BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, COMMENTARY— On May 3, Hamas and Fatah, the two largest and most influential Palestinian factions, created a unity government. Following a brutal civil war in 2007 that left Hamas in control of the Gaza Strip, the two foes appeared to be locked in an intractable conflict. Then, seemingly out of the blue,…
DetailsBY ANNE BAYEFSKY, JPOST— On Friday at 6 p.m. the Obama administration promise to fix the disreputable UN Human Rights Council by becoming a member died a predictable death at the UN General Assembly. Knowing they were headed for certain defeat, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Esther Brimmer, spoke to a…
DetailsBY PHYLLIS CHESLER, FRONTPAGEMAG— The flotilla is coming, the flotilla is coming. European and North American activists, journalists, and mercenaries have set sail—or are about to do so—on fifteen boats with passengers from twenty-twomainly Western countries to “break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.” Spurred on by the anti-Potemkin Village images of Palestinian Arabs living in…
DetailsBY ASAF ROMIROWSKY, YNET— President John F. Kennedy once said that those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. As a case in point, the so-called “Arab Spring” in the Middle East has now spread to the traditionally stable country of Jordan, a historical ally of the United States and Israel. The past…
DetailsSTEVE EMERSON — Family Security Matters — Donations to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) no longer are tax deductible after the organization was among 275,000 tax-exempt organizations purged earlier this month by the Internal Revenue Service. The groups failed to file required annual reports, known as form 990s, detailing their revenues and expenses,…
DetailsBY MICHAEL FREUND— Thousands of kilometers to the east, in the furthest reaches of northeastern India, a long-lost community continues to nourish its age-old dream of returning to its ancient homeland, the land of Israel. The Bnei Menashe, or “sons of Manasseh,” are descendants of one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel, which were…
DetailsBY BOB UNRUH, WORLDNETDAILY— Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal religious discrimination. The issue, which has…
DetailsBY MADELEINE MORGENSTERN, JTA— Republican senators urged President Obama to suspend U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority unless Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces terrorism. Republican Sens. John Boozman (Ark.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.), in association with the Zionist Organization of America, organized a letter to the president signed by 16 U.S. senators. “It is clear…
DetailsBY ISRAEL TODAY— Air raid sirens sent Israelis across the country scurrying into their bomb shelters Wednesday morning. Even members of Knesset had to seek shelter, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet met in a secret underground bunker. The siren was part of a nation-wide civil defense exercise dubbed “Turning Point 5.” The week-long exercise,…
DetailsBY DANIEL SCHWAMMENTHAL, WALL STREET JOURNAL— Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s effort to seek United Nations recognition for a unilaterally declared state would far more likely end the peace process than the conflict. But don’t count out the chance that European nations might support the idea even if it’s not in their best interests, nor in…
DetailsBY EARL COX Recent news reports declare that President Barack Obama once again tried to bully Israel into making land concessions that would strengthen and embolden Israel’s enemies. He again declared that Israel should pull back to the pre-1967 Six Day War borders, and he audaciously added that they should do it in 30 days.…
DetailsFor the week of June 25th: Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 “Korach” (Korah…) Haftorah: 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1 -7 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12 “Moshe keeseh” (Moses seat…)
DetailsA short film by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that uncovers the lies of “Israel Apartheid Week”
BY HILLEL FENDEL AND YONI KEMPINSKI, ARUTZ7— Now that the archaeological dig just outside Dung Gate and the Western Wall has been completed, it has been adapted and set up for visitors – who can now walk under the Old City and see for themselves the 2,500-year-old finds. Among the most exciting finds were a…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy. In an interview with Newsweek over the weekend, Gates sounded the warning bells. In Gates’ words, “I’ve spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower, and one that…
DetailsKHALED ABU TOAMEH — The Hudson Institute — As the world focuses its attention on the Palestinian Authority’s plan to ask the United Nations in September to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines, the Palestinian political scene is in disarray as a result of power struggles, personal and political rivalries and divisions. Everyone…
DetailsIngredients 3 ½ cups vegetable broth 3 cups water 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 medium onion, chopped salt 2 cups Arborio rice (risotto) 1 pound thin asparagus, chopped 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup Parmesan, grated ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest 2 tablespoons fresh mint, minced Directions 1) Bring the broth and water to…
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