By VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— When an earlier Secretary of State before Hillary Clinton, namely Condoleezza Rice, arrived several times in Jerusalem she pressured the then weak and embattled Israeli government of Ehud Olmert into continuing the dreary and one sided exercise of concessions to the Palestinian Arabs. The futile peace process, which has…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 32:3–36, 43 “Vayishlach” (…and he sent…) Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1–21 New Testament: Hebrews 11:11–20 Gospel: Matthew 26:36–46 “Chen ba Yeshuah” ( Then came Jesus …)
DetailsBy DANIEL MCCABE— “God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.” 1 Corinthians 1:27 Sometimes its “four eyes” or “freckle face.” Sometimes its “fatso” or “big nose.” We’ve all heard a little more of that during our childhood than we might care to discuss. Even…
DetailsIn response to Hamas’ ongoing rocket fire against Israel, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14, 2012, aimed at crippling the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. On Nov. 21, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire. This video was one of many broadcast by Hamas during the conflict, as part of their campaign to…
DetailsBy REUTERS– Iran will continue enriching uranium “with intensity”, with the number of enrichment centrifuges it has operating to increase substantially in the current year, the country’s nuclear energy chief was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The comments by Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, signaled continued defiance by Iran in the…
DetailsBy EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Is it peace with Israel the Palestinians want or pieces of Israel the Palestinians want? Obviously the answer is pieces as in breaking Israel apart and dividing the spoil among the blood thirsty radicals who are constantly seeking Israel’s destruction. Israel’s long-suffering patience finally reached a breaking point recently as…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Thursday that the Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition, which is expected to be approved by a majority in the U.N. General Assembly, “will not change a thing, and certainly won’t hasten the establishment of a Palestinian state.” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was to speak at the…
DetailsBy ARUTZ SHEVA— The Women in Green movement is calling on the Israeli government to immediately annex Judea and Samaria. The call came in response to the application by the Palestinian Authority Thursday for status as a non-member observer state at the United Nations General Assembly. In a statement sent to media, WIG spokespersons Nadia…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY-— For the handful of people who might still believe Iran’s nuclear program is benign, an Associated Press report confirmed by inspectors with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that not only is Iran building a nuclear bomb, it is building a big one. Earlier this week, the AP reported…
DetailsBy HERB KEINON, JPOST— Israel will take a “low-profile” approach to the Palestinians’ expected bid to upgrade their status at the UN on Thursday, so as not to divert attention from the Palestinian Authority’s violation of international agreements, a senior diplomatic source said Tuesday. The source said that if Jerusalem, as some in the international…
DetailsThink on this: “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an…
DetailsIngredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon jalapeno, seeded and minced 2 red bell peppers, chopped 8 tomatoes, seeded and chopped 2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, drained 1/2 teaspoon hot paprika 2 teaspoons sweet paprika 1 teaspoon turmeric 1 and 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1…
DetailsBy JONATHAN SCHANZER, CNN.COM The latest round in an endless cycle of violence between Israel and Gaza has culminated in a surprising win for the US- Israel relationship: an apparent renewal of vows between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu. It’s surprising because the relationship appeared to be at its nadir. It was just a…
DetailsBy MELANIE PHILLIPS— During the recent war between Hamas and Israel, it became a commonplace to hear people either promoting the idea of ‘engaging’ with Hamas (former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, former UK ambassador to the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock, journalist Jackson Diehl and the Washington Post plus sundry EU diplomats and of course…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— When Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to the cease-fire with Hamas rather than move ahead with a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, sticking to the modest goals of Operation Pillar of Defense, he probably expected that the opposition parties in Israel would taunt him with his own words from 2009: “We must…
DetailsBy Jonathan Tobin, COMMENTARY— Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has had quite a week. He helped broker a cease-fire between his Hamas ally and Israel to the acclaim of the international community as well as the United States and his new friend President Obama. He followed that triumph up by issuing new decrees that effectively give…
DetailsBy ISI LEIBLER, ISRAEL HAYOM-— Castigating the government for the cease-fire agreement and implying that Operation Pillar of Defense was a failure is misguided and merely provides credibility to the distorted Hamas narrative of the conflict. Under current adverse geopolitical conditions, it was unrealistic to anticipate that this campaign would end the conflict as eliminating…
DetailsBy ELLIOTT ABRAMS, PRESSURE POINTS— The success of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is one of the great stories to emerge from the Gaza conflict, but its importance may still have been underestimated. First, even enthusiasts for Iron Dome tend to exaggerate its variable costs. It is often said that Hamas can make rockets…
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