Hillel Fendel

Akko Riots Blamed on Leniency :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Hillel Fendel MK Uri Ariel (Tekumah/National Union) and his party colleague MK Tzvi Hendel are paying a post-Yom Kippur visit to Akko, site of the Arab pogrom against Jewish property. Speaking from the northern coastal city on Friday morning, Ariel said, "First of all, we must know that it was Arab MK Abbas Zakour who basically instigated the riots. He was one of the first people on the...

Secular-Friendly Yom Kippur :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Hillel FendelIn an open pre-Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) letter originally sent last year to synagogue sextons, communal leaders and others, Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger reminds them of their heavy responsibility vis-a-vis those who come to synagogue only once a year. Similarly, a little-known aspect of the solemn day of Yom Kippur - it is a "day of friendship and love," according to the...

Residents 'Help' Army Provide Security :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Jewish residents of towns in Shomron (Samaria) and Yehuda (Judea) note a worrisome increase in terrorist incidents of late, and many of them say the government's approach must be changed. Esther Karish of Kedumim, a member of the Shomron Residents Council, says, "The declarations by Prime Minister Olmert regarding Jews perpetrating pogroms on non-Jews, and...

Netanyahu: My Policies Worked :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Hillel Fendel Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu, currently favored to become Israeli Prime Minister after the next national elections, says Israel is doing relatively well financially because of the policies he set in place as Finance Minister three years ago. Netanyahu, who served as Finance Minister from 2003 until 2005, brought Israel towards a more liberalized economy, while slashing...

Netanyahu's Plans :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008

Hillel Fendel In an exclusive New Year's interview with Arutz-7, Netanyahu says the issue is "not how much of the Land of Israel we want, but how much the present government wants to give away." Netanyahu, the leader of the Opposition in the Knesset and of the Likud Party, is currently overwhelmingly favored to win Israel's next national elections - which could be held anytime between...

Saudi Inroads in U.S. Schools :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008

Hillel Fendel Sarah Stern, who heads EMET, the Washington, D.C.-based Endowment for Middle East Truth think-tank, says the Saudi Arabians are using their petrodollars to make major inroads into the American educational system, from elementary school and up. Speaking with Eve Harow on Israel National Radio, Stern said the Saudis are making use of a clause in the little-known Higher Education...

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Supreme Moslem Council: Temple Mount is Jewish :: Docstalk

Israelated (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Hillel Fendel The widely-disseminated Arab Moslem position that the Temple Mount is not Jewish has been debunked - by the Supreme Moslem Council (Waqf) of Jerusalem, in a Temple Mount guide published in 1925. Guidebook Puts the Lie to Current Arab CampaignIn 1997, the chief Moslem cleric of the Palestinian Authority, Mufti Ikrama Sabri, stated, "The claim of the Jews to the right over...

Analysis: Roadmap is Prelude to Terrorist State in Palestine

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008

Hillel Fendel As Israeli and PA negotiators struggle to square the circle and agree on how to implement the U.S. Roadmap, an analyst reminds that PA simply wishes to replace Israel. In an article entitled The Reality of a Palestinian State, Joseph Puder writes in FrontPageMagazine.com that the Arab struggle against Israel is not about land - as evidenced by repeated Arab rejections of...

Israel Has Decided: Iran Will Not Have Nukes

Yoni the Blogger (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008

28 Av 5768, 29 August 08 12:53 by Gil Ronen and Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Israel's leadership resolved, in top-level strategic discussions three months ago, to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from having nuclear bombs. This is Maariv's...

Israel Has Decided: Iran Will Not Have Nukes

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

Gil Ronen and Hillel Fendel Israel's leadership resolved, in top-level strategic discussions three months ago, to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from having nuclear bombs. This is Maariv's front-page headline on Friday. Maariv's veteran political reporter Ben Caspit stops short of detailing the precise solution Israel will implement to put an end to Iran's nuclear program, but writes,...

Venezuela cozies up to Iran, Hizballah

Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008

¿Por qué no te callas, Hugo? Jihad accelerating in South America, thanks to a short-sighted non-Muslim dictator. More on this story. "Venezuela Tightens Ties With Iran, Hizbullah," by Hillel Fendel for Israel National News, August 29 (thanks to Bob):...

Venezuela Tightens Ties With Iran, Hizbullah

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008

Hillel Fendel International terrorism experts fear that Venezuela will soon become a base for terrorist attack initiatives, in light of the tightening of ties between the South American dictatorship and both Iran and Hizbullah. A top expert in the war against terrorism, speaking with the Los Angeles Times, said that agents of Hizbullah and the Revolutionary Guard of Iran have formed a...

Rice Visit: PA State Closer than Ever

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

Hillel Fendel Negotiations between Israel and PA continue at a "crazy" pace, agreement on dividing Jerusalem is "closer than ever," and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is pushing for a nearly-complete agreement on a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria by January. So reports Aaron Klein of WorldNetDaily (WND). Secretary Rice, completing a visit to the region today (Tuesday),...

Analysis: Goodwill Gesture to PA Doesn't Work

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

Hillel Fendel An Arab affairs film producer and commentator points out that the PA does not at all view the release of nearly 200 terrorists as the goodwill gesture Prime Minister Olmert says it is. Khaled Abu Toameh details several reasons why the release of 199 PA Fatah terrorists decided upon by Olmert's government on Sunday does no good for PA chairman Abbas. Nor does it raise Israel's stock...

Arab Water Theft - Where Has All the Water Gone?

Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

Hillel Fendel The Arabs have been stealing some 3 million cubic meters of water each year in parts of Judea, south of Jerusalem, and the government has now taken action. The Civil Administration confiscated some 50,000 kilometers' worth of water piping this week from Arabs living in the South Mt. Hevron region. The Arabs steal the water by hooking up pipes to the central pipelines that deliver...

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