HIZBULLAH DEPLOYS CLUSTER BOMBS

Hizbullah has acquired and deployed Chinese-origin cluster bombs. The New York-based Human Rights Watch asserted that Hizbullah acquired cluster munitions and fired them during the 34-day war with Israel, which ended on August 14. The...

A traumatic synagogue experience in Sderot

Noam Bedein is 24. After a year of seminary study, three years of Israel Army service on the Lebanese border and a year's trek around Asia, moved to Sderot to study at the business...

Commnetary

Aaron Lerner, director of IMRA, has put out his weekly commentary. He calls it "Wake up call: Dumbo crashes in Gaza." The message, people think elephants can fly, but guess what? They can't. As...

Israel launches dialogue with the Saudis

ISRAEL, SAUDIS BEGIN DIALOGUE ON REGION The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has launched a dialogue with Saudi Arabia to ensure stability in the Middle East. Western diplomatic sources said Olmert, with the help...

France To Israel: Fly Over Lebanon And We’ll Shoot

Israel Defense Minister Amir Peretz reported to an Israeli Knesset committee that there is a new threat to Israeli jets operating in Lebanese airspace. Peretz said that the commanders of the French forces that deployed...

Draft Proposal for an Democratically Elected Judea and Samaria Council

Written at a time when the threat to Judea and Samaria could not be greater. Contents: 1. Introduction / Backgroundc 2. Abstract 3. Mission Statement / Introduction *The Yesha Council *Members at Large *Electoral Reform 4. Population 5. Proposed Electoral Solutions a. Direct...

Congresswoman: Safeguard American aid to Abbas

The United States must provide safeguards to ensure American weapons and financial aid reportedly being given to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Force 17 personal security detail do not wind up in the possession...

Commentary

This message was written in a character set other than your own. If it is not displayed correctly, click here to open it in a new window. October 17, 2006 Round and round we go, and...

RISE IN ANTI-TANK ROCKET FIRE IN GAZA STRIP OVER LAST MONTH

The number of anti-tank rocket fire incidents in the Gaza Strip has risen significantly of late. During the first two weeks of October, there were 11 incidents of fire, in contrast to only four...

Moral Imperative: Help Non Jews Who Are Loyal to the State of Israel

I write this piece as a religious Jew, as a journalist and as someone who worked for more than a decade as a social work professional in the Galilee. A recent discussion is now occurring...