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JNS.org – In various cultures, a particular month, day or time is associated with a certain annual activity. For example, here in the United States, November—every other year—is election time. In Israel, every May brings the solemnity of remembering fallen soldiers, followed immediately by celebrations of national independence. And if it’s March and you happen to live in Palestinian Authority (PA)-controlled territory, then you know it’s time for publicly praising and honoring one of the most gruesome Palestinian massacres of Israelis and Americans in modern history. That’s because March 9, 1978, was the day that a squad of 13 Palestinian...

Jan. 18, 2005 0:49 | Updated Jan. 18, 2005 20:50 Sharon: Kassam attacks can't continue By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH AND NINA GILBERT Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, PM Ariel Sharon, and Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon visit an army base at the Erez border crossing between Gaza Strip and Israel. Photo: AP During a visit to the IDF Gaza Division on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon discussed strategies to bring an end to the incessant Kassam rocket attacks and mortar shell fire towards Israeli towns and settlements originating from Palestinian villages in the area. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, IDF Chief of Staff...

A worker from Thailand was killed when three armed terrorists with explosives belts infiltrated the hothouses area of the Kfar Darom settlement in the central Gaza Strip Wednesday morning. Troops that arrived at the scene killed the terrorists. Hamas claimed responsibility for the infiltration In what IDF officers described as a combined infiltration-terror attack, which began at 10:30 a.m., the terrorists first fired an antitank rocket and mortar shell. Several foreign workers from China and Thailand were working in the area at the time, building a new fence around the hothouses. The workers alerted the army, which arrived at the...

The Jews of Gaza, who have stood up to well over 4,000 rockets and mortar shells over the past 3.5 years of the Oslo War, have been made to face since last night one of the heaviest onslaughts to date. Five Kassam rockets were fired at Nisanit in northern Gaza, leaving one man wounded in moderate condition, and another six missiles landed just outside the Gaza fence, in the Nachal Oz area. Later this morning, another three Kassams were fired at Nisanit, hitting a home and a restaurant in the town. No one was hurt in the second wave. Most...

It was Shavua Hasefer HaIvri - Hebrew Book Week - an annual Israel book fest, which draws Israelis from all walks of life. They come in droves with their babies and children to view, touch, thumb through the thousands of new, and tens-of-thousands of old, books published in Israel. All the major publishers, and most of the minor ones, put their books on display in cities and settlements across the land at discount prices. If you didn´t buy a book all year long, you´ll buy one now. Other book activities take place this week, as well. Authors are at a...

Mar. 11, 2003 Two bodies found near Gaza community (UPDATE) By ERIK SCHECHTER The bodies of two Palestinian gunmen were found today outside the community of Kfar Darom in the southern Gaza Strip, military sources said. The IDF said that troops spotted the two men digging near the settlement and opened fire on them. Their bodies were found Tuesday right next to a security fence on the perimeter of Kfar Darom. Knives and a bag with a dozen pipe bombs were found nearby, the army said. The ages and names of the two were not immediately known. (With The Associated...

Feb. 4, 2003 Man puts self between terrorist and victim in Gaza strip (UPDATE) By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Uriel Spielman, 27, was shot in the chest by a terrorist as he drove towards the hothouses in Kfar Darom on Tuesday morning. The terrorist perpetrated the attack in the yard of a house located on the outskirts of Dir Al Ballah. Resident Oz Kadmon who was heading back towards the community spotted the gunshots being fired at Spielman and drove his car to block the terrorist's range of gunfire. Kadmon then assisted Spielman into his car and drove back towards the community...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/29/02 Op.Mountain Sweep, Narizah, Operation Detachmental A-Team, 82nd Airborne, Bravo Company 7th Bat., 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Div, Baghdad, Iraq , Fallouja-3, Justice in Jerusalem, Magistrates Court, Temple wall collapsing, Kfar Darom, Nablus, Gaza, Johannesburg, China, Crawford TX, Oceanside, CA, Camp Pendleton === Afghanistan ===== Operation Mountain Sweep, Narizah ===== In Narizah, 86 miles east of Kabul, the US Army ODA, Operation Detachmental A-Team, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces contfronts Al Qaeda supporters as he demands their weapons. More here from yesterday: In Narizah, the 82nd Airborne Division secures the area....