Mainstream American Jewish organizations largely have refused to aid the thousands of Jews evacuated last summer from the Gaza Strip, the majority of whom, 15 months later, are unemployed, and none of whom received permanent housing promised by the Israeli government, WND has learned.

European yardsticks for Turkey, a peaceful country, joining the EU – demand [of Turkey] far-reaching political and social reform “on the ground”, and 10 to 15 years of negotiations while Turks prove democratic change is “irreversible.”

As $1 billion pours into Northern Israel for the rebuilding effort following the war with Hezbollah, many of the 8,500 residents uprooted from the Jewish settlements in Gaza 14 months ago are furious, feeling once again that their government has abandoned them.

NITZAN, Israel — Celia Goldstein watched last month as hundreds of thousands of northern Israelis were driven from their homes by Hezbollah rockets pouring in from Lebanon.