Weekly Scripture
For the week of June 25th: Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 “Korach” (Korah…) Haftorah: 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1 -7 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12 “Moshe keeseh” (Moses seat…)
Video: Palestinian Wall of Lies
A short film by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that uncovers the lies of “Israel Apartheid Week”
Walk Through the Digs Under the Old City
BY HILLEL FENDEL AND YONI KEMPINSKI, ARUTZ7— Now that the archaeological dig just outside Dung Gate and the Western Wall has been completed, it has been adapted and set up for visitors – who can now walk under the Old City and see for themselves the 2,500-year-old finds. Among the most exciting finds were a…
An Obama foreign policy
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy. In an interview with Newsweek over the weekend, Gates sounded the warning bells. In Gates’ words, “I’ve spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower, and one that…
Palestinians Busy Fighting Each Other: Not Ready For Statehood
KHALED ABU TOAMEH — The Hudson Institute — As the world focuses its attention on the Palestinian Authority’s plan to ask the United Nations in September to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines, the Palestinian political scene is in disarray as a result of power struggles, personal and political rivalries and divisions. Everyone…
Netanyahu: Israel must relinquish parts of the West Bank
BY BARAK RAVID— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised many of the participants in the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday when he embarked on a monologue praising the idea of parting from the Palestinians and in relinquishing portions of the West Bank. Netanyahu said the number of Palestinians and Jews between the Jordan River and the sea…
Israel's huge shale oil reserves may undercut OPEC dominance
BY ISRAEL INSIDER— In the first 25 years after Israel’s founding in 1948, it was repeatedly attacked by the large armies of its Arab neighbours. Each time, Israel prevailed on the battlefield, only to have its victories rolled back by Western powers who feared losing access to Arab oilfields. The fear was and is legitimate…
Israel, Palestine, and the Peace Pieties
BY BARBARA LERNER, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE— The peace pieties are the code phrases used to undermine Israel and, ultimately, the West. Faithful NRO readers are increasingly clear-eyed about what President Obama and his supporters call “the Middle East peace process.” They know this process has a diplomatic language of its own, a propaganda language that…
Mounting threats
BY JPOST— Three recent news items serve to underscore our challenging reality. Iran last week launched an “observation satellite,” the infrastructure for which could easily be deployed to deliver nuclear or other warheads. An Israeli civil defense exercise is scheduled to start today and continue for five days. It will simulate massive rocket barrages. Finally,…