By Jacob Kornbluh, Jewish Insider— The world is now paying the price of not standing up to terrorism when it was directed only at Israel, as it had witnessed the murder of 132 people in the streets of Paris Friday night, Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday. Speaking at the National Committee for Furtherance of…
By Caroline Glick, Jpost— As the cleaning crews were mopping up the dried blood from the stage and the seats of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, a depressing act appeared on stage in distant Iowa. Saturday night the three contenders for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination took to the stage in Iowa for a…
“I have sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine.”—Calvin Coolidge
By Don Peat— JERUSALEM – Facebook probably isn’t going to like Nitsana Darshan-Leitner anytime soon. The lawyer and director of Shurat HaDin — Israel Law Center has made headlines by taking terrorists to court along with any financial organizations that provide them assistance. But now the lawyer has the social network in her sights. Darshan-Leitner recently sued…
Torah: Genesis 25:19 – 28:9, “Toldot” (Generations … ) Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 31 Gospel: Matthew 11:27 – 30, “Ha’col neemsa” (All things … )
By Earl Cox, JPOST— On the day thousands of Iranians celebrated the 36th anniversary of the destruction of the US embassy by burning the American flag, chanting ‘Death to America’ and ‘Down with Israel,’ I decided to review the Iran deal as it’s been reported thus far. Most people around the world believe the Iranian…
By Gabriel Noah Brahm, Fathom Journal— In this in-depth interview, Israeli historian Benny Morris speaks with Professor Gabriel Noah Brahm about his work, his critics and his regrets. He also charges Western academics with dishonesty about the Middle East, gives his prognosis for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and outlines his view of Israel’s place in the…
By David Rubin, Israel National News— Growing up in “progressive” New York City, I always believed that the Democrats were the only party in town. Republicans (otherwise known as the GOP, or Grand Old Party) were stereotyped as those “rednecks and hicks who live in the sticks” and no Jew in his right mind could…
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— Yesterday, again, two Palestinian boys, an 11 and a 13-year-old, stabbed and tried to kill a 37-year-old Israeli man at the train station. And I ask myself, “What kind of a society cheers when a 11-year-old stabs someone? How can I comprehend Palestinians who allow, or even send their children…
By Jonathan Benedek, Breaking Israel News— A large number of Christian aid organizations are providing significant finances and support to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which exacerbate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a recent report by NGO Monitor. “Protestant and Catholic charities are funding highly politicized anti-Israel NGOs on a massive scale,” senior NGO Monitor researcher Yitzhak…