Archive for 2005

Is the Jordan Valley more vital than the Temple Mount?

According to the results of a new survey on territorial concessions, security and the peace process, Israelis are overwhelmingly opposed to returning key areas popularly perceived as strategically important. In spite of that, the survey – conducted by Mina Tzemah and commissioned by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs's Defensible Borders Project – indicated...
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Gaza protests force EU monitors to flee

Gaza protests force EU monitors to flee

By Lisbeth Kirk Angry Palestinian policemen have forced European Union monitors to close the Gaza-Egypt border and flee. Firing in the air the policemen took over the crossing on Friday morning (30 December) in protest against the killing of a police officer in a family feud in Gaza, according to news agency reports. The...
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Munich Stands for Appeasement

Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List taught a new generation of movie-goers the reality of the World War II Holocaust.  Spielberg’s new movie, Munich, regrettably undoes some of his earlier good work, in recounting Israel’s response to the slaughter of 11 Israeli athletes by the Palestinian Liberation Organization at the 1972 Olympics. Israel’s Prime Minister Golda...
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Guide tracks US reps' votes on Israel

In an unprecedented move, a major conservative Christian advocacy group in the United States will include the voting records of American legislators on Israel in its biennial Christian voting guide. The Christian Voter Guide, which is put out by right-wing 'Christian Coalition of America' every two years ahead of American Congressional and Presidential elections...
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Aliyah: Numbers are Up, Satisfaction is High

For the first time since the onset of the Oslo War five years ago, the downward Aliyah trend has turned, with more olim arriving this year than last year. A total of some 23,000 new immigrants will have made Aliyah this year, according to preliminary Jewish Agency figures. These...
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Galileo Navigation Satellite Launched

By ANGELA DOLAND Associated Press Writer PARIS (AP) — The European Union launched the first satellite in its Galileo navigation program on Wednesday, which European officials expect one day will end the continent's reliance on the U.S. Global Positioning System.The Galileo satellite, named “Giove A,” took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard...
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Why Christians leave Mideast

It is becoming an annual Christmas tradition – blaming Israel for the dwindling Christian population in formerly Christian towns like Bethlehem. Last year at this time, I noticed this new myth of the Middle East was being perpetrated by the so-called newspaper of record, the New York Times, in a story by Greg Myre....
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Syria agrees to hide Iran nukes

LONDON — Syria has signed a pledge to store Iranian nuclear weapons and missiles. The London-based Jane's Defence Weekly reported that Iran and Syria signed a strategic accord meant to protect either country from international pressure regarding their weapons programs. The magazine, citing diplomatic sources, said Syria agreed to store Iranian materials and weapons...
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Titan Rain connection

On the surface, Myfip is an underachiever that hasn't spread much since it was discovered last year. Look more closely, however, and it's the perfect example of malcode Chinese hackers are using to steal sensitive files from U.S. government networks in the so-called Titan Rain attacks. “Worms like this don't look like much by...
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Netanyahu outlines future withdrawals

Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu started off his party's campaign on Monday with a show of unity at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds in the first meeting of the Likud central committee since his election as party leader a week ago. The central committee nearly unanimously passed Netanyahu's proposals to reserve the second slot on the...
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