By Stephen M. Flatow, Israel National News— When does Palestinian terrorism against Israelis not count as terrorism? When the Obama administration redefines it for political purposes. The State Department’s annual report on human rights around the world was released this past week, and it included an unprecedented denunciation of Israel. The Israeli security forces are guilty…
DetailsBy Louis René Beres, GateStone Institute— Under relevant international law, a true state must always possess the following specific qualifications: (1) a permanent population; (2) a defined territory; (3) a government; and (4) the capacity to enter into relations with other states. While this contingent condition of prior demilitarization of a Palestinian state may at first…
DetailsBy RON KAMPEAS, JPOST— When it comes to Israel, Democrats and Republicans simply do not see eye to eye, and for all their love of Zion, evangelicals will turn out for a candidate who is less than 100 percent on the issue. Welcome to the 2016 presidential election, when the conventional pro-Israel wisdom has been…
DetailsTorah: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27, “Kedoshim” (Holy ones … ) Haftorah: Amos 9:7 – 15 New Testament: I Peter 3:13 – 16 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 18, “Al takshevu” (Do not think …)
DetailsBy Inna Rogatchi Recently, the world commemorated Yom HaShoah, the date very special in both Jewish and non-Jewish calendars. The Day of the Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs, as it is known in Israel, is commemorated in a big-scale in Israel and in many places in the world as the Day of Bravery and Heroism, and…
DetailsBy HERB KEINON, JPOST— Hillary Clinton would be a better US president in terms of Israel’s interests than Donald Trump, according to an Israel Democracy Institute poll of Israeli attitudes on the two leading presidential candidates released on Monday. When asked which of the two candidates would “be better from the standpoint of Israeli interests,”…
DetailsBy Ahuva Balofsky, Breaking Israel News— Like the Biblical serpent in the Garden of Eden, the Obama administration has manipulated the American public into supporting a nuclear deal, possibly against their own best interests, a senior security advisor gloated to The New York Times. In a profile of Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, GateStone Institute— The Iran nuclear deal, marking its first anniversary, does not appear to have had a calming effect on the Middle East. Iran funnels money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad because they share its desire to eliminate Israel and replace it with an Islamic empire. The Iranian leaders want to…
DetailsBy DEBKAfile— The last 48 hours (May 7-8) have seen a major escalation of the ISIS threats against Israel, DEBKAfile’s intelligence and counterterrorism sources report. In a coordinated maneuver by all of the ISIS commands in the Middle East, the terrorist organization simultaneously released at least 10 videos that it said showed ISIS forces on…
DetailsBy Israel Today Staff, Israel Today— Ben Rhodes, a deputy National Security Adviser to US President Barack Obama, revealed in a New York Times interview published last week what pretty much everyone already knew – the Obama White House lied to win approval for its Iran nuclear deal. Getting a deal on the books was…
Details“The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.” –George Washington (1779)
Think on this: “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.” (Matthew 12:25) Pray like this: Gracious Father, grant your people the awareness that ultimate greatness comes as a result of your benevolent grace and favor and your merciful restraining of evil, in Jesus’…
DetailsBy Herb Keinon, JPOST— For the first time in years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address at Yad Vashem to start Holocaust Remembrance Day did not focus on Iran and its nuclear program. Rather, the core message of his speech Wednesday evening was the danger of the spread of anti-Semitic lies that is making odd bedfellows…
DetailsBy Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. (Matthew 24:6) Rumors regarding the imminent coming of Messiah are bountiful today. The latest among them is that of the Riminov Rebbe (pictured), a Hassidic rabbi living in New York. Visiting his…
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