The Late Kaare Kristiansen: From a reporter’s diary

Norwegian statesman Kaare Kristiansen, who made his name as a friend of Israel since the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948, passed away on Sunday at the age of 85. My first contact with...

State of (evicted) Katif, Northern Gaza and Northern Shomron Communities

Commissioned by Israel Resource News Agency and the Center for Near East Policy Research Previous reports available at: /bin/review.cgi?Year=2009 Response to the Fact sheet on the Disengagement passed out at the Toronto GA at: /library/pdfs/FactSheetAndResponses.pdf Contents *"Let my...

Why the Evacuees Must Sue: The Time Has Come for Class Action Suits

The Evacuation-Compensation Law is written in such a way, so that the only redress for many of the items is through appropriate litigation steps. This is built into the law. It includes such items as: compensation...

“Unsettled”

On the eve of disengagement, a massive government public relations campaign maintained that "there is a solution for each evacuee." Today, more than 100 days after nearly 9,000 Israelis were uprooted, it emerges that...

Ariel Sharon’s Party: Loyalists of the PM Unite!

Ariel Sharon, who has served as Israel's Prime Minister for almost five years, has suddenly found himself as a man without the very Likud party that he formed in 1973. Likud had a clear platform,...

Police Open Investigation into Left-Wing Groups Offering Incentives to Refuse IDF Service

(Copy of the "yesh Gvul" brochure offering $750/Month for IDF soldiers who refuse service in Judea and Samaria available for perusal or faxxing) http://www.israelnn.com/print.php3?what=news&id=93321 18:18 Nov-20-05 / 18 Cheshvan 5766 Sunday, November 20, 2005 / 18 Cheshvan...

Let My People Sue: Help the Evacuees Regain Their Dignity in Court

Three months ago, 10,000 people were forcibly evicted by the Israeli Government from their privately owned homes and farms in 25 Jewish communities in Gush Katif, northern Gaza, and northern Samaria. A few days...

Rafah Agreement: Israel Signs Away Sovereignty

With the Rafah agreement, which has not yet been signed, Israel is signing away her status as a sovereign nation. A sovereign nation has two basic rights -- to control its borders and to self...

Homeless in the homeland

Calling Ehud Zinar intense is like calling the Negev dry. Whippet-thin and darkly energetic, Zinar is a man on a mission, touring North America, speaking to community leaders, clergy and school children about his former...

Amir Peretz: Sign of a Social Revolution in Israel?

922 words PERETZ ASTONISHES By David Bedein THE SOCIAL REVOLUTION The election of an Israeli Moroccan union leader, MK Amir Peretz as the new chairman of the Israel Labor Party, in which he ousted veteran Israeli Deputy...