Palestinian Arab terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip fired another rocket at nearby Jewish towns on Friday afternoon, causing damage to a factory. The factory workers were able to reach the safety of the facility’s bomb shelter in time, and there were no injuries.

In other weekend violence, a 73-year-old Israeli woman was stabbed in the head by a young Palestinian Arab man while entering a restroom at a public beach in the coastal town of Ashkelon on Saturday. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in moderate condition. The assailant was subdued by bystanders and arrested by police.

In Gaza, four Palestinian Arabs were killed and another 30 were wounded on Friday when a grenade was hurled at the funeral procession of a terrorist killed by Israeli forces a day earlier. Hamas officials said the grenade attack was part of a clan rivalry.

Israel released a prominent Hamas terrorist last week, according to Hamas sources. Jamal al-Tawil, considered the leader of Hamas in the Ramallah region, was involved in a Jerusalem suicide bombing in 2001 and was elected mayor of the Ramallah-area village of Al-Bireh while still in prison. (more…)

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Wednesday began the first peace talks in nearly seven years, hoping to end six decades of conflict.

The teams got together in Jerusalem at midday, said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel. The talks were expected to continue for several hours.

The sides had been scheduled to hold a high-profile launch of the talks at the ornate King David hotel, but decided to keep things “low key” and move things to an undisclosed location.

“Yes” has agreed to take an advertisement for high-definition television (HDTV) from the air after many viewers complained that the ad was offensive to the religious community, especially the hareidi sector.

The ad shows a gray-bearded rabbi exhorting his followers to protest the new technology, which he calls an “abomination.” A large group of hareidi men then rush into the streets, dancing and singing their objections, such as, “It’s against the Torah” and “you’ll all go to hell.”

The head of the Second Broadcasting Authority, Menashe Smira, asked Yes to remove the ad after receiving many complaints, which he passed along to the company. Yes then agreed to remove the ad, and expressed contrition for having offended viewers. “There was no intent to hurt the feelings of any particular group,” Yes spokesmen said.
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 President Shimon Peres has agreed with the Chief Rabbi of France to keep the Sabbath according to Jewish law, something he has not done since abandoning the influence of his grandfather, a Torah scholar and a descendant of a Torah sage. (more…)

A plan to fight violence and other crimes against elderly citizens is being presented to President Shimon Peres today (Monday). (more…)

For the second time in less than a year, leaders of two major Arab nations are working hard to bring the Fatah and Hamas terrorist factions together in a new unity Palestinian Authority unity government. (more…)