Israeli Officials: New Hamas Army Is Forming

Israeli Military Intelligence Branch warns that Hamas is establishing a mini-army in the Gaza Strip and that within a year Israel will face dangers and threats which Israel has not yet known. "Hamas is in...

U.S. Blocks Arms, Technology To Israel

The Bush administration has blocked arms and technology transfers to Israel. Israeli and U.S. sources said the State Department has blocked the transfer of weapons and technology to the Jewish state over the last three...

First Hand Account of Latest Missile Attacks on Maccabees Street in Sderot

How fast can you run in 10 seconds?: The siren, "Tseva Adom" - COLOR RED, went off at approximately 9: 15 p.m. I took out a video camera, donned press credentials, ran outside, and, three seconds...

Syria and Iran Enhance Scientific Cooperation

Higher Education Ministry and Iranian Ministry for Science, Researches and Technology on Wednesday signed an agreement on cooperation in scientific research and cultural development. The Agreement provides for doing joint scientific researches between the two...

Commentary: Lethal Attacks Continue, as does the Policy of Restraint

Predictable, if anything was: a Kassam rocket fired yesterday landed near a "strategic installation" in the Industrial Zone of Ashkelon. Then, last night, a rocket fired at Sderot critically wounded a 13-year old boy. And...

Letter to Irene Khan, Director of Amnesty International

December 26, 2006 Ms. Irene Khan Amnesty International Fax: 44-20-79561157 1 212 463 91931 212 627 1451 admin-us@aiusa.org Dear Ms. Khan, Amnesty International's declared objective is a "vision of a world in which every person enjoys all...

Exclusive: Bethlehem Fears Return of Deported Terrorits

Reports that Israel is considering allowing a group of gunmen who were deported in 2002 after hiding inside the Church of the Nativity to return home have left some Christian residents here seriously concerned...

UJA-Fed. May Fund Gush Katif Evacuees With government help seen lacking, charity to evaluate...

Acknowledging that a number of families evacuated from Gush Katif in the summer of 2005 may be in need of economic assistance, the leadership of UJA-Federation of New York and the United Jewish Communities...

Commentary: The UN, and more…

The UN Security Council at long last has imposed sanctions against Iran. Resolution 8928 says that "all States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from...

MAJOR GAZA CLANS INVOLVED IN MILITIA WAR

Major Palestinian clans have been participating in the Fatah-Hamas war. The clans include families involved in arms smuggling and property deals in the central and southern Gaza Strip. Clan members were said to have fought...