Saturday people, Sunday people

by Leila Gilbert, Weekly Standard First the Saturday People, then the Sunday People. Such graffiti can sometimes be found in Muslim neighborhoods in the Middle East. The “Saturday People” are, of course, Jews, today nearly gone from Muslim lands. Now the Sunday people”—Christians— are in the crosshairs, and they, too, are fleeing at an alarming…

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Alice, dancing over the gallows

Alice Herz-Sommer is 106 years old. As well as being the second oldest person living in London, England – she is more significantly the world`s oldest survivor of Hitler`s holocaust. But what really makes Alice stand out from the pack is her extraordinary optimism and forbearance – her absolute conviction that despite all the terrible…

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‘Death to America and Israel’ Slogans at Muslim Hajj Pilgrimage

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Israel National News Tens of thousands of Muslims chanted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which the Ayatollah of Iran called “a symbol of spirituality.” The Arab Ahlul Bayt News Agency reported, “The pilgrims chanted anti-US and anti-Zionist slogans during the ceremony, also attended by…

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Obama's Middle East failure

by Joseph Puder, Frontpagemag The results of the mid-term elections were widely considered to be a rebuke of President Barack Obama’s policies, specifically against his domestic agenda. His foreign policy failures, however, have not been scrutinized as closely. Yet, the ramifications of his failed policies, particularly in the Middle East, reverberate daily. The Obama administration’s…

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Harper and Obama on Israel

by Isi Leibler, Jerusalem Post Having recently visited the US and Canada, I was left with a feeling of profound disquiet concerning the starkly contrasting attitudes toward Israel displayed by the leaders of these two neighboring countries. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has unquestionably emerged as Israel’s greatest friend in the world, effectively assuming the role…

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Annexation Now!

by Yoel Meltzer, American Thinker Despite the ongoing fixation by an assortment of Israeli trendsetters and decision-makers with the concept of land for peace, for the majority of Jews living in Israel, the picture is totally different. Years of terrorist attacks, wars, and missile bombardment following pullouts from Lebanon and Gaza, ongoing menacing threats from Iran,…

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US demanding much more than 3-month freeze

by David Lev, Israelnationalnews.com Contrary to reports in the media that portray the U.S. as giving Israel a “package” of “benefits” for another three months of building freeze in Judea and Samaria, Washington is actually demanding a lot more for its largesse – far more than Israel can safely agree to, said Infrastructures Minister Uzi…

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A Mess of Pottage

by David Isaac, www.shmuelkatz.com “Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.” — Genesis 25:34 One can’t help but think of the Biblical story of Esau and the way he cavalierly dispensed with his birthright after…

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By failing Canada, we failed ourselves

by JINSA Report, JINSA.org Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking at a conference of international parliamentarians and experts attending a conference on combating anti-Semitism, told the assembled that Canada refused to “pretend” to be an “honest broker” on Israel, even though it meant losing its bid for a seat on the UN Security Council. Canada…

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Israelis plead with God to send rain

by Israel Today Israel’s chief rabbis have declared that this Thursday will be a day of prayer and fasting in Israel to implore God to send much needed rain. Israel has entered its seventh year of drought, though this winter was predicted to be the driest yet. So far, those forecasts are proving accurate. Since…

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Holy Travel: Russian Israelis, Auschwitz Album, and Jerusalem's race

Israel’s “non-Jewish” Jews The subject of Russian Christian immigrants in Israel is a sensitive one that most are hesitant to discuss. The Auschwitz Album Revisited Pat Mercer Hutchens, teacher and accomplished practicing artist, has completed a series of twelve paintings to remember and honor those who perished in the Holocaust. All the paintings were motivated…

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The Palestinian Authority and our tax dollars

by Caroline Glick, JPost Two weeks ago, a Palestinian from Bethlehem was arrested by the US-financed and trained Palestinian Authority security forces. He was charged with “carrying out commercial transactions with residents of a hostile state.” No, he was not buying uranium from Iran. His purported crime was purchasing wood products from an Israeli community…

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Spot Report: Salute to Steven Harper

Steven Harper gave a speech at the anti-Semitism Conference in Ottawa that will make the history books for one of the most pro-Israel speeches ever given by a leader of a Western country.  We want to salute PM Harper, our northern neighbor, and send him our thanks and congratulations. Harper, you are a real mensch!

Netanyahu agrees to push for settlement freeze

by Mark Landler, NY Times Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has agreed to push his cabinet to freeze most construction on settlements in the West Bank for 90 days to break an impasse in peace negotiations with the Palestinians, an official briefed on talks between the United States and Israel said Saturday evening. In…

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Eric Cantor flexes muscle for Israel

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Israel National News Jewish Republican Representative Eric Cantor met last week with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and promised him that his party will act as a “check” on the Obama administration. The unusual meeting offers a strong hint that U.S. President Barack Obama will find Congress taking a more assertive role…

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The false peace process

by Jan Willem van der Hoven, ICZC When I read, in the November 12, 2010 edition of The Jerusalem Post, what Abu Mazen (aka Mahmoud Abbas) sees as the bottom-line for ending the conflict with Israel, I wonder why in the world Western leaders and propagators of the decennia-long “peace process” are consistently criticizing Israel’s…

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What the US is proposing

By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told ministerial colleagues on Sunday that the terms of a planned US-Israel accord, aimed at creating the climate for resumed direct talks with the Palestinians, have not been finalized. The clauses below represent most of the likely components. Netanyahu is set to seek approval for such an…

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