American gets 35 years for aiding Mumbai terrorists

Published on January 25, 2013

A federal judge in Chicago sentenced an American citizen to 35 years in prison for helping Islamist terrorists kill 160 people in India in 2008.

Human Rights Watch: Palestinian terror groups in Gaza violated rules of war

Published on December 24, 2012

Palestinian terror groups in Gaza violated the rules of war by targeting civilians during last month's conflict with Israel, Human Rights Watch said. In a report issued Monday, the New York-based human rights organization said the Palestinian groups in Gaza violated international humanitarian law by firing some 1,500 rockets at Israel between Nov. 14 and Nov. 21.

Israeli airstrikes kill 2 Palestinian terrorists

Published on September 20, 2012

Two Palestinian terror operatives were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit their car in southern Gaza.

Egypt media say six Sinai “terrorists” held after attack

Published on August 10, 2012

The Egyptian army has captured six people it regards as "terrorists" in Sinai after an attack on a police station earlier this week that killed 16 border guards near the border with Israel, a military source told state media on Friday.

Report: Germany was warned a month before ‘72 Olympics attack

Published on July 23, 2012

Germany was warned about a possible terror attack against Israeli athletes one month before the Munich Olympics in 1972, Der Spiegel reported.

Report: Roadside bomb kills 10 Syrian security personnel near Golan

Published on April 20, 2012

The United Nations hopes to get permission from the Syrian government in coming days to send more aid workers to the country to help at least one million people in need of urgent assistance, a top U.N. humanitarian official said on Friday.

Homs shelled as Syria demands ‘neutral’ U.N. mission

Published on April 18, 2012

Syria challenged the United Nations chief over the size and scope of a U.N. truce monitoring mission on Wednesday, resisting a larger presence as its army shelled targets in the city of Homs in violation of the ceasefire.

Life, Death, Love, Hate, Faith & Prayer

By Ilana Angel
Published on March 19, 2012

With rocket fire continuing, southern Israeli schools are closed

Published on March 15, 2012

Schools were closed in southern Israel again as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip continued to strike despite a cease-fire.

Netanyahu pledges decisive response as rockets slam southern Israel

Published on March 12, 2012

As southern Israel was barraged by rockets for a fourth straight day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was hitting back "strongly and decisively," and its Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was intercepting many of the rockets coming from the Gaza Strip.

Israel on alert for attack as Netanyahu vows to strike Gaza terrorists

Published on March 11, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel remains on alert against an attack from Sinai despite killing the terrorist leader that was planning an attack from there -- an assassination that has led to a barrage of rockets raining down on southern Israel from Gaza by terrorist groups.

Carnage in Nigerian terror attack that left at least 178 dead

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 23, 2012

West Bank mosque set alight following outpost razing

Published on December 15, 2011

A mosque in the West Bank was set alight hours after Israeli soldiers demolished two structures in an illegal outpost.

IDF: Gaza strike killed terrorist planning attack on Egypt border

Published on December 8, 2011

An Israeli air strike on a car killed two militants and wounded two other men on a crowded Gaza street Thursday, the Israeli army and local medical officials said.

Israel rushes airliner defenses as Libya leaks SAMs

Published on November 11, 2011

Israel has accelerated the installation of anti-missile defenses on its airliners, a security official said on Friday, seeing an enhanced risk of attack by militants using looted Libyan arms.

Gilad Shalit is Home and Yes, I am Excited

By Ilana Angel
Published on October 18, 2011

Barak: Israel will not release terrorists’ bodies

Published on July 6, 2011

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel would not release the remains of 84 Palestinian terrorists to the Palestinian Authority, despite confirmation by the PA and the Israeli military.

Netanyahu: Israel to toughen conditions of Palestinian prisoners

Published on June 23, 2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that he plans on toughening the conditions of Palestinian security prisoners in Israel's prisons.

Israel, Gaza terrorists enter cease-fire

Published on April 11, 2011

Israel and terrorist groups in Gaza reportedly agreed to a ceasefire.

Israel attacks Hamas terror squad, killing 3

Published on April 3, 2011

Israel's Air Force attacked what it said was a terror squad planning to kidnap Israelis over the Passover holiday, killing three.

Israeli embassies threatened, may close

Published on February 15, 2011

Four Israeli embassies may be closed after receiving serious threats.

Rockets launched into southern Israel

Published on November 19, 2010

Gaza Strip terrorists launched rockets into Israel.

Moroccan police arrest would-be terrorists

Published on June 24, 2010

Moroccan security police arrested 11 men who reportedly planned to carry out terrorist attacks at Jewish and tourist sites in the country.

