Palestinians Urge “All Forms of Resistance” Against Israel
In separate expressions of dissatisfaction, Palestinians demonstrated Saturday against the US-brokered peace-talks and a senior Fatah official claimed the Palestinian Authority would reject any agreement. Protests, organized by the radical groups Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the People’s (Communist) Party, took place this weekend in […]
IDF Vigilance Uncovers Three Hidden Weapons Cache (Photos)
Israel’s Defense Forces demonstrated again this week the importance of constant vigilance in Israel.  Three separate incidents occurred involving hidden weapons uncovered by IDF forces. In one particularly galling occurrence, IDF soldiers discovered an improvised weapon concealed in a child’s knapsack.  The makeshift firearm and ammunition were found in a vehicle during a routine inspection […]
The Jordan Valley: Israel’s Security Belt
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is once again in town trying to reach a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. One of the issues of dispute is the fate of the Jordan Valley, which is indispensable for Israel’s national security. The Jordan Valley is the only available defensible border on the eastern […]
Rocky Start to Israel-PA Peace Talks
This is a week that saw 26 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails as a precondition for ongoing peace talks, yet the fragile negotiations are continuing under constant threat.  While speculation regarding settlement expansion in Judea and Samaria drew criticism from PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, both Israel’s right and left wing put forth conflicting […]
The Jordan Valley is Suddenly on Everyone’s Radar Screen – Is it Part of Israel or Isn’t it?
On Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted in favor of a bill that would annex the Jordan Valley and place it under full Israeli sovereignty. Israel National News noted that this bill comes weeks after US Secretary of State John Kerry presented a plan to withdraw from Judea and Samaria altogether, and to temporarily […]
Palestinians Murder Israeli Man In Jordan Valley In Yet Another Suspected Terror Attack
…And though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the thickets of the Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5) A retired IDF colonel was beaten to death with crowbars and axes in his home in the Jordan Valley late Thursday night, according to The Times of Israel. The victim’s girlfriend, who […]
