By ARYEH TEPPER, WEEKLY STANDARD— If Israel withdrew to the 1967 borders, what then? Even with al Qaeda making gains across the Middle East and Iran still enriching uranium in its march to a nuclear breakout, John Kerry’s attention is focused on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He has visited Israel 10 times since becoming secretary…
DetailsBy JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY— President Obama and his allies are working overtime this week to lobby the Senate against passage of a new round of tough sanctions on Iran. The conceit of his campaign to persuade Congress not to give him more leverage over Tehran is that even the threat of further economic pressure on…
DetailsBy ISRAEL TODAY— Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hamad marked the anniversary of the December 2008-January 2009 “Gaza War” with Israel by telling Palestinians that they would fully liberate the entirety of “Palestine” within eight years. According to Hamad, Islamic prophecies foretell that Israel will be replaced with a Palestinian state. This goal, the destruction of…
DetailsBy ARI YASHAR, ARUTZ 7— Brigadier General (Res.) Amatzia (“Patzi”) Chen, who was a member of Ariel Sharon’s legendary 101st Unit, praised Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon’s criticism of US Secretary of State John Kerry, in which Yaalon slammed Kerry for operating “based upon an unfathomable obsession and a messianic feeling.” “Yaalon said clear things; there…
DetailsThink on this: “On that day 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 make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to the them, and I will inspire them to fear…
DetailsBy REUTERS— Vice President Joe Biden will hold talks with Israeli leaders during a visit to the region as head of a US delegation to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s funeral on Monday, Biden’s office said. Biden’s meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be a chance for the vice president to try to further…
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE— Those who have perpetrated a deplorable anti-Israel falsehood and outrage on the grounds of St. James Church in Piccadilly, London have done so fully knowing that their intention is to promote the ugliest PLO and Palestinian Authority propaganda. The church has installed a life size 8 meter tall/30 meter long replica of…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 18:1 – 20:23, “Yitro” (Jethro …) New Testament: Hebrews 12:18 – 24 Gospel: Mathew 8:5 – 20, “Cefar Nahum” (Capernaum …)
DetailsTommorow at noon Ariel Sharon’s body will lie in state at the Knesset until 6:00 PM. On Monday at 10 AM there will be a memorial service at the Knesset, followed by the state/military funeral at 2:30 PM, where he will be laid to rest at his family’s Sycamore Ranch in the Negev. Throughout the…
DetailsBy JONATHAN LIS, HAARETZ.COM — Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday after a significant deterioration in his medical condition over the past two weeks. Sharon, who was 85, was comatose for past eight years. On January 4, 2006, Ariel “Arik” Sharon was at the height of his political power: His newly founded Kadima party…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— The so-called Arab Spring unleashed forces that have been dormant for a century. Like their counterparts throughout the region, Israel’s Arabic-speaking minorities are changing in profound ways. But our leaders fail to grasp the implications of what is happening. Consider the Christian community. Father Gabriel Nadaf, a Greek Orthodox priest from…
DetailsIs it still a cappella if the Maccabeats used cups and a table for percussion? The Maccabeats are proud to present their latest pop-adaptation. They put the lyrics of “D’ror Yikra,” a traditional Shabbat-table song, to the tune of “Cups,” recently popularized by the movie Pitch Perfect. The Maccabeats are a now famous Jewish a…
DetailsBy JOHN BOLTON, NY POST— The breaking news that al Qaeda has captured Fallujah and Ramadi raises the question whether America’s sacrifices in Iraq were made in vain. It also highlights the utter inadequacy of President Obama’s Middle East policy, especially his disregard for critical regional threats. Instead, Obama has focused on Israeli-Palestinian issues, essentially…
Details“You were the shoulder on which Israel’s security rested. The story of your life is bound to the story of this country. And your life was dedicated to the life of this country. Your footprints are imprinted on every hill and in every valley. You cultivated the land with your scythe and defended it with…
DetailsThink of this: “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”…”Once more a remnant of the house of Judah will take root…
DetailsBy EARL COX, JPOST— New Year, new hope, new aspirations, and new dreams. Reflecting on the famous words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King decades ago, I, too, have a dream. This past year was filled with challenges and global turmoil. The Arab Spring sprung many very serious leaks which have yet to be mended. …
DetailsBY ISRAEL HAYOM— In a Likud faction meeting on Monday following the departure of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry from the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fielded questions about the peace process from MKs and assured them that “there will be no evacuation of settlements.” While a framework agreement had not yet been reached,…
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