Video: Why Israel opposes international forces in the Jordan Valley
Some say Israel should withdraw its military from the Jordan Valley and rely on international forces for its security. Most Israelis oppose the idea. Our new video explains why.
Anti-semitism and the boycott of Israel
By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF, JPOST— In his exceptionally warm speech in the Knesset last Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper rightly pointed out that the attacks that Israel endures in the international community regarding its alleged or actual wrongdoings are totally out of proportion by any measure, and are frequently motivated by a new variety…
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A visit to Auschwitz
By BAN KI-MOON, YNET— This year’s observance of the International Remembrance Day on January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp – falls at a time when there are reminders all around us of the dangers of forgetting. This year marks two decades since the genocide in Rwanda. Conflicts in…
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Jews cannot escape the Holocaust
By DAN MARGALIT, ISRAEL HAYOM— An unprecedented Israeli delegation will attend Monday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day events in Poland. In a week where SS commander Heinrich Himmler’s personal letters were unearthed, it is only symbolic that the sovereign Jewish state makes this symbolic gesture. The renewed interest in the Holocaust can be attributed to the…
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Scripture Reading for February 1, 2014
Torah: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19, “Terumah” (Contribution …) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:1 – 15 Gospel: Matthew 5f:43 – 48, “Shematim” (You have heard … )
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“The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream- stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in the…
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Shin Bet foils major al-Qaida terror plot against Israel
By ISRAEL HAYOM— It could have been one of the worst terror attacks in Israeli history: Two suicide bombers detonating themselves at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, followed by a truck bomb exploding as rescue forces arrived. At the same time, suicide bombers would also attack the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. This al-Qaida…
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Israel keeps its options open on Iran
By ILAN BERMAN, FORBES— Is an Israeli military attack against Iran truly off the table? Conventional wisdom certainly seems to think that it is. In the aftermath of the signing of an interim nuclear deal in Geneva this past November, the foreign policy cognoscenti in Washington, and elsewhere, have been vocal about the fact that…
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President Obama, no biblical confirmation of Palestinian state on Israeli soil
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— The land was deeded to Israel in an eternal covenant by the eternal G-d, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When will the Christian nation of America with its professed Christian president stop pushing Israel in a direction that is contrary to G-d’s Word? Nothing in G-d’s Word says…
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Palestine is a geographical area, not a nationality
By ELI HERTZ, MYTHS AND FACTS— The Arabs invented a special national entity in the 1960s called the Palestinians, specifically for political gain. They brand Israelis as invaders and claim the geographic area called Palestine belongs exclusively to the Arabs. The word Palestine is not even Arabic. It is a word coined by the Romans…
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“A friend does not weaken his friend, an ally does not put his ally in jeopardy.”–Letter from Menachem Begin to President Ronald Reagan
Spot Report: When our leaders deny the truth
Think on this: THUS SAITH THE LORD! “Yahweh made a covenant with Abram and said: ‘To your descendants I give this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.’”…”I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come,…
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Sharon’s Lasting Legacy: Strategic Trade-Offs
By RON JAGER— When Gush Katif was destroyed nine years ago, four communities from the Northern Samaria were also systematically destroyed and cleansed of any Jewish presence. These four communities, along with the rest of the Gush Katif communities located in the Gaza Strip, were overnight, simply wiped off the map. For many of us…
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Jewish Democrats’ surrender on Iran
By SHOULA ROMANO HORING: YNET— Op-ed: It seems Jewish Democratic senators will choose President Obama’s agenda every time over Israel’s survival, and are even willing in the process to throw the Jewish state under the bus — It is a sad moment in history when the president of the dictatorial Iranian Islamic regime’s characterization of…
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Yad Vashem posthumously honors Polish woman
BY ARYEH SAVIR, YNET— Yad Vashem held an event last Thursday posthumously honoring Maria Zurawska as Righteous Among the Nations from Poland. The medal and certificate of honor were accepted by her daughter, Bronislawa Skoczylas, who arrived from Poland to attend the ceremony. The ceremony took place in the presence of Polish Ambassador to Israel…
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The truth hurts
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— To hear it from the White House, and from Israel’s leftist media, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon is a major liability. As half the planet now knows, Ya’alon is harshly critical of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s persistent efforts to force Israel to surrender its land and ability to defend itself…
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Stephen Harper vows loyalty to Israel in speech to Knesset
By LAURA PAYTON, CBC NEWS— Prime Minister Stephen Harper spoke fiercely in defence of Israel Monday, accusing critics of anti-Semitism, vowing to stand with the country, and drawing heckles from two legislators who eventually stormed out of his speech to the Knesset. “Through fire and water, Canada will stand with you,” Harper said in closing…
DetailsScripture Reading for January 25, 2014
Torah: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18, “Mishpatim” (Judgments …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 32: 8 – 22; 33:25 – 26 New Testament: Romans 8:1 – 4 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20: “Al tachshuv” (Do not think …)
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