Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


April, 2006

Petition to Oppose Green Party Anti-Israeli Resolution

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Petition Currently Has 7,000 Signatures
We usually refrain from direct party political issues but this resolution by the Green Party in the United States is clearly of concern to many supporters of Israel.
(LOS ANGELES, CA) - A coalition of Jewish and Jewish/environmental organizations is urging people to sign a petition against a Green Party resolution […]

NATO’s new mission

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

From Melanie Phillips’s Diary:
A splendid piece by the former Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Maria Avnar, reminds us of what a tragic day it was for both Spain and the defence of the free world when the Spanish buckled under the threat of terror and replaced him by an appeasement-minded government. Avnar is one of the […]

Hundreds Participate in Jerusalem-Bethlehem Marathon

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Israeli, Palestinian and Italian Athletes today participated in the Third Annual John Paul II Peace Run. Israeli and Palestinian runners were accompanied by more than sixty Italian participants, Olympians Andrea Zorzi and Roberto Masciarelli among them, on today’s annual Peace Marathon between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
The event is named after former Pope John Paul II. […]

The Caldron of Anti-Semitism

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

The use and abuse of popular culture’s favorite victim
by Bruce Thornton, Victor Davis Hanson’s Private Papers
As if there isn’t enough evidence of the ideological corruption of America’s universities, along come Chicago’s John Mearsheimer and Harvard’s Stephen Walt, arguing that the “Israel lobby” dominates American foreign policy to the hurt of our own national interests. Alan […]

Iranian President Elaborates on His Plan for the Jews to Leave Israel

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

From MEMRI:
The following are excerpts from a speech by Iranian President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that aired on Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on April 24, 2006.
TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1116.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad: “The greatest problem from which humanity suffers today, the main problem facing the countries of the Middle East, is the continuation […]

YMCA warned to vacate Hamas town

Monday, April 24th, 2006

After 6 years of operation, Christian organization being booted by terror group
by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM — The leadership of a West Bank Palestinian city now controlled by Hamas has warned a local Young Men’s Christian Association to close its offices and leave town or face likely Muslim violence, WorldNetDaily has learned.
The move highlighted long-standing […]