Israeli forces destroy Palestinian house, car, near Jenin

Jenin – Ma’an – Israeli forces demolished part of a house and blew up a Palestinian civilian car in the West Bank town of Az-Zababda, near the city of Jenin.

Palestinian security sources said that more than 15 Israeli military vehicles raided the town in the early morning, surrounding the town’s mosque and catholic church before [...]

IDF officers: We faced fierce but unorganized resistance in Gaza

More than 24 hours after the end of Operation Warm Winter in the northern Gaza Strip, its commanders, from the Givati and the Barak armored brigades, met Tuesday for a debriefing. While the resistance they encountered was fierce, they said, it was less organized than they thought it would be based on information about Hamas’ [...]

The Gaza Bombshell (U.S. operation to get rid of Hamas)

After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security [...]

Sderot under attack + Israel Exacts Heavy Price In Response To Deadly Rocket Barra

Sderot under attack

Israeli attack kills two Palestinians in Gaza

Zionist settlers in Palestinian land (an everyday pratice)

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JNF - With all due respect for the ‘blue box’

In his article “Mazuz versus Herzl” (Haaretz, May 25), Israel Harel reminds us that we grew up on the ethos of the Jewish National Fund’s “blue box” for donations, whereby thanks to our small coins, the JNF’s lands were redeemed. He writes: “The JNF owns 2.5 million dunam (625,000 acres) in Israel. They were bought [...]

High Court: Security fence may be built on Palestinian farmland

The High Court of Justice ruled Thursday that it is permissible for the Israel Defense Forces to build security fences around West Bank settlements, even if the barriers cut into agricultural land owned by Palestinians.Justices Dorit Beinisch, Eliezer Rivlin and Edmond Levi rejected a petition submitted two years ago by ten Palestinian residents of the [...]

Police to restrict Temple Mount access during Friday prayers

Jerusalem Police announced Thursday that in case of protests over Israel’s digging at the Mugrabi Gate, only Muslims over the age of 45 would be allowed to enter the Temple Mount compound for prayers on Friday.Police are preparing to deploy large forces in the Old City of Jerusalem near the Temple Mount on Friday in [...]

J’lem city hall: State blocks new housing over Green Line

 The government is holding up construction of hundreds of apartments in Jewish neighborhoods of East Jerusalem due to the negotiations with the Palestinians, according to Jerusalem city manager Yair Ma’ayan. However, Ma’ayan told the Knesset Economics Committee yesterday, the municipality is still managing to move forward on plans for building some 10,000 other apartments in Jewish [...]

The Case Against Alan Dershowitz

In June 2007, DePaul University denied tenure to Norman Finkelstein, an assistant professor of political science. The decision ignited a firestorm of protest from DePaul students and faculty, as well as from faculty across the country and abroad. Finkelstein’s department had voted 9-3 in favor of tenure, and a college-level committee unanimously joined that recommendation, [...]