Sderot victim was a Muslim married to a Jew

At 7:18 a.m. on Wednesday morning, six Kassam rockets slammed into Sderot, killing Fatima Slutsker, 57, and seriously wounding Maor Peretz, 24, a security guard for Defense Minister Amir Peretz. Slutsker was a Muslim woman...

Reflections on New Reality in Israel

I once had my private life. I raised a family, a business, a home-thank God. I voted for a different party each election. Even the Pensioners Party once got my vote. What suddenly came...

Commentary: The Reactivated Peace Process?

Barry Rubin, in his most recent column, lists "four phony panaceas, which will clearly not work." These are quick fixes that a very foolish and nearsighted world is promoting. Rubin says, not only will...

UN REPORT – HIZBULLAH USED Al Qaida-aligned MERCERNARIES AGAINST ISRAEL

Hizbullah recruited nearly 1,000 Al Qaida-aligned Sunnis to fight Israel in the war in Lebanon in mid-2006. A United Nations report said at least 720 Sunnis from Somalia were recruited by Hizbullah to fight Israel...

Commentary: How Should Israel Respond… ?

We are receiving additional warnings from military and security personal regarding the dangers in Gaza and the need to go back in: Yesterday Yuval Diskin, head of Shabak (security services) appeared before the Knesset Foreign...

Egypt: Another Step Closer to Nuclear Capacity

Egypt has taken another step toward becoming a nuclear power, drafting a strategy for energy and other projects. Officials said Egypt has submitted a plan to develop civilian nuclear facilities in cooperation with the International...

Commentary: The BLair Plan to Engage Syria and Iran and more…

Tony Blair today urged the world to engage Iran and Syria to advance the peace process in the Middle East. I am not making this up, though you might be temped to think so....

ISRAEL SEEKS TO DEVELOP LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY

Israel has examined the prospect of developing long-range, precision-strike artillery that could destroy missile batteries in such countries as Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority and Syria. Officials said the Defense Ministry was considering proposals from defense...

Abbas on 2nd Anniversary of Arafat’s Death:We will never Alter his Principles

President Mahmoud Abbas asserted Saturday that the path of the late President Yasser Arafat is the way of freedom and independence. In a speech in a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the death of...

JUST LIKE HIZBULLAH: METAL BALL BEARINGS IN KASSAM ROCKETS

Over the past few days missiles full of steel ball bearings have been launched from the Gaza Strip, and in light of their increasing precision, it was decided to stop reporting the site of...