Lessons from the embassy takeover

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— We are able to consider the lessons of the weekend’s mob assault on the Israeli embassy in Cairo because the six Israeli security officers who were on the brink of being slaughtered were rescued at the last moment and spirited out of the country. If the Egyptian commandos hadn’t arrived on…

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Ros-Lehtinen Introduces United Nations Reform Bill

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced the United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act (H.R. 2829), which places conditions on U.S. funding to the UN in order to achieve long awaited reform at that body. “We need a UN which will advance the noble goals for which…

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Take our High Holiday Quiz!

The High Holidays are upon us. Its time to test your knowledge! Click here to take our new Holiday quiz on Facebook. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on September 28th. Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Hebrew calendar, follows on October 7th-8th. Then the week-long holiday of Sukkot, also known…

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Iranian cyberwar

BY ILAN BERMAN, DEFENSE NEWS— Does the Islamic Republic of Iran pose a cyber threat to the United States? On the surface, the idea seems far-fetched. Squeezed by sanctions over its nuclear ambitions, suffering from widespread social malaise and weathering unprecedented divisions among its leadership, Iran hardly seems an imminent threat to the U.S. homeland…

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Israel's rifts with allies

BY EDMUND SANDERS, LA TIMES— Israel has always bet its survival on a few key friendships amid a world of enemies. But lately even its oldest alliances are looking frayed. Egyptian mobs stormed Israel’s Embassy in Cairo on Friday night, forcing the ambassador to flee a country that reached a landmark peace treaty with Israel…

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Israeli embassy in Jordan on high alert

BY GLOBES— Arab media sources report that Jordanian security forces have increased security around the Israeli Embassy in Amman, in the wake of Saturday’s attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. The Jordanian authorities want to prevent a similar incident. A media report said, “Two armored vehicles and extensive deployments of Jordan security forces were…

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Israel's doomsday weapon

BY ALEX FISHMAN, YNET— The day the Twin Towers collapsed in Manhattan, September 11, 2001, Israeli submarine “Leviathan” of the advanced Dolphin model was on a training sail somewhere at sea – the exact location of Israel’s submarines will always remain classified, even dozens of years after the fact. At one point, the submarine rose…

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Netanyahu: 'Israel Will Stand By Peace'

BY CHANA YA’AR, ARUTZ 7— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told reporters in a statement Saturday night in Jerusalem that Israel will stand by the peace treaty with Egypt, and thanked the United States for its assistance in persuading Cairo to take action in protecting people at the Israeli embassy following an attack. “The attack on…

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Revealed miracles and Divine protection in Manhattan

BY EYTAN KOBRE, JWR TODAY— I arrive at Hatzolah’s Flatbush headquarters on a brightly sunny August day so very much like the morning of September 11, 2001. I’ve always felt that that day of horror, now seared into the collective consciousness of humanity simply as “9/11,” was somehow made all the more terrifying by the…

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Rep. Walsh introduces legislation to defend Israel

Today, Congressman Joe Walsh introduced a resolution supporting Israel’s right to annex Judea and Samaria in the event that the Palestinian Authority continues to press for unilateral U.N. recognition of Palestinian statehood. It anticipates the General Assembly vote on recognition of Palestinian statehood scheduled for September 20. The resolution coincides with a bill being introduced…

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How did Israel receive Glenn Beck and his message?

By RYAN JONES — ISRAEL TODAY — When popular and controversial American commentator Glenn Beck held his highly-publicized rally in Israel it was relentlessly covered and criticized by the mainstream media. However, the purpose of Beck’s “Restoring Courage” rally was not to win accolades abroad, but rather to encourage average Israelis to stand up to…

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