The People of Sa-Nur

Sa Nur, Israel On July 4th, 2005, I step down from a bulletproof journalists' tour bus onto the controversial soil of Sa-nur, one of the four Shomron area settlements to be evacuated come mid-August. My...

Is “Disengagement” The Answer?

That Jews need to be "disengaged" from the Arabs is not a new idea. In July 1937 the British issued the Palestine Royal Peel Commission that concluded: "An irrepressible conflict has arisen between two...

Followed by Reporter’s Protests Against Press Restricions of the Palestinian Authority

31.07.05 An expanded board attended a meeting this afternoon hosted by the IDF, GPO and the Foreign Ministry. At the meeting, significant reductions in access and stringent new controls were issued. Here is a summary: Contrary...

Putting a Human Face on People About to be Evacuated from their Homes

Only a few weeks before the government of Israel proposes to evict the residents of the Jewish community of Sanur from their homes, Israel Resource News Agency dispatched a Russian speaking correspondent to meet...

A Letter to My Seventeen Year Old Daughter at Auschwitz

Dear Leora, As I write this letter to you today, you and your schoolmates visit the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkanau in Poland. At this moment, you view the remains of the crematoria, the ovens, the...

Our Efforts to Free our Daughter, Chaya

We would like to update you on our work in this struggle. We realize many of you may not have the time to read this entire email, so we will summarize it first and then...

We Can’t Promise Zero Gunfire During Withdrawal

The scenario that has the security establishment most concerned is of disengagement under fire, but, judging by the statements made recently by Palestinian Authority officials, it seems unlikely that they will be able to...

Does Corruption Drive Israeli ‘Disengagement’?

July 30th, 2005 In the last few weeks we have explored some possible motives behind the government of Israel's insanely self-destructive decision to expel the Jewish population of Gaza and part of Samaria, and to...

Some US Congressional leaders worry that Gaza pullout amounts to appeasement

Nobody in the Republican-controlled Congress wants to be seen as opposing the wishes of both Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Bush administration. But quietly, the unilateral Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip...

Imagine What it Would be Like to Live Under the Threat of Your Community...

Imagine that you live in Israel, which has suffered 25,500 known terror attacks just since 2000, including 6000 mortars that have fallen just on your small section of Gush Katif, and instead of attacking...