By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital— Predictably, the latest violence in the Middle East has spawned a slew of theories about the reasons for renewed hostilities between Israel and Gaza. Conventional wisdom has settled on the notion that the conflict was driven by fresh Israeli-Palestinian frictions over things like denial of access to parts of Jerusalem,…
By Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News— In advance of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region, a senior State Department official says that the Biden administration is “relieved” that the violence has ended. He told reporters that they worked behind the scenes to establish the ceasefire. “We appreciate the roles of Egypt,…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Monday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem shows that the situation in the city remains tense despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect four days ago. That’s because the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have an interest in keeping Jerusalem in the headlines, each for its own reasons. The…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— On the eve of his first official visit to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed support for a two-state solution as the only way to provide hope to Israelis and Palestinians that they can live “with equal measures of security, of peace, and dignity.” During…
By Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he expects Israel to move towards a ceasefire with Hamas on Wednesday, but Netanyahu said Operation Guardian of the Walls will continue until Israeli citizens are secure. Following a phone call between the leaders, the White House said that Biden…
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Until Wednesday, President Joe Biden had maintained a fairly supportive posture towards Israel in the face of the Hamas terror regime in Gaza’s launch of its newest round of war against the Jewish state. In the first week of the new war, Biden’s administration blocked the UN Security Council from adopting…
Special Guest Lela Gilbert, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Lela will discuss the overall atmosphere of antisemitism—drawing on her own time living in Jerusalem. She will also enlighten us with how antisemitism relates to Christians and to the current situation in Israel.
By Israel National News— Egyptian mediators have proposed a truce between Israel and the terrorist organizations in Gaza, which will begin on Thursday at 6 AM, AL Arabiya reported. If the proposal is accepted, it will put an end to Operation Guardian of the Walls after a week and a half of fighting. Contacts between…
By Jonathan Schanzer and David May, Jerusalem Post Israel’s legal decision to evict Arab families from homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem was the spark that led to the latest eruption of hostilities. This is the narrative that has been regurgitated hundreds of times since the current conflict began. There’s one problem with…
By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner-— Israel’s security cabinet has decided to continue its military operation in Gaza with full force as heavy rocket barrage is being fired at southern Israel and international pressure mounts to end the fighting. “We will do whatever it takes to degrade Hamas’ terrorist capabilities which will take time. I will do…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— Amidst the Iranian regime’s clear role in inciting terrorism against Israeli civilians, talks to lift sanctions against the regime are advancing in Vienna. The Biden administration is apparently offering even more concessions and sanctions relief to Iran’s leaders, concessions that “go beyond the nuclear-specific sanctions.” Meanwhile, these leaders from Iran…
By Hugh Fitzgerald, Frontpagemag— In the middle of Israel, 16 miles outside of Tel Aviv, sits the city of Lod (Lydda). One-third of its population of 77,000 is Arab; it has been a source of local pride that Arabs and Jews have gotten along so well, and that the Arabs have flourished. Starting with an…
By Anna Ahronheim, JPost— Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida warned Israel that the terror group would resume firing towards Tel Aviv after the Israel Air Force struck another high rise building and several other buildings in the Gaza Strip. “The criminal Zionist enemy has intensified its bombing of civilian homes and apartments in the last hours,”…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— Since the nuclear talks began in Vienna between the Iranian regime and P5+1, the Biden administration has avoided being transparent about what is going on with the negotiations and what exactly is being offered to the Iranian regime — the one that the US Department of Justice has called the…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel Blogs— Art as an Instrument of Conscience It was supposed to be an extraordinary Shavuot, from the matter of its incredible numerology and its meaning. This year the Shavuot marks the 3333d anniversary of the pivotal moment in the history of mankind, the giving of the Torah to the…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, AllIsrael.com— On a May 14, 1948 – the Sabbath – at 4 p.m., David Ben-Gurion walked to the front of the biggest room in a small white building, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Outside at 16 Rothschild Boulevardthe streets were full of people anxiously awaiting Ben-Gurion’s speech. Inside, theroom was…
By Shelley Neese This week, on Monday, Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day, the 54th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem after defeating the Jordanian army in the battle for the Old City. But as the events over the last seven days have shown, Jerusalem has yet to know lasting peace. For…