Ammunition Hill Hero Recalls Key Battle
“I was really scared,” recalls Jacob Haimovitch, better known as Yaki Hetz, as he ponders the heroic role he was thrust into during the Battle for Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem. “It all happened so quickly.” Hetz was just a 21-year-old private when he and his comrades in Motta Gur’s 55th Paratroopers Brigade’s 66th Regiment attacked the strategic site from the west at 2:30 a.m. on June 6, 1967 and came under unexpectedly intense Jordanian resistance. When his platoon’s bazooka
Middle East Christians Feel Abandoned
On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily halting immigration from certain Muslim countries. Contrary to the mainstream media’s narrative, these countries had previously been singled out by the Obama Administration as terrorist risks. The text of Trump’s executive order provides for exceptions for those who are “religious minorities” in their country of origin. Trump said in an interview that he wants to make persecuted Christians a priority;
Israel Urges UN, US to Act Against Iran After Ballistic Missile Test
Yesterday Israel learned that, ten days ago, Iran tested a ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles). The missile included a payload heavy enough to carry a nuclear warhead, according to US officials. (Read More...)
Column One: The Trump Way of War
The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s chief conduit to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald Trump was sworn into office, no administration official had spoken to them. “I don’t know any of them [Trump’s advisers]. We have sent them letters, written messages. They don’t even bother to respond to us.” (Read More...)
Saudi Writer: Trump is Correct
We can’t conclusively claim that President Donald Trump’s decision, to prevent citizens of Iran and six other Arab countries from entering the US, was a verdict directed at Muslims. Had the US president aimed his decision to prevent all Muslims, the first thing would be to prevent Saudis from entering the United States. It is an Islamic state with all its population as Muslims and has the two Holy Mosques. (Read More...)
Palestinians Angry Over Secretary General's Temple Mount Comments
Ramallah – Palestinian officials expressed their anger against comments recently made by the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in his interview with Israel radio in New York, on Jerusalem. “It’s clear as the son is clear that the Temple, which was demolished by the Romans, is a Jewish temple,” Guterres said. (Read More...)
A New Strategy for Peace?
The US has consistently either supported or been unwilling to contradict these premises. Palestinian leaders have an additional false view on which they insist when they speak in Arabic, and which they often proclaim to international audiences. This view is that the Jewish people did not, in fact, live in and rule parts of Palestine, including Jerusalem, for hundreds of years long before the beginning of Islam. While this false claim is not generally accepted diplomatically,
Flynn Fires Shot Across the Bow at Iran
The White House put Iran "on notice" on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, taking an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region. While the exact implications of the U.S. threat were unclear, the new administration signaled that President Donald Trump intended to do more, possibly including imposing new sanctions, to curb what he sees as defiance of a nuclear deal negotiated in 2015 by then-Pres
Trumps Jumps into ME Peace-Making
Only days before he officially takes office, US President-elect Donald Trump continues to be at the center of several highly publicized confrontations, including matters that directly affect Israel. (Read More...)
Despite BDS, Industrial Zones Booming
At the Shahak Industrial Park being built in northern Judea and Samaria (a.k.a. the West Bank), over 100 dunams (24.7 acres) have been sold to developers. The Barkan Industrial Park outside of Ariel already has 160 factories and companies. (Read More...)
