War without death: The Pentagon Promotes a Vision of Combat as Bloodless and Antiseptic

Leon Daniel, like others who reported from Vietnam during the 1960s, knew about war and death. So he was puzzled by the lack of corpses at the tip of the Neutral Zone between Saudi...

General Assembly of Jewish Federations Gathers in Philadelphia Under a Cloud of War

It is difficult for any large organization to switch gears. The United Jewish Communities The UJC of North America, which comprises all major Jewish organizations in North America, gathers this week for its annual "General...

Most Creative Murder Design

Israel Resource News Agency has decided to award Yassir Arafat and the Fateh, the mainstream organization of the PLO, with a citation for the most creative murder design on the web. The Fateh web site,...

Abba Eban: the June 1967 map represented Israel’s “Auschwitz” borders

When Abba Eban, appeared at the United Nations following the Six Day war, Israel's foreign minister, he described the fragility of Israel's 1949-1967 map as Israel's "Auschwitz" lines. Abba Eban, who died on November 17,...

Why would the PLO attack a Left Wing Kibbutz?

On November 12, 2002, a Fateh terorrist infiltrated the left wing Shomer HaTzair Kibbutz Metzer, which had made a name for itself in the Israeli peace movement and in Arab-Jewish dialogue. The Fatah terrorist murdered...

Seven Lies About Jenin

I watched Muhammad Bakri's film Jenin, Jenin in a limited forum, with Jerusalem Cinematheque Director Leah Van Leer and several journalists. After the private screening, I responded and indicated each lie and lack of...

PNA, Hamas to meet in Cairo Next Week

www.jerusalem-times.net/article/news/details/detail.asp?id=2364 Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is to hold talks with the Islamic group Hamas in Cairo next week to thrash out outstanding differences, newly appointed interior minister Hani al-Hassan told reporters at a security workshop...

Translation of Current “Yesh Gvul” Leaflet for Distribution to Encourage IDF soldiers to Desert

The Yesh Gvul Campaign: This is a translation of the current Yesh Gvul leaflet for distribution to IDF soldiers: Soldier We all want to defend our country. We're all sick and tired of terrorism. We all want peace. But do...

Israeli Peace Now MK Launches Attack Against Official Palestinian Authority Media

This week, Meretz Knesset member and Peace Now leader Ron Cohen unleashed an unprecedented attack against the Palestinian Authority's PBC (Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio and TV Station, describing PBC broadcasts and telecasts as "subversive...

A Religion of Peace?

CAIRO--Many people in the West believe that Islam is a "religion of peace," one that condemns the murder of innocents and respects the intrinsic value of human life. Top Islamic clerics and scholars I...