Gilad shalit

Father of child murdered in Sbarro bombing slams Jordan, demands terrorist extradited - interview

“She's been free in Jordan longer than my daughter was alive," Arnold Roth said. "There's something very, very wrong going on, and there are no secrets. It's very clear who can fix the problem.”

Ahlam Tamimi waves as she arrives at Queen Alia international airport in Amman, late October 18, 2011.
 Palestinians celebrate the release of security prisoners in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025

Israel delays release of Palestinian prisoners, including 41 freed in Schalit deal

 Former IDF prosecutor: Hostage deals have not worked, only encouraged Hamas

Former IDF prosecutor: Hostage deals have not worked, only encouraged Hamas

Gershon Baskin

Schalit deal mediator says he reached agreement with Hamas to release remaining hostages


The war that no one wanted

Israel may find itself stuck in Gaza with no exit strategy.

IDF soldiers move in towards the southern Gaza Strip, July 19

Another Tack: Hypocrisy most foul

The very ones who spearheaded the campaign to reward Hamas now pin the blame for what they actively advocated on the man they always opposed.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas with released terrorist prisoners in Ramallah

Consider This: Our weakness and our strength

Whatever we do, we need to be prepared to wake up and start all over again, continuing to build despite all the destruction.

An IDF soldier looks out over Hebron while searching for the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers last week

Safed chief rabbi: Schalit family's pressure for son's release contributed to kidnappings

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu accused the Schalits of weakening Israel by appealing to the public’s sentiment during campaign to free son from Hamas captivity.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu (L) and Noam Schalit

The kidnappings: Using recent history to help determine a course of action

Netanyahu can look to recent unfortunate events to gauge what will help efforts to bring home the 3 abducted teenagers and put pressure on Hamas.

Missing yeshiva students (left to right)Naphtali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach.

Think Again: A different kind of prisoner exchange

As numerically one-sided as several Israeli prisoner exchanges may have been, our enemies have never suspected that we would not continue to fight them.

Protest against Palestinian prisoner release 370