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Reading the writing on the wall

BY SARAH STERN, EMET— I have a childhood memory of my grandmother in her small Brooklyn apartment crying while holding a faded picture of her huge, beautiful, Hungarian-Jewish family, who, with the exception of one other sibling, perished in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. One of my aunts, who had the sensitivity of a sledge…

Israel sees Lebanon bombing as Hezbollah warning to UNIFIL

BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— The bombing of a UNIFIL convoy in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night was likely aimed at sending a message to the peacekeeping force to scale back its operations against Hezbollah, Israeli defense officials said on Wednesday. UNIFIL’s mandate is up for renewal in mid-August and the attack is understood in Israel…

Susan Rice's Absence Did Not Go Unnoticed

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, COMMENTARY On Tuesday, the United States reaffirmed its opposition to Palestinian plans to sidestep negotiations with Israel and declare a state this fall at the United Nations. But Ambassador Susan Rice, Washington’s top representative at the UN, was apparently nowhere to be found. At the last open meeting of the UN Security…

What will it take to wake Jews up?

BY DENNIS PRAGER— The citizens of San Francisco will be voting on a proposition that seeks to ban circumcision in that city. Though I am strongly opposed to the proposition, if it passes, some good may come of it. Let me explain. I am a passionate advocate of Jewish ritual known as the bris —…

The PA is bluffing

BY YONATAN SILVERMAN, ARUTZ 7— The Palestinian Authority has been agitating to become a UN member state for two years. It appears they have secured the support of a majority of other member states in the General Assembly to achieve UN recognition as a state. But they will not become members of the organization because…

Hezbollah warns Israel against "stealing" gas

BY AP— Hezbollah’s leader is warning Israel against “stealing” Lebanon’s natural oil and gas resources.  A dispute is building between the two arch enemies over their maritime border and huge natural gas and oil reserves beneath the sea. Lebanon has submitted its own sea boundary proposal to the UN, and Israel’s government earlier this month…

IDF rearms ahead of Palestinian state bid

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— The Israeli army (IDF) has been busy procuring new weapons for its soldiers in preparation for the aftermath of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral statehood bid in September. It is widely expected that after the Palestinians petition the UN to recognize a Palestinian mass popular violence will break out against Israel.…

The Nightmare of International Guarantees

BY BARRY RUBIN— History has taught us that on security matters we can only trust ourselves. Israel is constantly urged to put its trust in the international community – an idea that hasn’t worked out too well in the past. Now the UN special envoy for Lebanon has given another reason Israel shouldn’t take risks…

Israel's premier opportunist

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Saying that Israel faces daunting challenges today and that those challenges will multiply and grow in the near future should not be construed as a partisan or ideological statement. Rather, it is a statement of fact. It is also a fact that the greatest dangers facing Israel stem from President Barack…

Christian Zionism in balance

BY MALCOM HEDDING, JPOST— Today, Christian Zionism stirs up all sorts of reactions within the confessing church and sometimes is regarded as extreme or even heretical as a theological position. Those taking this view forget that some of the greatest leaders of the church through history held this position. Indeed, a good case can be…

US Warns Jordan's king: Arab Revolt is on your doorstep

BY DEBKAFILE— Jordan’s King Abdullah II was warned in Washington this week that he had better start introducing political reforms without delay because a revolt against his throne was knocking at his door from neighboring Syria, debkafile’s Washington sources report. The king was handed intelligence updates at the State Department, Pentagon and National Security Council,…