BY ISRAEL KASNETT, JPOST— Five US administrations, going back to former president Jimmy Carter, have imposed sanctions on Iran. And years of failed diplomatic efforts to get Iran to sit down to formal negotiations have led the US and most European nations to conclude that the imposition of sanctions was the best option to try…
DetailsPlease view this incredible video of Mosab Hassan Yosef on the terrorist group Hamas, the ideological nature of the conflict, and the need for a secure Israel. It was delivered to the Deustcher Israel Kongress on 6 November 2011 in Germany. Mosab is the author of Son of Hamas and he bravely assisted Israel –…
DetailsPalestinian Refugees: An ongoing human rights scandal. Join the call for an end to the Palestinian refugee crisis. A betrayal artificially created by Middle Eastern governments for over 60 years.
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS— “Palestinians ponder next step in their statehood bid,” said the Los Angeles Times. “Palestinians will keep knocking on U.N.’s door,” said Reuters. They will go to the Security Council; or they’ll go to the Security Council only if they’ll win; even if they won’t win; now, or maybe later; then to the…
DetailsFrom Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, the U.N. always seem to bury any chances for significant global progress behind mounds of useless resolutions, and empty rhetoric. Watch this hard hitting, entertaining video that discusses who’s behind the “United” Nations, and setting the global example of “human rights” and “security”.
DetailsBY BARRY RUBIN, PAJAMAS MEDIA— In a speech, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asks: “Why does America promote democracy one way in some countries and another way in others?” Here’s how the question should be rephrased: Why does America subvert the chances for democracy one way in some countries and another way in others? Here’s…
DetailsBY JPOST STAFF— Israel has reached its lowest poverty levels since 2003, according to the 2010 Israeli Poverty Report released on Thursday, but still faces significant problems in wealth disparity and impoverished children. According to the report, 20 percent of Israeli families – some 1.7 million people – live in poverty. Among them are 873,000…
DetailsBY THE DAILY BEAST— For much of the last decade, as Iran methodically built its nuclear program, Israel has been assembling a multibillion-dollar array of high-tech weapons that would allow it to jam, blind, and deafen Tehran’s defenses in the case of a pre-emptive aerial strike. A U.S. intelligence assessment this summer, described to The…
DetailsBY REUTERS— An Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites may become likelier in 2012 if Israel calculates it has more room to act alone in a U.S. presidential election year, a former U.S. official and nuclear diplomacy expert said. Mark Fitzpatrick, an Iran watcher at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, told Reuters the latest…
DetailsBY DEBKAFILE— A short statement was read out to the Knesset by cabinet member Michael Eitan Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 16. It read: “Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu informed the full Knesset plenum that all options are on the table when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program. The prime minister and the authorized bodies are acting to…
DetailsBY P. DAVID HORNICK, FRONTPAGEMAG— Adrian Blomfield, Jerusalem correspondent for Britain’s Telegraph, reports that “Israel has refused to reassure President Barack Obama that it would warn him in advance of any pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear capabilities,” and that Obama “was rebuffed last month when he demanded” such a guarantee. Blomfield says he has this…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 23:1–25:18 “Chayei Sarah” (Sarah lived …) Haftorah: I Kings 1:1–31 New Testament: I Corinthians 15:50–57 Gospel: Matthew 1:1–17, “Hayeuchamin shel Yeshua Hamashiak” (The Geneology of Jesus the Messiah)
DetailsWoman in Black Many of these precious victims no doubt tried to be positive and keep on believing something good or someone would eventually come and save them. Most could not even grasp the degree of The Evil confronting them and thereby continued to go forward. However, at some point on the long path to…
DetailsBY ADI MINTZ, YNET— In recent days we were told about the expected departure of Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama’s senior advisor on Mideastern affairs. Ross’ retirement, which will follow George Mitchell’s resignation from his role as Mideast envoy in May, creates an opportunity to change direction. Dennis Ross was Bill Clinton’s senior aide and…
DetailsBY AKIVA ELDAR, HAARETZ— Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed to hold elections next May and are due to establish a caretaker government in the coming weeks which will exclude Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. According to Palestinian sources, a breakthrough in Egyptian mediation efforts occurred in recent days, ahead of…
DetailsIngredients 2 ½ cups water 1 cup couscous, uncooked 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided 1 cup red onion, minced 1 cup red bell pepper, minced ½ cup green bell pepper, minced 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 cup feta, crumbled ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup egg substitute 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley…
DetailsBY ABRAHAM COOPER AND YITZCHOK ADLERSTEIN, JPOST — In announcing the push for recognition of a unilaterally declared Palestinian state, Palestinian Authority President Abbas told the UN General Assembly in September: “I come before you today from the Holy Land, the land of Palestine, the land of divine messages, and ascension of the Prophet Muhammad,…
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