BY DEXTER VAN ZILE, ALGEMEINER— Another group of Christian peacemakers has issued yet another statement about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors of this document state their goal is to “respond faithfully and boldly to the situation in Israel and Palestine.” Apparently in the lexicon of the folks who wrote this document – a group that…
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY — A Syrian journalist interviewed on Palestinian Authority TV last month claimed that years ago he had been privy to a CIA memo that informed former US President Bill Clinton that Israel would not exist beyond the year 2022. “What I’m going to say, no one has ever heard. A…
BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Are you concerned about Tehran’s drive for nuclear weapons? Political scientist Kenneth Waltz isn’t. A senior research scholar at Columbia University and former president of American Political Science Association, Waltz writes in the new issue of Foreign Affairs that it’s time we learned to stop worrying and love the Iranian bomb.…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— So it works out that Iran’s vice president really hates Jews. In fact, he hates Jews so much that even The New York Times reported it. On Tuesday, the Times published an account of Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi’s speech before a UN forum on fighting drug addiction in Tehran. Rahimi…
*Feel free to substitue regular broccoli in this recipe instead of broccolini. Ingredients 4 quarts water 1 tablespoon salt 3 cups broccolini (1 pound) or regular broccoli 12 ounce angel hair pasta 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 and 1/2 cups vegetable stock black pepper 1 teaspoon fresh basil 4 tablespoons unsalted…
By TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST– The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Friday became the first World Heritage Site to be listed under the name of Palestine. Its approval, by a 13 to 6 vote with two abstentions, marks the second victory in less than a year for the Palestinian Authority’s pursuit of unilateral statehood…
By AVIEL SCHNEIDER, ISRAEL TODAY MAG— Nazareth Elite, a sleepy Jewish town in Galilee adjacent to the Israeli Arab city of Nazareth, found itself at the center of controversy over alleged “missionary activity.” Residents woke up one morning to find the town covered with posters, headlined: “Love Has Returned to Our Family,” “God Corrects All…
BY AP– International officials have condemned statements made by Iran’s vice president at a UN-sponsored drug conference in Tehran where he blamed Jews for the international drug trade. Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, on Thursday became the latest official to condemn the remarks by Iran’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi.…
Torah: Numbers 22:2 — 25:9 “Balak” (Balak …) Haftorah: Micah 5:6 — 6:8 New Testament: I Corinthians 1:20 –31 Gospel: Matthew 23: 1 — 39 “Ha Paruseem” (The Pharisees …)
BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The plight of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and other Arab countries has received little attention from the mainstream media in the West. Lebanon’s apartheid laws deny Palestinians access to the majority of white collar positions in areas such as banking, medicine, management, law and education. Though born and raised…