BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, JPOST— Pundits are painting news of Gilad Schalit’s dramatic release as a blow to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who watched from the sidelines, and a win for the rival Hamas faction, which negotiated the release of more than 1,000 Palestinians in exchange for just one captured soldier. But rather than stoking…
DetailsEditor’s note: The sermon below, delivered by Rabbi Schlomo Lewis of Atlanta on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, 2010, has been referred to as the “Sermon of the Century.” I thought long and I thought hard on whether to deliver the sermon I am about to share. We all wish to bounce happily out…
Details“In Israel, there is more courage in one square mile than in all of Europe. In Israel, there is more courage in one Israeli soldier than in the combined and cold hearts of every bureaucrat at the United Nations. In Israel, you can find people who will stand against incredible odds, against the entire tide…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Gilad Schalit is home. And that is wonderful. The terrorists Israel released in exchange for the IDF soldier held hostage by Hamas for more than five years are running around Judea, Samaria and Gaza promising to return to terror. And that is a nightmare. But so far, the Israeli public is…
DetailsBY JTA— US Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain pushed back against a proposal by Ron Paul to cut funding to Israel. Paul, a Texas congressman, during the GOP debate Tuesday in Las Vegas repeated his proposal to cut foreign aid, including the $3 billion Israel receives annually in defense assistance. “That foreign…
DetailsBY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— The release of Gilad Shalit has attracted worldwide attention, including that of Arab users of the Internet, who have used the Twitter social network to share their thoughts on the exchange deal with the world. Israel’s Channel 10 News on Wednesday presented some of the tweets written by Arab users…
DetailsBY HASSAN SHAALAN, YNET— Noam Shalit, father of former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit told reporters on Thursday that his son, who was freed after nearly five and a half years in captivity, was doing as well as can be expected. “Over all, Gilad is doing well. He is under IDF doctors’ care. As you’ve all…
DetailsBY JPOST— Noam Schalit on Thursday responded to a Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) claim that his son Gilad was treated well in captivity, saying, “he underwent some difficult things.” “It’s true that in the later stages his conditions improved,” he noted, but warned that Hamas statements should be taken with a grain of salt, speaking…
DetailsBY The Telegraph— Alec Garrard, 78, a retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod’s temple. And get this – it’s still unfinished! He dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft. He hand-baked and painted every clay brick…
DetailsView all of our Imitation of Messiah Revisited articles The book, The Imitation of Christ, has been beside my bed for years. I read it time and time again and somehow never go away unblessed. The message of humility and denial of self found in this book is not unfamiliar to the ancient Hebrew Scriptures…
DetailsBY ROTEM ELIAV, IDF NEWS— “Plug in the speakers, Kaplan,” says Master Sgt. Gabriel Cohen, inspection NCO of the Military Rabbinate to his soldier Pvt. Eliyahu Kaplan, and the first Sukkot celebration is underway. Every holiday the IDF makes sure to give the soldiers spending the celebration guarding at military posts and away from their…
DetailsBY AVI ISSACHAROFF, HAARETZ— Forty-two released Palestinian prisoners arrived in Syria, Turkey, Jordan and Qatar on Tuesday after being set free as part of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. The prisoners are considered the most notorious of 1,027 Palestinians and Israeli Arabs being released by Israel in exchange for abducted Israel Defense…
DetailsBY SAMARA GREENBERG, JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Last month’s Palestinian Authority (PA) ploy at the United Nations to gain recognition of statehood represents the continuing Palestinian strategy to avoid negotiating a peace agreement with Israel. While it would be unfortunate and unhelpful to reward bad behavior, there is an even more fundamental reason why members of…
DetailsBY MICHAEL FREUND, JEWISH PRESS— As the Palestinians press forward in international forums with their plans for statehood, a growing chorus of countries has expressed support for the move. Defying history, logic and reason, much of the world has made clear that it would like to see a state of Palestine arise alongside Israel. And…
DetailsBY JPOST— Noam Schalit briefly shared some details of his son Gilad’s captivity and release at a press conference outside his family’s home in Mitzpe Hila Tuesday night after Gilad’s arrival. Gilad said that at the beginning he was held in difficult conditions, Noam recounted, adding that his conditions later improved. He said Gilad was…
DetailsThough his freedom came with a price, there is not a dry eye in Israel today.
BY JPOST— Gilad Schalit walked down the steps of his family home in Mitzpe Hila on Tuesday afternoon following his release from over five years of Hamas captivity. Police vehicles with flashing lights escorted the convoy carrying Schalit from a helicopter landing strip to his home. The IAF helicopter carrying Schalit landed near his home…
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