterrence

We are still mourning the deaths of IDF soldiers Lt. Hanan Barak and Staff Sgt. Pavel Slutzker, and we are still praying for the safety of Gilad Shalit and his return home. And yet...

Hamas Strikes Military Position in Israel

For the first time since the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in August 2005, Palestinian insurgents from the Gaza Strip have struck a military position in the Jewish state. On Sunday, Hamas and the aligned Popular...

Pink Flawed or Pink Fraud?

Among the thousands of people who crowded the Neveh Shalom?s wide open fields to hear Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, you could discern hundreds of expat Americans in their forties, fifties and sixties....

Foreign Governments Are Key Backers of Peace Now

Peace Now, a far-left Israeli-based organization promoting Israeli withdrawal to pre-1967 borders and removal of all Jewish communities in Judea/Samaria, is largely funded by foreign governments. The organization, which spends large sums of money finding...

Think Tank: Iran’s Military Capability Second Only to Israel in the Middle East

The London-based International Institute of Strategic Studies has determined that Iran has been deemed the second most powerful country in the Middle East. This institute has determined that even without nuclear weapons, Iran could defeat...

Unforeseen Consequences of Olmert Handing Over US Weapons to an Organizations Placed on the...

Israel's government last week provided American-made weapons, including hundreds of M-16 automatic machine guns, to the Fatah organization in Gaza. It did so despite the fact that the military wing of Fatah, the Al...