By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— What happened at the al-Aqsa Mosque during last week’s Friday prayers should be sounding alarm bells in the U.S., Britain and France. After the prayers, during a demonstration in support of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Morsi, thousands of Muslims began shouting slogans against the U.S., Britain, France and Israel. “Allahu…
DetailsBy SHOSHANA BRYEN, inSIGHT— Supporting sanctions against Iran is understood to be a position designed to moderate Iranian behavior regarding the acquisition of nuclear capability. It is the position of people and countries that do not want to contemplate military action by either the United States or Israel. It is the position of the European…
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE— In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s book A Place Among The Nations, (Bantam Books, 1993), the Israeli Prime Minister wrote about the pro-Nazi alliance by most of the Arab world before and during World War II: “In Iraq, in Egypt, and in Syria they (the Arabs) openly allied themselves with the Nazis, flocking…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25, “Elkev” (on the heel of, because … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Hebrews 11:8 – 13 Gospel: John 8″48 – 59, “Beterim hiyot Avraham ani hu” (Before Abraham was, I AM…).
DetailsBy CHAIM RICHMAN, JPOST— Tisha Be’av, Israel’s day of national mourning for the loss of the Holy Temple, is upon us. The Book of Lamentations, traditionally read on the evening of the fast, establishes the theme of the day: “For these do I weep,” or, in the words of Ray Charles, “It’s Cryin’ Time Again.”…
DetailsThink on this: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.(Psalms 125:2) Pray on this: Father in Heaven, give the nation of Israel the strength and courage to claim all that rightfully belongs to it, including your Holy Hill. Amen!
DetailsBy STEVEN PLAUT, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest place on earth according to Judaism. It is where both Biblical Temples stood, whose destruction is commemorated this week with fasting and mourning on the Ninth day of the month of Av according to the religious calendar. The Western Wall is considered holy…
DetailsThis past weekend photos were shown of Israeli soldiers detaining a five-year-old Palestinian child in Hebron. Former Israel Ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon gives the truth about the motive behind these bias images.
DetailsBy MELANIE PHILLIPS— There is consternation in Israel over the EU’s malicious decision to boycott individuals or institutions situated over the ‘Green Line’ between Israel and the disputed territories. This would presumably include boycotting, for example, the Hebrew University which is just over that line or, even more grotesquely, Jewish residents in Jerusalem’s Old City…
DetailsBy ADAM TURNER, FRONTPAGEMAG— In selecting Samantha Power as his nominee for United Nations Ambassador, President Obama has chosen an appointee whose stated positions are detrimental to promoting a strong American foreign policy and would weaken the position of one of our strongest allies, Israel. She also seems to have a temperament that is not…
DetailsWhen I took up my theme and said, When I to Zion from Spanish exile went My soul from depths to heaven made ascent, Greatly rejoicing that day, God’s hill to see The day for which I longed since I had come to be. Judah Al-Harizi
DetailsIRAN: Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that very soon Israel will have to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, with or without the USA. In the next four months, Iran likely will possess the necessary, final, 60 kgs, of 20% refined uranium; bringing Iran’s possession of the redline total of 250 kg into reality. The…
DetailsBy ASHER ZEIGER, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Iranian president-elect Hasan Rouhani on Wednesday laughed off recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he pledged to do whatever was necessary to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. On Sunday, Netanyahu told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “if think that Israel will let them do it, they’re…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— “We will not accept any foreign dictate over our borders,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified on Tuesday after a European Union directive limiting financial cooperation between the EU and Jewish bodies in the settlements was revealed. On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry and Netanyahu himself were busy urging EU officials to defer implementing…
DetailsBy DANIEL K. EISENBUD, JPOST— On the eve of Tisha Be’av, thousands of Jews gathered at the Western Wall Monday night to mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples, pray for the creation of a Third Temple, and express hope for peace. Tisha Be’av (the ninth day of the month of Av in…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— When Gush Katif was destroyed eight 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, were overnight, simply wiped off the map. For us in the Judea and Samaria, and for…
DetailsBy RON BEN-YISHAI, YNET— The American policy toward the Middle East has been moving in the past few months from failure to failure, and mainly from helplessness to embarrassing mistakes. The inability of the Obama administration to produce worthy responses to the developments is angering not only the supporters of the US in the region,…
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