July 2, 2009: On January 17, 2002, a Palestinian policeman, Abdel-Salaam Hassounah,stormed the David's Palace wedding hall in Hadera and shot to death the guard on duty at the door. The terrorists then opened fire on the crowd of guests attending a bat mitzvah celebration inside. As Hassounah sprayed the hall with machine gun fire several guests tried to overpower him using chairs and bottles. Six individuals were killed in the attack and more than 30 were wounded. One of those killed was Aharon Ellis, an African-American singer performing at the bat mitzvah. Ellis left behind a wife and several young children.

June 22, 2009: Numerous victims of Palestinian terrorism filed lawsuits against the Arab Bank, one of the largest banking institutions in the Middle East, in 2004.  The plaintiffs alleged that the bank had administered a Saudi-funded reward program that made cash payments to Palestinian terrorists who were killed in suicide attacks or captured by Israel's security forces.

A note from Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, June 4, 2009: In November 2002 I was invited to speak at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto. It was my first time visiting Canada and I was overwhelmed by the enthusiastic reception and the massive turnout I received for my presentation. I had no idea that the Toronto community was so energetic in its support of Israel. It was the midst of the Palestinian intiafada violence and the horrifying suicide bombings in Israel were a daily occurrence.

May 26, 2009: Human rights organization Shurat ha Din (Israel Law Center) joins the growing protest against the decision of the Israeli prime minister,  Binyamin Netanyahu,  to withdraw his objection to the appointment of Egyptian Culture Minister,  Farook Husseini, to head UNESCO.
The organization says that it will petition the Israeli Supreme Court if Netanyahu fails to challenge this outrageous appointment.