BY EARL COX— The war drums between Iran and Israel have been beating louder and louder, but both countries face tremendous hurdles that appear to be preventing the obvious. Iran, for example, may well have the warheads, but their missile technology is not yet advanced enough to deliver an accurate strike on Israel. Israel may…
DetailsBY JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Israel’s Foreign Ministry released its annual intelligence assessment last week, noting that future military offensives by Israel may lead to harsher responses from its neighbors due to the shift in regional circumstances. As Egypt’s post-Mubarak government seeks to review its peace treaty with Israel and increase its military presence in the…
DetailsBY MARK STOVER, JEWS FOR JESUS— Purim is the Jewish holiday which is most carnival-like. Children drown out Haman’s name with greggers. Young Jewish girls participate in Queen Esther beauty pageants. Plays are enacted called Purimspiels. And everyone noshes on poppyseed and prune hamantaschen. Yet, behind the feasting and drinking and partying lies a somber…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 27:20-30:10 “Tetzaveh” (You shall command…) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10-27 New Testament: Hebrews 13:10-17 Gospel: Mark 10:32-34 “Badereck” (On the road…)
DetailsBY HERB KEINON, JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is scheduled to leave for Canada and the US late Thursday night for a visit that – unlike previous trips to Washington and meetings with US President Barack Obama that focused on the Palestinians – is expected this time to center on Iran. Government sources said Netanyahu…
DetailsBY RUTH WISSE, WALL STREET JOURNAL— In 1948, when the Arab League declared war on Israel, no one imagined that six decades later American universities would become its overseas agency. Yet campus incitement against Israel has been growing from California to the New York Island. A conference at Harvard next week called “Israel/Palestine and the…
DetailsBY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Martin Dempsey told a Senate panel on Tuesday he did not counsel Israel against attacking Iran over its nuclear program. “We’ve had a conversation with them about time, the issue of time,” he said. Dempsey was referring to his most recent…
DetailsBY KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP— Israeli officials say they won’t warn the US if they decide to launch a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one US intelligence official familiar with the discussions. The pronouncement, delivered in a series of private, top-level conversations, sets a tense tone ahead of meetings in the coming days…
DetailsKibbeh is a popular appetizer in Israel. Made out of bulgur and minced meat, kibbeh is fried and oblong-shaped. The first time I tasted kibbeh it reminded me of the fried boudin balls I grew up eating at the local gas station in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In its own weird way, eating kibbeh in Beer…
DetailsKibbeh is a popular appetizer in Israel. Made out of bulgur and minced meat, kibbeh is fried and oblong-shaped. The first time I tasted kibbeh it reminded me of the fried boudin balls I grew up eating at the local gas station in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In its own weird way, eating kibbeh in Beer…
DetailsBY RON JAGER— During the past two weeks, my visit to America has brought me to Texas, and to New York. Two entirely different regions, representing the very essence of America’s vast pluralistic ethnic make-up. Yet, what seemed to unify the many different cultural and ethnic expectations of these good and decent people was the…
DetailsBY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, STONEGATE— To avoid Palestinians erupting against both Fatah and Hamas, the two parties are working to direct the heat toward Israel. Hamas and Fatah have lately ratcheted up their rhetoric against Israel in a clear bid to distract attention from their failure to end their power struggle. By backing a “popular…
DetailsWe at The Jerusalem Connection are asking all of our readers to stay alert to the coming events during Israel Apartheid Week in cities or college towns near you. Send letters to your editor. Join the pro-Israel groups that will be “protesting the protest.”  Do the opposite of boycotts and sanctions. Buy Israeli products this week! …
DetailsThink on This: “He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a man, that he should change his mind.” I Samuel 15:29 Do This: We at The Jerusalem Connection are asking all of our readers to stay alert to the coming events during Israel Apartheid…
DetailsBy JEREMY HERB & AMIE PARNES, The Hill– When President Obama sits down face-to-face with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week to discuss Iran, he will be staring down the greatest challenge on Israel he’s faced during his presidency. It is the first time Obama has met Netanyahu since last spring, when the Israeli…
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