Via U.S. Aid to Palestinians to Total $550 Million:
The U.S. government will provide $550 million in direct financial support to the Palestinian territories in 2008, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt said Wednesday in Bethlehem.
The Development of Hamas Rocket Capabilities
From The Development of Hamas Rocket Capabilities: Israeli intelligence officials believe Hamas currently has, in Gaza, several hundred factory-made BM-21 rockets, each with a range of 20 km. They also have 6-km.-range B-12 rockets. The locally-made Kassam II has about the same range, but the B-12 is more reliable. In 2002, Hamas began firing Kassam I rockets at Jewish settlements in Gaza and...
Israel at 60: Population 7.282 Million
On the eve of Israel’s 60th Independence Day, the country’s population stands at 7,282,000, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
5,499,000 (75.5%) are Jews and 1,461,000 (20.1%) are Arabs.
May the Jews continue to be fruitful and multiply, healthy and prosperous, protected and faithful.
Poll: Israelis Say West Bank Is “Liberated,” Not “Occupied”
Changing the lexicon restores truth to the Middle East narrative. From Poll: Israelis Say West Bank Is “Liberated,” Not “Occupied”: In its latest monthly peace index survey for March 2008, Tel Aviv University’s Steinmetz Center for Peace Research found that, by a wide margin, the majority of Israeli Jews view the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) as...
MFA: Main terrorist attacks carried out at Gaza Strip crossings
Terrorist organizations carry out terrorist attacks at civilian sites that contribute greatly to the welfare of the Palestinian population, such as crossings, while taking advantage of easing of restrictions on the Palestinian population, in order to sabotage the normal Palestinian daily life and any co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians.Furthermore, by striking at Palestinians’...
Poll: Israelis Oppose Jerusalem Concessions
From Poll: Israelis Oppose Jerusalem Concessions: 71% of Israelis oppose a peace deal that would entail handing over Jerusalem’s Old City and Temple Mount to the Palestinians, according to a new poll released by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies on Sunday. 56% believed that any part of Jerusalem handed over to the Palestinians was “likely” or “very likely”...
The Sunni-Shiite Terror Network
From The Sunni-Shiite Terror Network: While Sunni and Shiite Muslims are divided by deep doctrinal differences, Sunni and Shiite extremists have always been united in their hatred of the U.S., and in their desire to bring it to destruction. The majority of Muslims does not share that hatred. The U.S. is the country most visited by Muslim tourists and it attracts the largest number of Muslim...
Who is John Dugard?
John Dugard is a UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories. Based on his credentials, he is educated in international law, and is qualified to lecture, among other things, in International Criminal Law and Public International Law capita selecta. He is also a blatant arabist. John Dugard claims that Israel’s righteous targeting of a Hamas government...
Dramatic Drop in Terror Fatalities in 2007
From Dramatic Drop in Terror Fatalities in 2007: 13 Israelis were killed by Palestinians in 2007, down from 24 in 2006 and 50 in 2005, according to data released Monday by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). There was only one successful suicide bombing last year, down from six in 2006. Palestinians fired 1,263 rockets and 1,511 mortar shells at Israel in 2007, compared with 1,722 rockets and...
Israel Has 7.2M Residents
From Israel Has 7.2M Residents via Daily Alert:
Israel is a country of 7.241 million residents, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced. 75.6% are Jewish( 5.472 million), 20% are Arab (1.449 million), and 4.4% (320,000) are others.