The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority declared on Saturday, 23 December 2006 that the goal of a Palestinian state is the destruction of Israel. Reiterating his terrorist organization’s calls for a long term “hudna”, or truce with Israel, Hamas legislator Salah Bardaweel said Hamas is not interested in two states as a final solution to the Israeli/Arab conflict. “We’re talking...
Video: Saddam’s Men Torturing Iraqis
A grisly videotape showing acts of torture carried out by Iraqi Republican Guard and Saddam Fedayeen militiamen has been declassified and obtained by Fox News.After the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in April, an Iraqi in Baghdad gave the tape to the U.S. Army’s 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, V Corps. He told the soldiers he had more videos and was directly involved in their taping, having...
When the Tests are Miracles
The Talmud relates that after the destruction of our Holy Temple, Rabbi Akiva and the Sages of Israel were walking on the streets of Jerusalem. As they came to the Temple Mount, they beheld a devastating sight. There, where the Sanctuary had once stood in majesty and splendor, where the Holy of Holies had been, were only ruins, and wild foxes were roaming about. The Sages broke down and wept...
Saddam Hussein’s hanging
With hundreds of thousands of voices screaming from their graves, the Iraqi government has executed Saddam Hussein. Chronicle of the atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein: Hussein’s regime killed, tortured, raped and terrorized the Iraqi people and its neighbors for over two decades. Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of Saddam’s actions. Saddam had approximately 40 of...
Nefesh B’Nefesh Brings 10,000th Immigrant to Israel
Nefesh B’Nefesh Brings 10,000th Immigrant to Israel
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Israel’s Population: 76% Jewish, 20% Arab
In its annual report published Thursday, the Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that at the end of 2006, 76% of Israel’s residents were Jewish (5,393,600), 20% were Arabs (1,413,500), and 4% were of other nationalities (309,100). During 2006 some 19,900 new immigrants arrived in Israel, a number similar to 2004 and 2005.
Drop This Cherished Illusion
Via Drop This Cherished Illusion: Does anyone really think it is possible to reach a settlement with the Palestinians that will guarantee peace between us? How can one not see the rift among them, their inability to administer their own lives, Fatah’s helplessness, Hamas’ abysmal hatred, the murderousness of the popular resistance organizations, the destructive influence of radical...
Somalia forces retake capital from Islamists
From Somalia Forces Retake Capital from Islamists: Islamist fighters abandoned Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as thousands of troops of the transitional government and the Ethiopian infantrymen who have been backing them marched into the city on Thursday in a stunning reversal of fortune. In five days, the internationally recognized government, that was marooned in a provincial market town...
Israeli settlements are not a violation of international law
An Israeli plan to construct 30 new homes in Maskiot in the Jordan Valley for families evacuated from uprooted Gaza Strip settlements has been questioned by the U.S. State Department. But David Siegel, spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, said “the settlement is not a new one.” It was legally established in 1982, housed an army unit and a school, and has had civilians...
The Phony Cease-Fire
From The Phony Cease-Fire:
For the last month we’ve had a phony cease-fire around the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians claim to be holding their fire while Islamic Jihad continues launching Kassam rockets daily at Sderot and Ashkelon. If the Egyptians had kept their side of the Philadelphi deal, Islamic Jihad would have run out of explosives long ago.