By ZACHARY FISHER, inCONTEXT— Thirty-five masked gunmen in Bedouin attire opened fire Sunday at an Egyptian Army checkpoint near the convergent borders of Egypt, Israel, and the Gaza Strip. Sixteen Egyptian soldiers were killed and seven were injured in the ensuing gun battle. The gunmen then seized two vehicles and headed towards Israel in an…
By JONATHAN S. TOBIN, COMMENTARY— Israel is being criticized today in the world press for playing hardball with five of the 12 non-aligned nations that had hoped to gather in Ramallah to formally back the Palestinian Authority’s latest attempt to get the United Nations to back their bid for statehood. The delegations from Algeria, Bangladesh,…
By RON JAGER— Just when you thought that “Uncle” Tom Friedman’s column couldn’t get any worse, that even the Times columnist couldn’t outdo himself; even I was surprised at Friedman’s latest foray into Jewish anti-Semitism. Arrogant and presumptuous, Friedman pretends to explain to us his entire convoluted modern version (Circa, elections 2012) of the Protocols…
By ROI KAIS, YNET— Egypt launched on Wednesday the first air strike on militants in the Sinai region since 1973, killing at least 20 terrorists in an operation described by the Egyptian media as the “Sinai cleansing operation.” According to Egyptian security sources, over 2,000 Islamic militants reside in the Sinai region. Egyptian media outlets…
By JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is having a particularly bad week. His country’s Prime Minister Riad Hijab has just defected and appealed to other top officials to “abandon this murderous and terrorist regime.” He joined a swelling number of military defectors. The armed opposition continues to strike close to Assad’s seat of…
Think on this: “I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” Isaiah 62: 7-8 Pray on this: Heavenly Father,…
By GIULIO MEOTTI, FRONTPAGE MAG — Thousands of evangelical Christians descended on Washington for the annual Christians United for Israel conference. They showed enthusiastic support for the Jewish State, grounded in a deep attachment to the Bible. The horrific attacks of September 11 have reinforced their fatalistic sense of identification with the Israeli citizens. They…
Think on this: “In those days and at that time, when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered…
By MATTHEW M. HAUSMAN, ICONOCLAST — Although Evangelical support for the State of Israel is on the rise, liberal Jews tend to regard Christian Zionists with intense distrust. There are certainly valid reasons for initial suspicion in light of the history of Christian antisemitism and missionary excess, but progressive discomfort has little to do with…
