PA organizations holding reconciliation talks in Moscow

Representatives of the Palestinian Arab organizations began talks on national reconciliation in Moscow on Wednesday, under the auspices of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Jihad Taha, a spokesman for Hamas, denied the reports that the possibility of...

Iran’s attack on Israel stirs admiration among Gaza Palestinians

CAIRO, April 14 (Reuters) - Iran's attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran...
The Dome of the Rock atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, with the lights of missile interceptions visible in the night sky, early on April 14, 2024, after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel. (Times of Israel, Social media/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The PLO-PA-Iranian Terror Alliance

The silence of the Palestinian leadership in the face of the Iranian missile attack on Israel is further proof that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is again aligning itself with the enemies of Israel...

Maon resident accused by foreign anarchist exonerated

The Be’er Sheva District Court exonerated a Havat Maon resident accused of assaulting foreign left-wing activists near his community in the Southern Har Hevron region. The resident was detained a year and a half ago and...

Evacuation From Umm el-Fahm Would Also Be Legitimate

"Would it be legitimate for the government to decide to evacuate Umm el-Fahm (on the basis of the compensation law for the residents of Gush Katif)? I think it would." So said the director of the...

Olmert Administration Must Make Choice Between Lives of Human Shields and Israelis

There are many issues raised or clarified by the war in Lebanon that can wait. Whether one accepts Prime Minister Olmert's dubious claim that a victory in Lebanon would for some reason serve to insure...

Syria Deploys Thousands Of Missiles Near Israel

The Middle East Newsline reports from Israeli military sources that Syria has deployed more than 1,000 missiles and rockets near the Jewish state. Israeli officials said Syria has brought a range of medium- and long-range...

IGNORING ANTI-SEMITIC INCITEMENT: When PR Firms Replace Israel’s Democratic Process

Since the genesis of the Oslo process in 1993, successive governments of Israel, under a binding legal and moral obligation to demand a cessation of virulent anti-semitic incitement as the condition for negotiation and...

Report: U.S. Funding Hamas Groups

While religious Jewish law defines a Jew as someone who was born to a Jewish mother or as someone who has converted to Judaism, Israeli law defines a Jew as someone who is descended...

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,...