BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Last weekend in Itamar, an Israeli settlement in the Samarian hills, terrorists infiltrated the home of Udi and Ruth Fogel and perpetrated a massacre of the innocents. The killers started with Yoav, the Fogels’ 11-year-old, and Elad, his 4-year-old brother. Yoav’s throat was slit — as he was reading in…
By RYAN JONES, Israel Today — A prominent Israeli activist told participants in the 8th annual Jerusalem Conference on Tuesday that while the world bickers over future control of Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in fact already divided the city. Aryeh King of the Israel Land Fund charged that today eight neighborhoods on the…
By YORAM ETTINGER, YNetNews — The March 11, 2011 heinous stabbing to death of a Jewish family – while asleep on the eve of the Sabbath – including a three month old baby, a three year old toddler, an eleven year old child and their parents was carried out by graduates of Abu Mazen’s (Mahmoud…
By TravelujahIf you are in Israel during the holiday of Purim, you might think Israelis had confused the spring holiday with Halloween. Purim is supposed to be a joyful holiday and, as such, costumes and parties are the order of the day. From babies in daycare to school children to adults attending parties, nearly everyone…
BY DEBKAFILE The Israeli Navy’s elite Shayetet 13 commandos intercepted the German-owned A.S. Victoria Tuesday, March 15 about 320 kilometers off Israel’s Mediterranean coast on its way from the Turkish port of Mercin to Egyptian El Arish with Alexandria its final destination. The Liberian-flagged vessel was carrying a large consignment of weapons bound for the…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST Ruth Fogel was in the bathroom when the Palestinian terrorists pounced on her husband Udi and their three-month-old daughter Hadas, slitting their throats as they lay in bed on Friday night in their home in Itamar. The terrorists stabbed Ruth to death as she came out of the bathroom. With both…
BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ARUTZ SHEVA— J Street’s annual conference this month unmasked its “pro-peace, pro-Israel” creed even in the eyes of liberals, and participants said on video that Hamas is no more a terrorist organization than the IDF” and that J Street should adopt the language of the “radical left.” Its opening night ceremonies…
BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ARUTZ SHEVA Tens of thousands attended the funeral for the five members of the Fogel family massacred at Itamar on Friday night. The entrance to Jerusalem was blocked off by police and vehicles diverted to an alternative entrance after the huge attendance brought traffic to a standstill. Israel’s major television channels…
AFP — Israel said Sunday it has okayed hundreds of new settler homes after a gruesome weekend attack in which five Israelis, three of them children, were murdered in their beds in the West Bank. The ministerial committee for settlements, which met late on Saturday, approved construction of several hundred units across in Gush Etzion,…