Go ahead, make my High Holy Day

Published on September 4, 2009

Fearing jihadists will attack synagogues during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a group of badass rabbis has developed a program to turn your average shul-goer into a lean, mean fighting machine.

U.S., Other Democracies Should Shun Durban II

Published on March 11, 2009

The 2001 World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, otherwise known as the Durban Conference, was a parley hijacked by radicals betraying the real purpose of the event — the confrontation of racial discrimination worldwide.

I remember Gush Katif

By Orit Arfa
Published on August 10, 2008

VIDEO: Israeli Olympic athletes remembered

Published on August 5, 2008

Photo montages, vintage news footage, music (Enya.)

No simple answer on return of Israeli POWs

By Uri Dromi
Published on July 3, 2008

All this is about living POWs. But what about dead ones? How far should a government go in order to bring a dead soldier to burial?

Hamas celebrates one year in office

By Steve Greenberg
Published on June 26, 2008

Israel cabinet to vote on Hezbollah swap, Canada downplays reports of Hezbollah sleepers

Published on June 25, 2008

ABC News leaked details last week of an ongoing international intelligence investigation with allegations that up to 20 "sleeper cell" suspects from Hezbollah were activated, including a "weapons expert" spotted at a firing range south of Toronto.

The Pope is cool; Network Solutions, not so much

By JewishJournal.com
Published on March 23, 2008

Shooting at the Seattle Federation—one year later

By JewishJournal.com
Published on August 2, 2007

The promise of ‘Peace in our Time’

By Dan Gordon
Published on December 14, 2006

The only reason for including Lebanon in the conversation at all is to signal to Iran and Syria that it will be offered up for grabs to them on a silver platter as well

Book Review: Tools to fight terror: big dreams, good friends

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on October 12, 2006

Goldberg recently won the Anti-Defamation League's Daniel Pearl Award and goes so far as to suggest that being Jewish has benefited him in his dealings with terrorists.

Lebanon War: Mission Accomplished

By Dan Gordon
Published on August 31, 2006

From a military perspective, there can be absolutely no doubt as to the results of Hezbollah and Iran's offensive against Israel. It was a defeat. Every part of their war plan, except the manipulation of the media, failed.

Who Is A Jew?

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 10, 2006

For a great many of us, there is an instant and easy identification with the Jewish state. They are not they, they are we. The heat of battle forges them into us. Whether we've spent much time there, whether we have blood relatives there, we feel ourselves as one, we are they.

A Different War

By Rob Eshman
Published on July 6, 2006

The Times' editors no doubt also took into account the fact that reports on financial tracking had appeared numerous times before, beginning with the president's 2001 announcement that his administration would do everything in its power to disrupt the source of terrorist funding.

Settlers See Grim Future

By Dina Kraft
Published on March 30, 2006

The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza last summer, and Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's pledge to withdraw from isolated settlements like Avne Hefetz by 2010, haunts the settler community.

Camps Spotlight Double Standard

By Michael J. Jordan
Published on March 16, 2006

Armed gunmen roamed freely in U.N. refugee camps. They stockpiled weapons, recruited refugees and launched cross-border attacks. In response, opposing forces attacked the camps, aiming for the gunmen -- but sometimes cutting down civilians in the process.

Inaction Heroes

By Rob Eshman
Published on February 16, 2006

You want to see a scary movie? Not creepy, jump-out-of-your-seat scary like "Saw" or "Final Destination" but melt-your-face, make-you-almost-cry scary? Then wait until Court TV screens, "On Native Soil."

Seven Thumbs Up

By Christine Pelisek
Published on December 29, 2005

An unscientific, random sample of moviegoers who turned out for the new Steven Spielberg's film, "Munich," overwhelmingly liked what they saw. All of these patrons saw the film at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood.

‘Munich’: The Missing Conversation

By Rabbi Marvin Hier
Published on December 22, 2005

For me, the most telling moment in Steven Spielberg's "Munich" was the final scene, when the young, distraught Mossad team leader, Avner, takes a walk along the East River with his Israeli case officer, Ephraim, the man who supervised his mission.

‘Munich’ Portrays Real World Issues

By David A. Lehrer
Published on December 22, 2005

In recent days, several pundits have criticized "Munich," the new film by director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner, for drawing a "moral equivalency between the Israeli assassins and their targets -- both explicitly ... and implicitly." Furthermore, they argue that it has inaccurately portrayed the Israeli avengers as morally conflicted about their mission to eliminate the perpetrators of the Munich massacre.

Local Shuls Were Alleged Targets

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 8, 2005

The target list of an alleged cell of homegrown terrorists included two synagogues located in the Pico-Robertson corridor, The Journal has learned.

