BY ASSOCIATED PRESS— Israeli officials are quietly conceding that new international sanctions targeting Iran’s suspect nuclear program, while welcome, are further constraining Israel’s ability to take military action – just as a window of opportunity is closing because Tehran is moving more of its installations underground. The officials said that Israel must act by the…
By RONEN BERGMAN, NY TIMES MAG TJCI note: This article is currently the most comprehensive and pragmatic evaluation of issues involving a preemptive attack of Israel on Iran. It’s lengthy, but definitely a worthwhile read. As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above…
Torah: Exodus 13:17-17:16 “Beshalach” (It came to pass…) Haftorah: Judges 4:4-5:31 New Covenant: I Corinthians 10:1-5 Gospel: John 6:25-71 “Lechem Hachayeem” (The Bread of Life …)
BY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— Today’s news media devote more attention to the Middle East than to any other area on earth. Here are centered the issues and conflicts that could— overnight—spark World War III. The main factor that has contributed to this dramatic increase in attention to the Middle East is the emergence…
BY GIL RONEN, ARUTZ 7— The Rabbi of Itamar, Rav Natan Chai, called upon the IDF to arrest the mother and aunt of the murderer following their praise for the atrocity. “A situation in which Israel allows the murderer to be praised encourages the next murderer,” he said. “A state cannot allow incitement to murder…
BY DAVID HORNIK— Last week Palestinian Media Watch revealed that the Mufti Muhammad Hussein, top cleric of the Palestinian Authority, had approvingly quoted a hadith calling for the genocide of Jews. Hussein, who was appointed to his post by PA president Mahmoud Abbas, did so at a ceremony marking the 47th anniversary of the Fatah…
BY BEN HARTMAN, JPOST— An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be a blessing for the ayatollahs and would permanently silence the opposition to the Islamic Republic, a visiting Iranian dissident told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. “An attack would be a blessing for the Islamic Republic, a gift from God for them because…
BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday insisted that he would defend the Jewish settlement enterprise on the ancient Jewish lands of Judea and Samaria, but a day later he was expected to fire any cabinet ministers that backed a bill that would actually protect such communities. Speaking to Likud…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— European and American perfidy in dealing with Iran’s nuclear weapons program apparently has no end. This week we were subject to banner headlines announcing that the EU has decided to place an oil embargo on Iran. It was only when we got past the bombast that we discovered that the embargo…
