By James S. Robbins, U.S. News— In his March 2016 speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference, then-candidate Donald Trump promised that his administration would “move the U.S. embassy to the eternal capital of the Jewish people, Jerusalem.” Last week, ambassador to Israel designate David Friedman said he looks forward to working…
By Israel Today— Israel won’t give an inch when it comes to defending against the state’s enemies. Every shot from Syria that crosses the border is met with a far stronger Israeli military response. But Israel also won’t sit idly by while its enemies suffer. Syria has openly declared itself an enemy of Israel. Dictator…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— Last Saturday, a Shabbat reenactment of a Temple ritual took place in the holy city of Hebron, giving participants a taste of the Temple service as it was in Biblical times while taking a practical step towards preparing for the Third Temple. More than 80 participants were greeted in Hebron…
By Shoshana Bryan, Jewish Policy Center— President-elect Trump’s choice of David Friedman as Ambassador to Israel appears to be an excellent decision. It has already brought howls of protest from people invested heavily in the Oslo and subsequent accords, the “peace process” and the concept of the United States as an “evenhanded” broker between Israelis…
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— When the stars lined up to lighten the path of the Wise Men as they travelled from the East to worship the new-born King of the Jews, it was the dawning of an amazing new era. Now, 2,000 years later, the Jewish feast of Hanukkah coincides with Christmas. They are…
By Israel Today— A senior official in US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team visited this week and stated that the so-called “West Bank” clearly belongs to Israel. Becky Norton Dunlop (pictured) was touring the areas known biblically as Judea and Samaria when she told reporters: “Anyone who comes and visits Judea and Samaria sees that…
By Michael Wilner, JPost— Israel’s ambassador to the US on Tuesday called on President- elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has been since the early days of the state, to Jerusalem. At his annual Hanukkah reception, Ambassador Ron Dermer said such a move “would be a great step…
The Light of the Light short art film is dedicated to the Enlightened Memory of the Inna Rogatchi’s grandfathers, Abram Elovich and Eliahu Bujanover. Both of them were top engineers. Abram Elovich had been the son of devoted Zionists, and was instrumental during the WWII in the process of inventing and producing special anti-tank steel…
By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe— DAVID FRIEDMAN avidly supports expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, unequivocally rejects a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and strongly believes the US embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Those positions put Friedman — Donald Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer and close friend —…
By Michael Wilner, JPOST— Israel’s Ambassador to the United States on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has been since the early days of the state, to Jerusalem. At his annual Hanukkah receptions Ambassador Ron Dermer said that such a move “would be a great…