The target information emerged as a federal grand jury issued four indictments last week in the ongoing probe. It was confirmed by a source close to the investigation, although police have not specifically identified the shuls. There is no indication that any Jewish house of worship is in particular danger at the moment, and authorities are working with Jewish leaders regarding ways to enhance security precautions leading up to this month's high holiday services.

Terror Victims Help Other Survivors

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 1, 2005

Yaffa Elharar, from Afula in northern Israel, has spent days outside a courtroom in the summer heat of Tampa, Fla., holding a photo of an attractive teenage girl and a sign proclaiming "The Blood of Our Children Calls for Justice."

Elharar is in the United States as a possible witness in the ongoing trial of Sami Al-Arian, accused of heading a Florida support group for Palestinian terrorists.

Nation & World Briefs

Published on July 28, 2005

One of the terrorists in the July 7 London transit-system bombings reportedly knew one of the bombers in a 2003 Tel Aviv terrorist attack.

Analysis - Sharon’s Worries   Over Pullout Mount

By Leslie Susser
Published on July 28, 2005

With the planned Israeli withdrawal from Gaza less than three weeks away, right-wing leaders say they haven't yet given up hope of preventing it.

The Circuit

Published on July 21, 2005

Approximately 80 people attended a memorial service July 13 at Beth Jacob Congregation to remember the two Israeli Bnei Akiva counselors murdered in Hebron, in the Gaza Strip, by Fatah terrorists on June 24.

Abbas Tries to Prove His Strength

By Gil Sedan
Published on April 7, 2005

Four months after he was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas is fighting for his political life -- and possibly for the survival of the peace process.

Experts See New Violence Brewing

By Leslie Susser
Published on April 7, 2005

Israelis and Palestinians may appear to be on the verge of a new peace process, but Israeli army generals and seasoned observers of the Palestinian scene predict a new round of fighting, perhaps as early as next fall, after Israel completes its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank.

Briefs

Published on February 3, 2005

Briefs

Briefs

Published on January 13, 2005

The Orthodox Union's deaf outreach came to Long Beach for a Shabbaton gathering of the deaf and their families

Israelis Question Army Morality

By Leslie Susser
Published on December 16, 2004

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the IDF remains the most moral army he knows, but critics suggest that the relentless terrorist war has brutalized young soldiers who frequently vent their frustrations on Palestinian civilians.

Fear or Fury?

By Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin
Published on September 30, 2004

I remember my feelings upon reading the news -- so many conflicting emotions. I was initially filled with profound shock, sorrow and anguish upon hearing the news. Such a pathetic, tragic loss!

Argentina BombingAcquittal Stirs Furor

By Florencia Arbiser
Published on September 9, 2004

On July 18, 1994, Paola Czyzewski was at the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires when terrorists bombed it, killing the 21-year-old law student and 84 other people.

Material Girl Nixes Israel Dates

By Gaby Wenig
Published on May 27, 2004

Has the Material Girl become the new target for terrorists? According to Britain's The Sun, Madonna cancelled the Israel leg of her Reinvention Tour after terrorists allegedly threatened to kill her and her children, Lourdes and Rocco, if she performed in Israel.

The threats reportedly came in the form of a series of poison-pen letters that were sent to Madonna's Los Angeles office. According to The Sun, Madonna first thought she was being targeted because of her kabbalah beliefs, but then she realized that she was being threatened because she represented all the things that these terrorists hate about the West. The terrorists were reportedly Palestinian, and Madonna took them seriously enough to cancel her three September concerts at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium -- her first concerts in Israel since 1993 -- because they knew intimate details about members of her staff.

The Network of Terror

By Micah D. Halpern
Published on March 18, 2004

The catastrophic simultaneous terror bombings that rocked Madrid and sent the United States, Israel and other freedom-loving and freedom-seeking countries reeling symbolized more than a small victory of evil over righteousness.

Israel Growing as Arms Dealer

By Leslie Susser
Published on March 4, 2004

To every black cloud, they say, there is a silver lining. Under constant threat from terrorists and hostile neighbors, Israel has become an expert in security -- and that expertise is generating huge profits.

A Tale of Two Cities Divided

By Dina Kraft
Published on February 12, 2004

Kalkilya is surrounded on all sides by what Israel calls the separation fence, a barrier the government says it must build to protect its citizens from suicide bombers, snipers and other Palestinian terrorists.

Residents of Kalkilya say it has turned their city into a ghetto.

But Kfar Saba residents are solidly behind the wall.

Suicide bomb in Jerusalem kills 10

By Dina Kraft
Published on January 29, 2004

"How will I find anyone alive?" the 21-year-old
security guard asked as he broke down the door and climbed onto the charred
ruins of bus no. 19, stepping over body parts and choking on the smell of
burned flesh.