Column One: A glorious defeat

By: Caroline Glick, JPOST— Sometimes you have to fight battles you cannot win because fighting – regardless of the outcome – advances a larger cause. Israel’s fight against the nuclear deal the major powers, led by US President Barack Obama concluded with Iran was such a battle. The battle’s futility became clear on July 20,…

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Netanyahu: The Bible is the Rock of Our Existence in Israel

By: Max Gelber, United with Israel— Without the Bible and the ancient link to our Land, there is no significance for the Jewish presence in Israel, said Prime Minister Netanyahu. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara hosted a special meeting of the Tanakh (Bible) Study Circle in honor of the Jewish New Year…

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Israel unmoved by EU proposal to expand Arab role in peace talks

By: Herb Keinon, JPOST— An EU proposal to expand the Quartet as a way of jump-starting the stymied Israel-Palestinian diplomatic track elicited shrugs in Jerusalem on Sunday, with officials saying that what is needed is a Palestinian desire to hold talks, not “bureaucratic creativity.” “From our perspective, the problem is that the Palestinians have no…

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What the axis of evil owes Obama

By: Ruthie Blum, Israel Hayom— On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama fulfilled a lifelong dream he has spent nearly seven years in office trying to realize. It is a very different dream from that of Martin Luther King Jr., whom Obama invokes whenever it feeds his own visions of a particular form of grandeur. This…

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Tale of two embassies

By Shelley Neese It’s 1979. Iran’s monarchy lay somewhere between impotency and total collapse. The Islamic Revolution rolls full steam ahead as one of the largest protest movements in history. Millions take to the streets in anti-Shah demonstrations throughout Iran. On January 17, the Shah and the rest of the Pahlavi dynasty flee the country.…

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Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Urges ‘United Front’ Against Israeli ‘Enemy’

By: David Daoud, The Algemeiner— Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed Tehran’s readiness to cooperate with other regional actors to establish a “united front” against Israel, the regime-aligned Tasnim News Agency reported on Wednesday. “We are ready to cooperate with all friends that believe in the necessity of forming a united front against the…

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Rouhani Says Iran Will Not Abide by Security Council Resolution

By: United Collation for Israel— It now seems inevitable that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action will win enough support in Congress to become U.S. law. While the Iran deal’s proponents and detractors can debate the merits of the deal, the sharp partisan lines on assessment of the deal affirm what a partisan football U.S.…

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Where is Israel on Evangelical Christian Voters’ List of Priorities?

By: Paul Stanley, Breaking Israel News— Seventeen Republican presidential candidates are vying for the support of evangelical Christian voters from the swing states of Ohio and Florida, to the cornfields of Iowa, to the small towns of the Deep South. Within the varied spectrum of 2016 election issues such as the economy, immigration, and health…

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Op-Ed: The Solitary Miracle that is Israel

By: Giulio Meotti, Israel National News— Israel is the living embodiment of what humanity should care and fight for. But in fact, the Jewish State is the most important non cause celebre Every day we receive news about how the State of Israel and its people are less and less welcomed by the international community.…

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The Democrats Now Own Iran. They’ll Soon Wish They Didn’t

By: Johnathan Tobin, Commentary Magazine: This morning, President Obama got what he’s been working toward all year. With Senator Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the administration got its 34th vote in the Senate, thus assuring that the president will have enough support to sustain a veto of…

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Christian Leaders Unite Against Proposed Iran Agreement

Christian leaders have come together under the banner of American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) in order to unite their voices in support of Israel, thereby having far greater impact than any one organization. Their first initiative addresses the Iran Agreement, an issue affecting both Israel and the United States. Today, this network sent a petition to the…

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