By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— On Wednesday, the Jerusalem Municipality announced it is shelving plans to build 1,500 apartments in the Har Homa neighborhood. Officials gave no explanation for its sudden move. But none was needed. Obviously the construction of apartments for Jews in Jerusalem was blocked in the hopes of appeasing US President Barack Obama.…
DetailsBy ARI YASHAR— In a development that has largely been missed by mainstream media, the Pentagon early last month quietly declassified a Department of Defense top-secret document detailing Israel’s nuclear program, a highly covert topic that Israel has never formally announced to avoid a regional nuclear arms race, and which the US until now has…
DetailsBy World Jewish Congress— Appearing on behalf of WJC – representing more than 100 Jewish communities worldwide – before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, Lauder said: “In order to defeat this new flame of radical Islamic terror and survive, the United States must lead.…
DetailsTorah: Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36, “Tzav” (Command … ) Haftorah: Malachi 3:4 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 13:1 – 20, “Chag Ha’Pesach” ( The Feast of Passover …)
DetailsBy JIM FLETCHER, JPOST— Daniella Rilov is all about making friends for Israel. In fact, the new executive director for the America-Israel Friendship League (www.aifl.org) says that very thing in her new role, as she advances from her position as marketing director. The New York City native also has deep roots in Israel, having grown…
DetailsIn this colorful discussion, Senator McCain dismisses the controversial comments made by Prime Minister Netanyahu prior to his being reelected. He criticizes the way President Obama has treated Netanyahu and speaks about the concern that the US will allow a two-state solution to be pushed forward through the UN. McCain also questions the priorities of…
DetailsBy AVI ISAACHAROFF, TIMES OF ISRAEL— The White House was directly involved in an attempt to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last week’s general election, during a nadir in ties between the Israeli leader and US President Barack Obama, a senior Jerusalem official said Tuesday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told…
DetailsBy BASSAM TAWIL, GATESTONE— Many Arabs and Muslims are rubbing their hands in joy as they watch U.S. President Barack Obama declare war on Israel after the victory of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party in last week’s general election. They do not see the rising tensions between Obama and Netanyahu as the result of a personal…
DetailsBy MICHAEL FREUND— Although barely a week has passed since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection, Israel’s enemies are already gearing up to besmirch the Jewish state. A new governing coalition hasn’t been formed yet, but that hasn’t stopped the critics from invoking the “A” word – apartheid – to demonize the country’s democratically-elected administration even…
DetailsBy EARL COX, JPOST— Now that Benjamin Netanyahu has won what the Israeli media are calling “a decisive victory,” people in Israel and around the world are asking themselves what Netanyahu’s victory means to Israel and to the world. Even those who are not necessarily experts on Israeli affairs and politics can easily discern some…
DetailsEzekiel 36:22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone.
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE, RENEW AMERICA— From the moment Obama was elected as U.S. President in 2008, he has made it evident to those with eyes to see and ears to hear that he is a Muslim Brotherhood apologist, an extreme left wing ideologue, a despiser of the United States Constitution and of American exceptionalism and,…
DetailsBy ISRAEL TODAY— Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon this week said that President Barack Obama’s hostile response to Israel’s reelection of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was both harmful and childish. Obama’s apparent desire for some kind of “revenge” against Netanyahu and a majority of Israel’s voting public began to manifest itself on…
DetailsBy SHLOMO CESANA, ISRAEL HAYOM— Israel is “very concerned” about the American government’s eagerness to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli officials said on Saturday night. According to the officials, Israel’s assessment is that U.S. President Barack Obama is “rushing to an agreement” with Iran. Israeli officials also believe that elements within the international…
DetailsBy ILAN BERMAN, WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL— The Israeli electorate has spoken. After a bitterly acrimonious political campaign, and an election on March 17th that saw the highest voter turnout (72.3 percent) in recent memory, Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has received a reinvigorated mandate to govern. That outcome was almost completely unexpected. On the morning…
DetailsThink on this: “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem…In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile and like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will devour all the surrounding peoples on…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— Since 2008, the elections in Israel have turned out to be Obama’s first loss in a national race. Yes, my friends, the big loser in Israel’s national elections was not the Israeli Labor party nor the other smaller opposition parties all running on an “anyone but Netanyahu ticket”, but Barack Obama who…
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