BY DR. AARON LERNER, IMRA— Does the Iranian leadership really believe what they profess to believe? The overwhelming majority of the analysis and recommendations prepared for Western policy makers has hinged on the assumption that they aren’t. Take for example a simulation organized last May 16 by the Lauder School of Government to consider, among…
DetailsBY MICHAEL FREUND— One year from now, the American people will go to the ballot box to decide whether Barack Obama deserves a second term of office. If recent polls are any indication, the president is facing an uphill battle. Two new surveys, one conducted by Reuters/Ipsos and the other by ABC News and The…
DetailsBY TRAVELUJAH— A small prayer box from the Byzantine era was discovered in Jerusalem during archaeological excavations, proving that Christians have in fact been making pilgrimage to and living in the holy city for centuries. The miniature box, measuring 2.2 by 1.6 cm., is made of animal bone and is adorned with a cross. It…
DetailsBY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— A day after the publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) report saying Iran appears to have worked on designing an atom bomb, the US is working to impose harsher sanctions against the Islamic Republic. State Department Spokesman Mark Toner said Wednesday that Washington was in consultations with Russia and…
DetailsMy friend Robin at the Jewish Agency says her family “goes bonkers” for these matzo balls. They eat them every Passover and Thanksgiving. You may want to make room for these on your Thanksgiving menu plan. Ingredients 2 envelopes matzo ball mix 4 eggs 4 tablespoons oil 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 4 ounces canned carrots, drained 1/2…
DetailsMy friend Robin at the Jewish Agency says her family “goes bonkers” for these matzo balls. They eat them every Passover and Thanksgiving. You may want to make room for these on your Thanksgiving menu plan. Ingredients 2 envelopes matzo ball mix 4 eggs 4 tablespoons oil 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 4 ounces canned carrots, drained…
DetailsBY ARNOLD AHLERT, JWREVIEW— There’s nothing like a “live mic moment” when it comes to getting the unvarnished truth. Yet it is hard to decide which part of this story is more revealing: the incident itself, or the subsequent reaction by the Fourth Estaters whose commitment to the standards of journalistic integrity — or perhaps…
DetailsBY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Ron Paul, the Texas congressman and isolationist would-be president, is against using tough economic sanctions or military force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. How then, he was asked on “Fox News Sunday,” would he persuade Teheran to abandon its quest for the bomb? “Well,” Paul suggested, “maybe offering…
DetailsBY DAVID HOROWITZ— Just yesterday French President Sarkozy was heard saying to Barack Obama: “I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.” Obama retorted in response: “You’re fed up? But I have to deal with it all day.” This is Obama’s “reset” foreign policy. Appease America’s enemies in the Middle East while sticking it to America’s…
DetailsBY NATASHA MOZGOVAYA, AP– The Palestinians are slated to receive some 200 million dollars in U.S. security assistance after a top House Republican ended her hold on the money. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, informed the Obama administration in recent weeks that she no longer would block 50 million…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— A senior American military official on Friday told CNN that the Obama Administration is “absolutely concerned” that Israel may soon strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. The official insisted that the US itself has no intention of attacking Iran (though other reports suggest otherwise), and said there is no guarantee Israel will…
DetailsBY JONATHAN SCHANZER, WEEKLY STANDARD— Last week, Jordan’s new prime minister Awn Khasawneh boldly announced that Jordan’s 1999 decision to deport leaders of the Palestinian jihadist group Hamas was a political mistake and a violation of the constitution. With U.S. regional influence in decline and Jordanian stability on the line, the London-based Arabic daily al-Quds…
DetailsBY NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— It wasn’t your everyday sight at the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism: dozens of motorcyclists in black leather vests, tattoos and army-green bandanas gathered at the plaza in a culmination of their journey across the country, broke bread together and honored the Israeli army with a prayer and a…
DetailsRyan Jones — ISRAEL TODAY A senior American military official on Friday told CNN that the Obama Administration is “absolutely concerned” that Israel may soon strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. The official insisted that the US itself has no intention of attacking Iran (though other reports suggest otherwise), and said there is no guarantee Israel will…
DetailsPosted Here: This Week’s Prayer Points! “I have posted Watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give your selves no rest and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth.” . The Watchmen…
DetailsThink on this! “The law will go forth from Zion , the Word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.” … “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest…
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