By DAVID WEINGBER, ISRAEL HAYOM— I’d like to believe that President Barack Obama’s re-election means nothing significant for U.S.-Israel relations, since “all Democratic and Republican presidents over the past four decades have been solidly pro-Israel” — as Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom argued on Israel Radio this morning. But Shalom is putting a pretty face…
Details“We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we’ve done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and…
DetailsThink on this: “The Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of this earth and gives them to anyone He wishes and He places over them the lowliest of men.”… “Be always on the watch and pray that you may have the power to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may…
DetailsBY JOEL GREENBERG, WASHINGTON POST— In Israel, the reelection of President Obama raised immediate questions about the future of the rocky relationship between him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — specifically whether in a second term Obama might be firmer with Israel on a possible military strike against Iran’s nuclear program and on promoting…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli government officials belonging to the ruling right-wing parties had a difficult time hiding their disappointment over Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential election, but remained determined to keep Israel-US ties tight and secure. Deputy Knesset Speaker Danny Danon, a rising start in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party,…
DetailsBy CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER— “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.” That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy. It…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his election victory on Wednesday morning, sending a statement which said, “The strategic alliance between Israel and the U.S. is stronger than ever. I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests that are vital to the…
DetailsBy ELLIOTT ABRAMS— While Americans have been focusing on our election, there have been a few developments in the so-called “Middle East Peace Process.” PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas has said he would drop his precondition for negotiations—a total construction halt in the settlements and in East Jerusalem—and return to the table after the UN General…
DetailsLegend tells that after the Holocaust, R. Yosef Kahaneman began looking for Jewish children who had survived the war. It was known that some of the children had ended up in churches and were being raised as Christians. The Rov encountered one church that denied the existence and presence of Jewish children within their midst……
Detailsby DR. INNA ROGATCHI, THE ROGATCHI FOUNDATION— The very morning of the opening ceremony, I filmed for the project, representing The Rogatchi Foundation with my husband, renowned artist Michael Rogatchi. We donated Michael’s famous Faces of the Holocaust triptych to the Museum; but there was another very special ceremony for us. The Rogatchi Foundation donated…
DetailsBy HEATHER ROBINSON, JWReview— Recently, several Jewish-Americans who know I write about politics have confided that they are either planning to vote for Mitt Romney, or they are profoundly undecided about the Presidential election. In a few cases, they shared that they are lifelong Democratic voters, and spoke in hushed tones about their indecision. As…
DetailsBy WILLIAM KOENIG— To say the least, the 2012 U.S. presidential election is the most important in recent history. It is two opposing political parties in a major turf war. One party stands for one man, one woman marriage. The other stands for same-sex marriage and has indoctrinated the federal government with the LGBT agenda,…
DetailsBy EARL COX— For those who watched the third and final Presidential debate one thing was certain, President Obama made a 360 degree turn when asked if he would stand with Israel if she had to go to war with Iran to stop their nuclear proliferation. Until the debate, which focused on foreign policy, Mr.…
DetailsBy JAMES S. ROBBINS, inFOCUS— When Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the committee expected he would make “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” More than three years later, Mr. Obama has failed to meet expectations, but it has not been for lack of trying. His administration has…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 23:1–25:18 “Chayei Sarah” (Life of Sarah …) Haftorah: I Kings 1:1–31 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:50–57 Gospel: Matthew 24:29–31, “Achari Zeraat” (After the tribulation …)
DetailsBy YOAV ZITUN, YNETNEWS— IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz visited the Golan Heights on Sunday a day after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarized buffer zone. Gantz and his entourage were able to see battles between Syrian troops and rebel forces from the other side of the border. On Saturday, the IDF lodged a…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— Following Channel 2 interview in which Abbas implies he would be willing to abandon the Palestinian demand for a “right of return,” Israeli leaders warn that the Palestinian Authority president is trying to influence the coming Israeli elections. It is only through direct peace negotiations that Israel would ever learn the true…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last week said it was time for Israel to finally implement true religious freedom and allow Jews to pray atop the Temple Mount. “The government is ultimately responsible for whether or not Jews can pray on the Temple Mount, not the Jerusalem municipality,” Barkat told students…
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