By THE ISRAEL PROJECT— Jerusalem, Sep. 16 – As the Jewish New Year 5773 is set to begin at sundown on Sunday, here is a timeline of some of the significant events that occurred during the Hebrew calendar year of 5772: September 29, 2011: New Year 5772 in the Hebrew calendar begins. October 11, 2011:…
By JOSEPH PUDER, FRONTPAGE-— President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) may very well have told Jewish leaders who came to him pleading for his help in the rescue of the trapped Jews of Europe in the early 1940s something similar to what was uttered by President Barack Obama last March at the AIPAC conference in Washington:…
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— US presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently suggested that if he wins the current race for the White House, he will significantly alter the degree and manner of America’s involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Likening the situation to the ongoing tug-of-war between China and Taiwan, Romney told a room of…
By JONAH GOLDBERG, TOWNHALL— The Obama administration’s omnibus answer to why the Middle East (and now much of the Muslim world) is in near open rebellion against the United States: The video did it. The follow-up question no one seems to be asking is: “What if the administration’s explanation is true?” White House Press Secretary…
By BOAZ BISMUTH, ISRAEL HAYOM— In his book “The Clash of Civilizations,” Professor Samuel Huntington addresses the Islamic and Chinese conflicts with the West. Huntington prophesied that cultural and religious identities would be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world. Recent events in the Middle East and around the Pacific Ocean attest…
