MONSEY - Rockland residents are flocking to Israel this summer as part of a larger wave of immigration to the Jewish state. Wesley Hills village Trustee David Gantshar resigned earlier this month and moved with his family to Israel.
The visit paid to Israel by the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan earlier this week may or may not deserve the label “historic” used by many commentators.
Israeli Deputy Premier Haim Ramon on Friday publicly supported the idea of an Israeli withdrawal from most of the occupied West Bank as part of a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Ramon told public radio in an interview that it was in Israel's interests to "leave the majority of the territory ...
Abbas Says He Hopes to Reach a Peace Agreement With Israel in Less Than a Year
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he hopes to reach a full peace deal with Israel within a year, after Israel's prime minister floated the idea of starting with a joint declaration on the contours of a Palestinian state.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center yesterday said it will spend $1 billion over the next 15 years to build a suburban clinic, replace buildings at its cramped Longwood campus, upgrade facilities, and add hospital beds.
I recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Israel organized by Americans for Peace Now.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he hopes to reach a peace deal with Israel within a year, after reportedly receiving a promise from President Bush to push hard to conclude a Mideast agreement before the end of his term in 2008.
Nate Fish, third baseman for the Israel Baseball League (IBL)’s Tel Aviv Lightning, doesn’t make a habit of checking statistics. It can be counterproductive to get caught up in numbers.
Iran has built webs of alliances with other nations, alliances that have significantly deepened since last summer's war. Time for America, Israel to wake up