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BY REUTERS— Palestinian refugees should capitalise on the wave of popular revolts in the Middle East by massing peacefully on the borders of Israel until it gives in to their demands, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday. Gaddafi is respected in many parts of the Arab world for his uncompromising criticism of Israel and…
DetailsThink on This: “He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart.” (Psalms 15:2) Pray on This: Heavenly Father, Thank You for liberating the imprisoned. “Baruch matir asirim.” *Shelley Neese is the vice president of The Jerusalem Connection. Click here for her articles and videos.
DetailsThe Government of Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu are under pressure to accept and implement “the two-state solution”, which means the creation of a Palestinian State in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. It was the late Prime Minister Rabin who wrote: “A Palestinian State can be created only on the ruins of the State of Israel.”…
DetailsBY SHELLEY NEESE— On a cold February day, twenty-five years ago, Natan Sharansky slumped like poured cement in the Russian snow declaring, “I won’t move until you give me back my Psalms book.” Given to him by his wife Avital before their thirteen years of separation, the book was his most cherished possession—the Psalms his…
DetailsBY ASSOCIATED PRESS— Egypt’s military rulers have promised the country will abide by its international agreements, a nod to allay concerns that Egypt’s peace deal with Israel could be threatened following the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The military has also asked the current government, appointed by Mubarak, to continue operating until a new…
DetailsBY RYAN MAURO, FRONTPAGEMAG.COM Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned today after heavy popular and international pressure and most likely, an ultimatum from his own military. A new Egypt is being formed but it is unclear what it will look like, though the Muslim Brotherhood is certain to play a major role. The balance of power…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— In the midst of the political turmoil engulfing Egypt and much of the Arab world, last month’s revelation that Pakistan has doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal over the past four years has been largely ignored. Nuclear proliferation analysts from the Federation of American Scientists and the Institute for Science…
DetailsBY EMET REPORT A Facebook page created by anonymous people is calling on Palestinians to take part in mass protest against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday. The page, titled Honor Revolution (Thauret al-Karama in Arabic), urges Gazans to take to the street after Muslim Friday prayers to topple the de-facto government of the…
DetailsBY YNETNEWS.COM A top Egyptian minister accused the United States Wednesday of imposing its “will” on its Arab ally, even as the White House warned Cairo had fallen short of a “minimum threshold” for reform. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit lashed out in a television interview on a day when Washington also stiffened its…
DetailsBY HOWARD LAFRANCHI, CSMONTIOR— The Obama administration is trying to maintain the balancing act it has pursued in Egypt, between political transition and stability, but a shaking tightrope — events on the ground — is raising questions about whether the current approach is tenable. A growing number of voices in the foreign policy community, find…
DetailsBY DAVID ISAAC, SHMUELKATZ.COM “Notwithstanding all internal feuds, rivalries, even mutual bloodletting, that have always marked inter-Arab relations, notwithstanding differences in nuances and in tactics, the destruction of the Jewish State remains the common ambition of all the Arab states.” — Shmuel Katz, (“Mutuality of Interests” (The Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 1983) “At the moment,…
DetailsBY ISRAEL TODAY— The number of legal abortions performed in Israel dropped by 19 percent in recent years, according to statistics published by the Health Ministry. Since its rebirth as a nation state nearly 63 years ago, an average of 40,000 Israeli babies have been lost to abortion every year. That’s well over two million…
DetailsBY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Free and democratic societies take chances. They guarantee freedom of speech and of the press, despite the risk that harmful, foolish, or depraved ideas may be promoted. They require due process of law before an offender can be punished, even though some who are guilty may go free as a…
DetailsFor the Sabbath of February 12, 2011. Torah Portion: Exodus 27:20–30:10, “Tetsaveh” (“You shall remember”) Haftorah: Ezekiel 43:10—27 Gospel: Matthew 24:1—35, “Al Har Hazetim” (“On the Mount of Olives…”) New Testament: Hebrews 13:10—17
Details“If the Jewish people are not prepared to hold their ground in the city that for 2,000 years kept the dream of Jewish sovereignty alive, I shudder to think of where we are willing to draw the line.” Natan Sharansky
*My sister has a magnet on her refrigerator that says “in this house carrot cake counts as a vegetable.” If carrot cake counts then I imagine carrot soufflé counts as two vegetable servings! My son is a semi-picky eater and I thought it wouldn’t hurt to occasionally sneak vegetables into some meals. Granted as a…
Details*My sister has a magnet on her refrigerator that says “in this house carrot cake counts as a vegetable.” If carrot cake counts then I imagine carrot soufflé counts as two vegetable servings! My son is a semi-picky eater and I thought it wouldn’t hurt to occasionally sneak vegetables into some meals. Granted as a house rule non-sneaky vegetables are…
DetailsBY HOWARD LAFRANCHI President Obama has shifted increasingly over the past week toward the demand by Egypt’s anti-regime protesters that President Hosni Mubarak resign immediately. And as he has, a nagging question has dogged White House deliberations: What will be the impact on relations in the region — and on vital American interests — if…
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