KHALED ABU TOAMEH — The Hudson Institute — As the world focuses its attention on the Palestinian Authority’s plan to ask the United Nations in September to recognize a Palestinian state along the pre-1967 lines, the Palestinian political scene is in disarray as a result of power struggles, personal and political rivalries and divisions. Everyone…
DetailsIngredients 3 ½ cups vegetable broth 3 cups water 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 medium onion, chopped salt 2 cups Arborio rice (risotto) 1 pound thin asparagus, chopped 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup Parmesan, grated ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest 2 tablespoons fresh mint, minced Directions 1) Bring the broth and water to…
DetailsIngredients 3 ½ cups vegetable broth 3 cups water 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 medium onion, chopped salt 2 cups Arborio rice (risotto) 1 pound thin asparagus, chopped 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup Parmesan, grated ½ teaspoon grated lemon zest 2 tablespoons fresh mint, minced Directions 1) Bring the broth and water to a…
DetailsBY BARAK RAVID— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surprised many of the participants in the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday when he embarked on a monologue praising the idea of parting from the Palestinians and in relinquishing portions of the West Bank. Netanyahu said the number of Palestinians and Jews between the Jordan River and the sea…
DetailsBY ISRAEL INSIDER— In the first 25 years after Israel’s founding in 1948, it was repeatedly attacked by the large armies of its Arab neighbours. Each time, Israel prevailed on the battlefield, only to have its victories rolled back by Western powers who feared losing access to Arab oilfields. The fear was and is legitimate…
DetailsBY BARBARA LERNER, NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE— The peace pieties are the code phrases used to undermine Israel and, ultimately, the West. Faithful NRO readers are increasingly clear-eyed about what President Obama and his supporters call “the Middle East peace process.” They know this process has a diplomatic language of its own, a propaganda language that…
DetailsBY JPOST— Three recent news items serve to underscore our challenging reality. Iran last week launched an “observation satellite,” the infrastructure for which could easily be deployed to deliver nuclear or other warheads. An Israeli civil defense exercise is scheduled to start today and continue for five days. It will simulate massive rocket barrages. Finally,…
DetailsBY ITAMAR MARCUS AND NAN JACQUES ZILBERDIK—- There are signs that the Palestinian Authority is beginning to present the signing of the Oslo Accords with Israel as a negative event as bad as Israel’s creation and the defeat of the three Arab states, Syria, Jordan and Egypt, in the Six Day War. “The deceased: ‘Arab…
DetailsBY RON FRIEDMAN Dr. Alan Bauer, an American- Israeli victim of a Palestinian terrorist attack, on Thursday filed a first of its kind lawsuit in an effort to seize ships to be used by Islamic and anti-Israel organizations to try to breach the blockade of the Gaza Strip later this month. The suit, Bauer v. The…
DetailsBY GARY BAUER, END OF DAY REPORT– Multiple news reports this week in the U.S. and Israel, quoting reliable sources, indicate that the Obama Administration is once again bullying Israel to make concessions that would put it at risk and strengthen and embolden Israel’s enemies, who are sworn to its destruction. The issue is the…
DetailsBY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ SHEVA— . Canada’s largest city has voted to re-write and update its anti-discrimination policies so that terms such as “Israeli Apartheid” would violate city standards. The motion was voted on by Toronto’s municipal council last Wednesday and passed with an overwhelming majority of 33 to 1, The Toronto Sun reported. It was…
DetailsThink on this! “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding people reeling. … I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.” … “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for…
Details“What is permanent in the kingdom of God under the Old Testament is PRESUMED in the New.”—David Brown, nineteenth century Bible commentator
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DetailsBY JPOST— A suspected gas explosion rocked a four-story building in Netanya overnight Thursday, leaving four people dead and at least 50 others injured. The cause of the explosion was initially unknown, but Police officially announced that the explosion was caused by a gas tank or a number of tanks. “This is not a terror…
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