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Competing visions of 'Never Again'

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— If the Jews had been permitted to leave Europe, the Holocaust could have been averted. But the only place that wanted us wasn’t allowed to take us. The nations of the world closed their gates. Only the Jews in the Land of Israel wanted the Jews of Europe. But the British…

Israel congratulates the US

BY ISRAEL TODAY— Israel on Tuesday congratulated America on finally catching up to and eliminating Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, and noted that the targeted killing was very reminiscent of Israeli counter-terror operations for which Jerusalem is so often criticized. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement praising the determined American war…

Fatah military wing calls Fatah military wing calls

BY PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH— The military wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, published a long statement in reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden calling it a “catastrophe.” They said that those who killed Bin Laden were “gangs of heretics.” Fatah’s military wing promises that the Jihad fighters will not be deterred in…

Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Andrei Calarasu

BY ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Andrei Calarasu is one of the six torch lighters who participated in the official openeing ceremony of this year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority presents his story. Andrei was born in 1922 in Botosani, Romania as Bernard Grupper, son of Zalman…

A 'Momentous Achievement'

BY RICK MORAN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Osama bin Laden, the terrorist scourge who created the organization that murdered 3,000 Americans on 9/11, has been killed by American special forces in Pakistan. The head of al-Qaeda was shot to death by US troops in a mansion outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Initial reports are sketchy, but the attack was…

IDF Recognizes 17,000 Holocaust Survivors

BY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7—  IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz was one of many IDF commanders and soldiers who took part on Sunday in a special project entitled “Flower to the Survivor.” As part of the project, Gantz, along with the Chairman of the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel, Elazar Stern,…

PM: 'World doesn't understand lessons of the Holocaust'

BY GIL SHEFLER, JPOST— The world has not learned the lessons of the Holocaust but Israel has, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, at the beginning of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Speaking at the official state ceremony held at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem honoring the six million Jews murdered by Nazis and…

7 lessons from the Holocaust

BY IRWIN COTLER, AISH— Whenever I write on the Holocaust – the Shoah – I do so with a certain degree of humility, and not without a deep sense of pain. For I am reminded of what my parents taught me while still a young boy — the profundity and pain of which I realized…

Jerusalem in Prophecy, Part 4 of 5

BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER– In this article we continue our study of Jerusalem covering the Roman and Byzantine period through the time of Saladin. Roman and Byzantine Period First Jewish Revolt (66-73 AD) While the “Times of the Gentiles” began with Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon, it was the Romans that would scatter the Jews to the…

Osama is dead

Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Doomed?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, POLITICO— Palestinian activists have hailed the unity deal between Hamas and Fatah on April 27 as a positive outgrowth of the Arab Spring. If the reported deal, brokered by Egypt, ends the internecine war between the two most powerful Palestinian factions without a shot fired, it would be cause for celebration in…