“Decisions that are binding on UN members pass through the Security Council. I am convinced that the activity of the US, which is deeply cooperating with us, as well as the activity of other governments with which we are also cooperating, will result in the failure of this attempt. The UN also has the General…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK — JPOST — If nothing else, the Palestinians’ UN statehood gambit goes a long way towards revealing the deep-seated European and US pathologies that enable and prolong the Palestinian conflict with Israel. In a nutshell, the Palestinian Authority – or Fatah – or PLO initiative of asking the UN Security Council and…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki Tavo” (When you come…) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 – 22 New Testament: Ephesians 1:3 – 6 Gospel: John 16:1 – 4, “Shelo tichablu” (You should not stumble…)
DetailsBY CHANA YA’AR— The Palestinian Authority has announced it will submit its application to the United Nations Security Council to appeal for recognition as a new country and attain acceptance in the body. PA Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki announced Thursday that the entity plans to submit its bid for full U.N. membership with the Council…
DetailsBY JIM HUTCHENS— As I write, a major focus in Israel is underway, called Palestinian’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, (UDI). This is an attempt to have the United Nations declare a sovereign Palestinian state without any negotiations with Israel. The U.S has already stated that it will not support this effort. Still, the results of…
DetailsBY HARRIS DEVOR AND ASAF ROMIROWSKY, JEWISH EXPONENT— As almost everyone knows by now, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to march into the United Nations this month and demand statehood for the Palestinians by way of a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Such a state would be in lands east of the 1949 armistice…
DetailsBY ALAN DERSHOWITZ, WALL STREET JOURNAL— As Egypt and Turkey increase tensions with Israel, the Palestinian Authority seeks to isolate the Jewish state even further by demanding that the United Nations accord Palestine recognition as a “state” without a negotiated peace with Israel. President Mahmoud Abbas described his playbook for seeking U.N. recognition while bypassing…
DetailsBY EARL COX— An American TV talk show host has popularized the idea of “Top Ten” lists. Of course, his lists are designed to be humorous and entertaining. Nonetheless, I thought it would be helpful to list the “Top Ten” ways in which our US President Barack Obama has offended Israel. In the process, he…
DetailsThe United Nations has made the democratic State of Israel the target of incessant condemnation while neglecting its mandate in challenging the oppressive regimes around the world. The following film clip uncovers the factors behind the UN’s bias against Israel. We encourage you to view the clip, forward to friends, and partner with us to…
DetailsBY STAN GOODENOUGH, JERUSALEM NEWSWIRE— Today, September 13, 2011, will be a momentous day. Today, representatives of 193 countries are coming together on the east side of Manhattan for the opening of the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Of the 168 items on their agenda, one towers above the rest, guaranteed to…
DetailsBY ED KOCH, JPOST BLOG— Israel is now surrounded by Arab and other Muslim nations who believe this is the moment when they can finally destroy the Jewish state. They tried and failed to conquer Israel in five different wars since 1948. They are still trying. Since the “Arab Spring” revolts in the Arab heartland…
DetailsBY 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…
DetailsTHE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 5 of 5 BY DR RICHARD BOOKER— In our previous articles we have looked into the Bible and history to discover the beginning of the nations, the mother of all family feuds, the origins of the Arab people and the modern myth of Palestinians. In this final article we will…
DetailsU.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…
DetailsTHE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 5 of 5 BY DR RICHARD BOOKER— In our previous articles we have looked into the Bible and history to discover the beginning of the nations, the mother of all family feuds, the origins of the Arab people and the modern myth of Palestinians. In this final article we will…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsBY 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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