Unconditional love for Israel

BY RON JAGER— What is it about Evangelical Christians and their support for Israel that makes some Jews at times uneasy? I can even imagine what makes Jews – especially liberal Jews – nervous about this huge group of Israel lovers: their conservative values, an uncompromising stance on the Middle East peace process and support…

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The myth of the West Bank

BY RICHARD BOOKER, PART 6 of MYTHOMANIACS— A mythical phrase that has become commonplace in the Arab-Israeli conflict is the phrase, “West Bank.” I call this a mythical phrase because it was invented by Jordan to describe the territory West of the Jordan River, a territory which Jordan illegally occupied. When the news media refers…

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Israel embassies preparing for Iran strike?

By ITAMAR EICHNER, YNet — Preparing for Iran strike? Foreign embassies in Israel have recently started to formulate contingency plans to evacuate their citizens from the Jewish State in case of a missile attack on Israel. Senior officials in Jerusalem said that several diplomatic missions have shown great interest in preparing for various emergency situations,…

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Scavenger hunt in Jerusalem

BY RYAN JONES, TRAVELUJAH— There are so many fascinating experiences to be had in the Holy Land that it is difficult to call just one the “most unique,” but going on a historical scavenger hunt in Jerusalem’s Old City has got to rank pretty high on the uniqueness scale. Pilgrimage tours to Israel are nothing…

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Video: Douglas Murray on Israel and a nuclear Iran

Douglas Kear Murray is a British writer and commentator.  He was the director of the Centre for Social Cohesion from 2007 until 2011, and is currently an associate director of the Henry Jackson Society. Murray appears regularly in the British broadcast media, commentating on issues from a conservative standpoint, and he is often critical of…

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Winning the campus battlefield

On the 26th of February, campuses across America will begin their eighth annual Israel Apartheid Week (IAW).  The stated aim of IAW is “to educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system.”  They believe that by doing so they will exert “urgent pressure on Israel to alter its current structure and practices…

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Netanyahu: Khamenei's Words Remind Us of Where We Live

BY ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delieverd a terse retort Sunday to the threats issued Friday by Iran’s “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and tied it to events in Syria. “We have received a reminder about what kind of a neighborhood we live in,” Netanyahu said at the start of the Cabinet session.…

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Israeli demonization week

BY MARK TAPSON, FRONTPAGEMAG— The title above may be a bit confusing, since the left and their media cohorts essentially treat every week as Israeli Demonization Week. So to be more precise: the official, organized, designated demonization of Israel known as Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is gearing up to launch later this month. IAW is…

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Obama: Israel hasn't made decision on Iran

BY REUTERS— President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Israel has not yet decided how to respond to concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and said there was no evidence that Iran has the “intentions or capabilities” to wage attacks on US soil. Asked in an NBC interview whether Israel was set to attack Iran, Obama…

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Fool me twice

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama’s chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish community that the same man who sat in the church pews…

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Gingrich vs. Romney On Israel

BY DAVID RUBIN— For those pro-Israel Americans who are still on the fence about which candidate to support in the Republican primaries, this particular American-Israeli would like to briefly scan some of the nuances on the campaign trail. With the notable exception of Congressman Ron Paul, who has harshly criticized Israel’s treatment of our Hamas-supporting…

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‘Panetta believes Israel will attack Iran this spring'

BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta believes that Israel will attack Iran in April, May or June, the Washington Post reported Thursday. According to the report, written by the paper’s senior opinion writer David Ignatius, Panetta is concerned that Israel will launch an attack before Iran enters the so-called “immunity…

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