IDF presence in West Bank prevents the rockets that have terrorized Sderot and Ashkelon

From a hilltop on the outskirts of Kalkilya, the soldiers of the 55th Artillery Battalion can see the lights of Tel Aviv shimmer in the distance. It is a constant reminder to them of...

Hezbollah Triples Its Strength

Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, expressed alarm Tuesday at Hezbollah's apparent growth as a threat to the Jewish state. "Hezbollah's strength at present is triple its strength at the end of the Second Lebanon War,"...

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...

Turkey to Invest $12 bln in Iran

Turkey will invest $12 billion in Iran's Pars offshore gas field, said Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler. "Turkey will invest $12 billion on developing phases of South Pars offshore gas field in southern Iran and...

King Abdullah buries Jordanian troop deployment as solution to West Bank puzzle

Jordan King Abdullah held an emergency meeting last night with Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Barak to plead that the IDF stay out of Gaza because a conflict in the Gaza Strip could...