Chuck Schumer Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal, Shaking Democratic Firewall

By Jennifer Steinhauer and Jonathan Weisman, NYTimes— Senator Chuck Schumer, the most influential Jewish voice in Congress, said Thursday night that he would oppose President Obama’s deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. “Advocates on both sides have strong cases for their point of view that cannot simply be dismissed,” Mr. Schumer, Democrat of New York,…

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Confrontation With Iran Is Inevitable

By José María Aznar, WSJ— There is only one thing the ayatollahs in Tehran want more than a nuclear bomb: that is for their regime to survive. Thanks to the agreement announced on July 14, they will get both. The deal will strengthen their tyrannical, revolutionary and fundamentalist regime, and they will have the bomb within…

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What Obama just did is unforgivable

By Allen West— If there is one thing absolutely true about the liberal progressive left, it is the fact that they hate the truth, and will doggedly attack anyone using it against them. We are watching the left do its darndest to defend the indefensible, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — always beware…

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Why Is the World Turning a Blind Eye to the ‘Eradication’ of Christians in the Middle East?

By Samuel Smith, Christian Post— Christianity is being “wiped out” of its region of birth, said Cato Institute foreign policy expert Doug Bandow Tuesday during a Family Research Council discussion on the increase in Christian persecution in the Middle East and Africa, and he offered reasons why the international community has done little to save those…

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Despite Obama’s efforts, Jewish group rejects Iran deal

By Elad Benari, Israel National News— Despite President Barack Obama’s efforts to assure American Jews about the Iran deal, one of the largest and most influential Jewish organizations in the United States announced Wednesday that it opposes the agreement. American Jewish Committee (AJC) Executive Director David Harris said in a statement that his organization had…

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As I see it: The West’s deadly culture of unreason

By Melanie Phillips— The Western World is facing an unprecedented threat from a global eclipse of reason. Deranged falsehoods about Jews and Israel pour out of the Arab and Muslim world. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, asserts that the Jews are a “cancerous tumor.” Sunnis tell each other that the Jews are a global conspiracy…

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Sharansky on why the chosen people are choosing aliyah

By Cnaan Liphshiz, Times of Israel— In their central Jerusalem apartment, Natan and Avital Sharansky can hear their new upstairs neighbors chatting in French on their patio. The young family moved into the penthouse earlier this month, shortly after immigrating to Israel with the help of the Jewish Agency for Israel — the semi-official organization…

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Why Israel Is Going To Bomb Iran

By Michael Snyder, End of the American Dream— Thanks to Barack Obama, it is only a matter of time before Israel feels forced to conduct a massive military strike against Iran’s nuclear program. When that happens, Iran will strike back, and hundreds if not thousands of missiles will rain down on Israel. This exchange will…

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Messianic Jews Help Christians Understand Shabbat

By Israel Today— For Christians gaining an awareness of the Hebraic foundations of their faith, there’s a lot of new and exciting elements to incorporate. Sabbath, or Shabbat, is not just another one of those elements. It is, in fact, a core tenet of the biblical religion. After all, Shabbat was important enough to warrant…

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Palestinians: The Difference between Us and Them

By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone— I cannot count the number of times that I heard from Israeli Jews the phrases “I’m ashamed” and “I’m sorry” in response to the horrific crime that claimed the life of Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsha in the West Bank village of Duma last week. The strong response of the Israeli public…

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Netanyahu to address US Jews on Iran deal

By Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama are continuing their head-to-head battle to sway American public opinion on the Iran nuclear deal. In a live webcast on Tuesday, Netanyahu will make his case against the deal. The webcast will begin with prepared remarks by Netanyahu, followed by a…

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Armageddon – Painting a Picture of Hope for the Future

By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— Armageddon, biblical scene of the world’s last great battle that will usher in the return of Jesus Christ, is no fictional location. It is a real place at Megiddo in northern Israel that has witnessed conflicts going back several millennia, but which has also inspired a series of priceless paintings.…

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Obama warns Putin “Israel is next” after historic Iran nuke agreement

By EU Times-— A stunning report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) states that President Barack Obama’s “unexpected” telephone call to President Putin yesterday not only thanked the Federation’s leader for the nations help in reaching a Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) agreement with Iran, but…

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Jewish Foundations That Fund Boycotts of Israel

By Ronn Torossian, Israel National News— As CEO of one of the largest independently owned American public relations firms, it was interesting to find this week that The Jewish Communal Fund (JCF) is seeking a “Public Relations and Marketing Associate”, who can “write blog posts”, and “identify articles and blog posts that are relevant to…

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Russia Promises Hamas to ‘Solve Palestinian Problem’

By Nissan Tzur, Israel National News— Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, in Doha, Qatar on Monday morning. The atmosphere at the meeting was warm and the two leaders embraced each other warmly as soon as they met. Meshaal congratulated Lavrov on his arrival in the…

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Who Is Destroying the Palestinian Dream?

By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone— The Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which Palestinians hope will one day become part of a future Palestinian state, is quickly sliding toward anarchy and chaos. Since its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007, Hamas has maintained a tight grip on the area, home to some 1.7…

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