BY TZODIA HIRSCHFELD, YNET— Almost every house in South Korea has a translated Talmud. Moreover, the South Koreans have made the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish civil and religious law part of their school curriculum’s compulsory literature. But unlike Israel, even Korean mothers study it and read from it to their young children.…
DetailsBY HILLEL FENDEL, ARUTZ 7— It turns out that the Fatah movement realizes that the international treaty signed at San Remo in 1920 grants internationally-accepted Jewish national rights in the Holy Land. The WAFA news agency of the Palestinian Authority recently reported that Fatah issued a 25th anniversary statement proclaiming that the San Remo Conference…
DetailsBY LEE SMITH, TABLETMAG.COM— With Osama Bin Laden now in the bag, a triumphant President Barack Obama will be searching for new promises to keep—like clinching the comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace treaty that he promised the world during his first two years in office. And since any lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians must…
Detailsby Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs THE LAND Israel, land of the Bible and the historic homeland of the Jewish people, is situated in the Middle East, along the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, and forms part of a land bridge linking three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. In this land, the Jewish people…
DetailsTHE LAND Israel, land of the Bible and the historic homeland of the Jewish people, is situated in the Middle East, along the eastern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, and forms part of a land bridge linking three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe. In this land, the Jewish people began to develop its distinctive religion…
DetailsBY SCOTT PETERSON— Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has survived one of the most turbulent political storms of his seven-year presidency, a stand-off with Iran’s supreme religious leader that caused some to believe he would be impeached or forced to resign as early as this past weekend. But Mr. Ahmadinejad arrived in Istanbul for an international…
DetailsBY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Last week, the Mediterranean resort city of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, was the scene of a remarkable historical event. After centuries of denial, a Spanish regional government condemned the Inquisition, and its persecution of Jews who had been forcibly converted to Catholicism. At a special ceremony, Frances Antich Oliver, president of…
DetailsBY DR. RICHARD BOOKER This is the concluding article of our study of Jerusalem in prophecy. It covers the Mameluke period through the appearance of the New Jerusalem on the earth. Mameluke Period (1291-1517 AD) The Mamelukes were not a people or a nation. They were soldier slaves the Egyptians had imported from Asia. The…
DetailsBY DR. RICHARD BOOKER— This is the concluding article of our study of Jerusalem in prophecy. It covers the Mameluke period through the appearance of the New Jerusalem on the earth. Mameluke Period (1291-1517 AD) The Mamelukes were not a people or a nation. They were soldier slaves the Egyptians had imported from Asia. The…
DetailsThe Itamar Yeshiva is building and expanding in memory of the Fogel family murdered by terrorits. Arutz Sheva presents the emotionally stirring video. This battlefield is small in scope with little impact on the main thrust of the war. The Berbers are a small, scantily armed fighting force and government forces avoid taking them on,…
DetailsBT SARAH STERN, EMET— For the last eighteen years, the international community has turned a blind eye and ignored every failure of the Palestine Authority to live up to the signed agreements and commitments it has made. In return for these unfulfilled promises, the Israelis gave very real tangibles, leading to their decisions to: evacuate…
DetailsYom Hazikaron, Remembrance Day, began on Sunday evening, May 8, as a day of collective and personal anguish mingled with awe and honor for the fallen. The official events began at 8:00 PM with a moment of national silence heralded by a one minute siren. .
DetailsBY JTA— Half the Democratic caucus in the U.S. Senate urged President Obama to suspend assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces terrorism. “It is imperative for you to make clear to President Abbas that Palestinian Authority participation in a unity government with an unreformed Hamas will jeopardize its relationship with…
DetailsBY KRISTEN CHICK, JWR— An attack by Muslims on two churches in Cairo led to sectarian clashes that claimed at least 12 lives, a reminder that Egypt’s religious rift has continued to widen since the successful uprising that pushed Hosni Mubarak from power. The violence in the Cairo neighborhood of Imbaba, declared in the 1990’s…
DetailsBY SHMUEL SACKETT— One thing made Osama bin Laden public enemy #1. One thing made him a target for America’s hit squad. One thing – and only one thing – made his assassination justified and praised by world leaders. He didn’t just kill Jews. Had he limited his terrorism to Jews only, he would not…
DetailsBY JPOST— Celebrating the 63rd anniversary of Israel, one cannot help but be struck by the incongruity of conflating an ancient people, perhaps the world’s oldest still extant, with a birthday age befitting a baby boomer. Indeed, many of the dilemmas that face the Jewish people today have been around for centuries. And yet, while…
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