Who Truly Deserves Justice in the ‘Free Gaza’ Flotilla Incident?

By VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— The notorious flotilla that sailed towards the Gaza coast in 2010 with the intention of breaking Israel’s legal blockade of the Hamas occupied Gaza Strip and infiltrating the borders of the Jewish state was headed by a Turkish ship, the Mavi Marmara. On board that vessel was an assortment…

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Kerry leaves Israel with hopes, but few results

By EDMUND SANDERS, LA TIMES— Wrapping up his first solo visit in a renewed Obama administration campaign to restart peace talks, Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel on Tuesday with few signs of progress and a vow to keep trying. After talks Monday and Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister…

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Spot Report: Happy Birthday Israel!

Think on this: “I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes. “‘For I will take you…

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The Institutionalization of Holocaust Remembrance

By RON JAGER— The term “Holocaust,” originally from the Greek word “holokauston” which means “sacrifice by fire,” refers to the Nazi’s persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. The Hebrew word “Shoah,” which means “devastation, ruin, or waste,” is also used to describe this genocide. The Nazis killed approximately two-thirds of all Jews living…

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Hands off the Holocaust

by MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST– It is that time of year again, as Jews around the world solemnly commemorate the victims of the Holocaust while various pundits and politicians demean and desecrate their memory. With little respect for the facts, and even less for those who were murdered, these puerile purveyors of propaganda do not hesitate…

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T-shirt: 1948 and forever

This week Israel celebrated its 65th anniversary! Despite the relentless challenges, the miracle country continues to grow and thrive. David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister aptly said, “In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.” How true. And what better way to celebrate than by literally wearing your support…

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Sharp rise in global anti-Semitism, France leads

by SHAHAR CHAI, YNET— According to a new report on global anti-Semitism, 2012 registered a 30% increase in anti-Semitic acts compared to 2011. These acts include vandalism and direct threats on Jewish lives. Numbering 686 in 2012, they followed two years of general decline in such incidents. Among the countries listed, France has the dubious…

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'We will never leave our fate in the hands of others'

By ISRAEL HAYOM— “In every generation our enemies rise against us to destroy us. In every generation, each man must view himself as though he had survived the Holocaust and went on to found the state of Israel. In every generation, it is our duty to ensure that the Holocaust does not recur.” So said…

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Yom HaShoah

By SHEILA RAVIV — Yom HaShoah ve HaGvura 28th Nissan, 5773 – Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust and its Heroism. The Nazis yelled “Go back to Jerusalem” to us – now their heirs yell “Go back to Europe”. Never Again becomes little more than a knee-jerk reaction, because it is again, it is happening…

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Flirting with Terrorism, Condoning Genocide

By GIULIO MEOTTI — ARUTZ7 Jews who cooperate with the enemy, German or Communist Jews in the past and leftist Israeli journalists today, cannot wash the blood from their hands. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union creates the “anti-Zionist committee”. It has to fight against Israel’s claim of “national exclusivity of the chosen people”.…

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The Holocaust: Our own flesh and blood

By RABBI ELIEZER MELAMED, ARUTZ 7— We are familiar with the common claim that it is difficult to imagine the State of Israel having come into existence without the Holocaust. I once mentioned this in a talk I gave on the Holocaust. Afterward, an old man who had lost his entire family in the Holocaust…

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The value of a sharpened conscience

By JÜRGEN BÜHLER, ICEJ— As we observe “Yom Hashoa,” Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes Remembrance Day, I am transported back several years to an intriguing visit I paid to Chambon sur Lignon in southern France. This village has been granted the status of Righteous Gentiles by Yad Vashem for the collective actions of its members in…

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Sabeel Christian Anti-Zionist Organization Gains Power

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld interviews Dexter Van Zile, CAMERA analyst: “Sabeel has succeeded in turning anti-Zionism into a competing religious practice in American mainstream churches and a persistent element in Protestant thought”. “In 1994, Reverend Naim Ateek established the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. This Anglican priest who holds Israeli nationality, and his associates,…

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Natural gas changes the Middle East

By ELLIOTT ABRAMS, PRESSURE POINTS— Last Saturday (March 30) Israel took a large step toward energy independence, as natural gas from the smaller of its newly discovered Mediterranean gas fields began to flow. By the end of this decade Israel will not only be supplying its own needs fully, but exporting natural gas to the…

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The triumph of low expectations

By RON JAGER— This past week, a friend caught me in shul and shared with me the following gem, “If you want to know how the Messiah will be welcomed in Israel, then this past week is a good indication.” The welcome given to President Obama, very much in the tradition of Hollywood’s amazing ability…

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