“Early Zionist Settlement: First Aliyah” looks at the first wave of Zionist immigrants, who began arriving in 1882. The young idealists who made up this immigration, or aliyah, wanted to pave the way for a national rebirth. As Zeev Dubnow, a member of Bilu, the very first group of Zionist immigrants, wrote: “The ultimate aim…
Think on this: “The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’…
By MAAYANA MISKIN, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— The Oslo Accords, not Israeli “settlements,” are the real drain on Israel’s budget, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud Beytenu) said Monday night, speaking from the Knesset podium. Feiglin poked fun at Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid’s “where’s the money” election slogan, and at Lapid’s suggestion that Israeli communities in Judea…
1. THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR This is a sectarian conflict largely between the two main Islamic factions of Sunni and Shiite. The Iran, Assad, and Hizbullah coalition are the Shiite arm of the battle. The Sunni portion of the fighting force (the opposition/rebels) consists largely of local Sunnis, supported by Muslims of Saudi Arabia,…
