by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) A record number of new IDF recruits expressed interest in joining a combat unit, Major-General Avi Zamir has revealed. Seventy-six percent of March recruits say they would prefer to be deployed in combat. In March of last year, 73 percent of recruits preferred to serve as combat soldiers. Previous statistics have […]

Ofer Merin, M.D., Nachman Ash, M.D., Gad Levy, M.D., Mitchell J. Schwaber, M.D., and Yitshak Kreiss, M.D., M.H.A., M.P.A. The New England Journal of Medicine Published at www.nejm.org March 3, 2010 (10.1056/NEJMp1001693) http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp1001693?query=TOC Within 48 hours after the massive earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 12, the government of Israel dispatched a military task […]

New WABC radio show live from Israel! It’s official. Author, columnist and investigative reporter Aaron Klein will host his own show from Jerusalem every Sunday on New York’s WABC Radio, the largest talk station in the U.S. “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” will be featured Sundays from 2-4 PM Eastern on the top-rated station whose calls […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Rabbi Shmuel Feierstein, Rabbi of Shaarei Tikva and the Marriage Registrar for Samaria, wrote Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a pained and sarcastic letter this week, asking him whether he should freeze marriages in Samaria for the duration of the freeze on construction in Judea and Samaria. “Since I am in charge […]

by Jonathan Rosenblum Yated Ne’eman http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1348/an-immoral-enemy-receives-its-comeuppance The late Saul Alinsky, author of Reveille for Radicals, is the patron saint of community organizers, such as President Obama in his early days. J Street, the lobbying group that describes itself as pro-Israel, but has never been able to identify any policy of the Israeli government that it […]

by Malkah Fleisher (Israelnationalnews.com) The 2010 Winter Olympic Games have come to a close, but not before giving some nachas [Yiddish for ‘satisfaction’] to a few Jewish mothers. Two American Jews – Steve Meisler and Charlie White – claimed medals in the games. Meisler won a gold medal in the four-man bobsled race, and White […]

[Editor’s note: On February 18th, Frontpage ran an article by Nonie Darwish, “Islamic Indoctrination vs. Education [1],” which criticized U.S. schools for allowing Islamist indoctrination. Below is a response written by Hassan Shibly, one of the Muslim speakers who addressed U.S. classes and was a target of Ms. Darwish’s criticism. Nonie Darwish’s rejoinder follows.] Islam […]

[Rabbi David Forman is the founder of the left wing Rabbis for Human Rights] Scapegoatism – American Jewish style By DAVID J. FORMAN – The Jerusalem Post 26/02/2010 17:17 www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=169640 The ‘Blame Game’ – a frantic search to seek out those who should be held accountable for the disappearing act of American Jewry, and the […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Terrorists shot several bursts of automatic gunfire at an IDF position near the community of Beit Horon Tuesday evening. The position is adjacent to Highway 443, and initial reports say that the terrorists had been driving on that road. No one was reported hurt. They apparently escaped in their car. The […]