Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son reportedly organized a humanitarian ship to sail from Greece to the Gaza Strip no later than Saturday. The Hope cargo ship will carry 2,000 tons of food and medicine and about 27 supporters who want to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, AFP, the French news agency, reported. Organizers said […]
by Gil Ronen Hizbullah is placing military positions, weapons and explosive charges next to schools and hospitals in southern Lebanon, a senior IDF source said Wednesday. The IDF may have to take action against these targets in case of hostilities with Hizbullah, and has said as much to the UN force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL). […]
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu U.S. President Barack Obama said he is “ready” to visit Israel. His reply to an invitation by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu capped off a thoroughly choreographed meeting. The last time that President Obama visited Israel was during his presidential campaign in 2008, when he visited the Western Wall, which is located […]
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Time is working against U.S. President Barack Obama, who appears to be “detached” from Israel, former U.S. Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller wrote in Politico.com Tuesday. He maintains “there is not much of a U.S. strategy yet” for Middle East peace. President Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu are to […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online July 6, 2010 Under Yasir Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization notoriously said one thing to Arab/Muslim audiences and the opposite to Israeli/Western ones, speaking venomously to the former and in dulcet tones to the latter. What about Arafat’s mild-mannered successor, Mahmoud Abbas? Did he break from this pattern of […]
by Maayana Miskin As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu prepares to meet with United States President Barack Obama, the Judea and Samaria (Yesha) Council is taking steps to “remind” the prime minister of his commitment to end the Judea and Samaria building freeze in September. The “A Promise is a Promise” campaign has put up billboards […]
by Gil Ronen As the march by First Sergeant Gilad Shalit’s family and supporters neared Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took a step Thursday to preempt public pressure on him and gave a clear statement of his policy on freeing terrorists. In a live news conference, Netanyahu said that Israel agreed to free 1,000 Hamas […]
by Maayana Miskin Sixty Jewish families living in the town of Pnei Hever, near Hevron, face a Sabbath without water due to Palestinian Authority water thieves. Officials at Mekorot, Israel’s national water company, say they are unable to help. Pnei Hever and other Jewish towns in the Hevron region have faced daily water theft for […]
by Hana Levi Julian Russians are registering concern over Moscow’s recent cancellation of its deal to sell Iran the S-300 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile defense system. The move has prompted Tehran to ease away from Russia’s influence, warned a daily newspaper that reported Moscow will lose millions of dollars for cooperating with the United Nations on […]
by Hillel Fendel European Jewry is in its worst condition since the end of World War II. This bleak evaluation was delivered by European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor on Tuesday. “Jews are afraid to walk the streets in Europe with Jewish symbols”, Kantor said. “Synagogues, Jewish schools and kindergartens require barbed-wire fences and security, […]
