The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 31, 2011Stan Goodenough, United Nations, Writers Archive
BY STAN GOODENOUGH— In what was described as a crucial “UN test vote,” UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientif and Cultural Organization) voted Monday to grant full membership to the ‘State of Palestine.” The 107 nations voting in favor included South...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 31, 2011IDF, Iran
BY HAARETZ Amidst a flurry of recent reports regarding a possible Israeli attack against Iran, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have not already decided that Israel will conduct such a strike. “It does not...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 31, 2011Uncategorized
BY ELWOOD MCQUAID, JPOST— Israel has long been like the canary in the mineshaft. If the canary succumbs to the odorless, lethal gases of the depths below, the miners know it’s time to get out of the mine. Anti-Semitic militancy, like the canary in the mine,...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 31, 2011Victor Sharpe, Writers Archive
BY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— No, the terror will continue so long as Israel and the IDF merely retaliates against each and every separate Muslim Arab crime against the Jewish state’s civilian population. As one person, commenting on a blog, stated:...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 30, 2011Palestinian Authority, United Nations
BY JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGEMAG— The “international community” is always quick to blame Israel for any reprisals it takes against Palestinian terrorists. Accusations of “collective punishment,” “disproportionate force,” and “extrajudicial targeted assassinations”...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 30, 2011Gaza, Hamas, IDF
BY YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST The IDF said overnight Sunday that its aircraft struck a rocket launching cell in Gaza after it fired a projectile into Israel. “We identified an accurate strike,” an IDF spokesman told The Jerusalem Post. The IDF action came after...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 30, 2011Gaza, Hamas, Terrorism
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— An Israeli man was killed and dozens more were wounded on Saturday night when Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip unleashed a torrent of mortar and rocket fire on southern Israel. More than 40 rockets and mortars...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 29, 2011Quote
“If we read the Scripture’s aright the Jews have a great deal to do with this world’s history. They shall be gathered in; Messiah shall come, the Messiah they are looking for—the same Messiah who came once shall come again—shall come as they expected him...
The Jerusalem ConnectionOct 29, 2011Gaza, Hamas
BY YANIR YAGNA, HAARETZ— Two rockets were fired toward the southern Israeli city of Ashdod and the nearby area of Gan Yavne on Saturday, following an IDF strike on the Gaza Strip which resulted in the deaths of five Islamic Jihad militants. One rocket exploded...