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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Israel set to bring in 8,000 Ethiopian Jews

by UPI The Israeli Cabinet voted unanimously Sunday in favor of a process to allow nearly 8,000 Ethiopians of Jewish descent into the country. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a statement Israel wants to end the “complex humanitarian crisis” to “avoid the creation of additional refugee camps in Ethiopia.” “From my perspective, this closes…

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Can Bibi be bribed?

by Edmund Sanders, Jewish World Review Under pressure from the Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began nudging his Cabinet on Sunday toward accepting a multibillion-dollar package of U.S. incentives to restart peace talks with Palestinians. But Netanyahu immediately faced strong opposition from conservative politicians and Jewish settler groups, who vowed to block the…

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Talking till we glow in the face

by Ilan Berman, Washington Times Every season, it seems, brings another round of nuclear diplomacy with Iran. This fall promises to be no different; in the near future, if current projections hold, Washington and Tehran will sit down for new talks over the Islamic republic’s persistent quest for an atomic capability. But what is there…

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Barack Obama: the Most Anti-Israel President!

by Ken Blackwell With his remarks in Jakarta, Indonesia, President Obama made history once again. Sadly, it’s a most unenviable title. I believe he is the most anti-Israel President in U.S. history. In going to Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch his latest attack, he literally went to the ends of the earth to give voice to his…

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Israel's "non-Jewish" Jews

By Shelley Neese When new immigrants (olim) arrive to Israel, the first step in the absorption process is attending ulpan—an intensive Hebrew language course for adults. It is an Israeli right of passage. When I moved to Beer Sheva in 2000 on a student visa, I electively enrolled in an ulpan at the local Mercaz…

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Israel On the Reservation

by Jerrold L. Sobel For those old enough to remember, in 1971 Paul Revere and the Raiders hit the music charts with a number 1 song, “Cherokee Nation,” (the Lament of the Cherokee People.) It’s a poignant song dealing with the disbursement of the Cherokee people from their native lands originally in the Southeastern United…

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Obama's obsession with Israel

by Israel Today US President Barack Obama’s political setback in the recent midterm congressional elections, which saw Republicans seize a commanding majority in the House of Representatives, will likely increase his need to drive through an ill-advised Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Speaking to Arutz 7 radio, Professor Eitan Gilboa of Bar Ilan University said he believes…

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