by Herb Keinon, JPost It is likely that getting the PA to give ground on recognizing Israel as a Jewish state is part of the formula being discussed between Israel and the US regarding finding ways to get an extension of some sort of the recently expired settlement moratorium. The cabinet ministers on Sunday will…
Detailsby Debkafile Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided to release the minutes of the deliberations on an air blitz against Damascus – held in Jerusalem before and during the Yom Kippur War 37 years ago – as a strong warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad, debkafile’s military and intelligence sources…
Detailsby Oshrat Nagar Levit, Ynetnews.com The Lebanese people will soon have an Al-Aqsa mosque of their own, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Tuesday. The mosque, to be built a few hundred meters from the border with Israel, is being constructed in honor of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s upcoming visit. Construction is nearing its end in the village of…
Detailsby Caroline Glick, Jpost A striking aspect of the so-called building freeze in Judea and Samaria that expired last week is that an enormous amount of construction went on throughout the last 10 months. The Arabs of Judea and Samaria were not only building without restrictions, the US, Europe and the Arab states of the…
DetailsB’tayavon: Labneh pita pocketsLabneh is strained yogurt that spreads easily on bread or pita and is much healthier and tastier than mayonnaise (my apologies to all mayo-lovers out there). For Israelis, labneh is a regular staple at the table and if you’ve ever been to an Israeli hotel you would have definently seen it at…
Detailsby Caroline Glick, Jpost There’s a new cyber-weapon on the block. And it’s a doozy. Stuxnet, a malicious software, or malware, program was apparently first discovered in June. Although it has appeared in India, Pakistan and Indonesia, Iran’s industrial complexes — including its nuclear installations — are its main victims. Stuxnet operates as a computer…
Detailsby Ryan Jones, Israel Today Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday said he recently learned from reliable sources in the US that the Obama Administration is planning to impose a “peace” settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in the coming months. In a meeting with other members of his Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home)…
Detailsby Melanie Lidman, The Jerusalem Post The International Israel Allies Caucus Foundation (IIACF), an umbrella organization for an international network of pro-Israel lobbies in governments around the world, opened its headquarters in east Jerusalem on Wednesday with a ceremony attended by 40 supporters of Christian-Israel partnerships. The building, located across from the American consulate on…
Detailsby Stan Goodenough The trouble with troublemakers… is that they are often truth tellers. Take Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who today is standing trial in the Netherlands for calling the Muslim book – the Quran – a fascist document. Wilders is a man of immense courage. In a world where people – including his…
Detailsby John Markoff and David E. Sanger, New York Times Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy…
Detailsby Aaron Klein, World Net Daily The Obama administration supports the concept of the Palestinian Authority opening an airport near Jerusalem, according to PA sources speaking to WND. The PA is planning to start the infrastructure of the airport in the town of al Buqya, between Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. WND has learned that…
DetailsFormer Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Dore Gold said: “The problem is that when one of Israel’s leaders suggests that the Old City be put under an international regime, international diplomats begin to think the government may entertain such proposals. Ben-Gurion was able to stand up to the UN General Assembly in 1949 because the…
Detailsby Jordana Horn, JPost In his address to the UN General Assembly Thursday, US President Barack Obama called for a continuation of the settlement freeze and expressed the hope that by next year, current Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will have resulted in “an independent, sovereign state of Palestine. “We believe that the moratorium should be extended. We…
DetailsOn this week’s special edition of Stakelbeck on Terror: CBN News examines the Muslim Brotherhood — a group that is committed to jihad, sharia law and establishing Islamic domination in the U.S.
by Stan Goodenough It’s a bit like a transparent – cheap – mafia movie. First there’s the threat. “You’d better do what we tell you, punk, or else…” Then when, to their exasperation, the warning doesn’t work, they switch tactics. Desperate for the good guy to comply with their demands, they’ll offer most anything to…
Details*Labneh is strained yogurt that spreads easily on bread or pita and is much healthier and tastier than mayonnaise (my apologies to all mayo-lovers out there). For Israelis, labneh is a regular staple at the table and if you’ve ever been to an Israeli hotel you would have definently seen it at the breakfast buffet. There are dozens of…
Detailsby Victor Sharpe As Jews are vilified in the universities and colleges for support of Israel, it is good to remember the major contributions Jews have made to this country, beginning in their early years on these welcoming shores. When the subject of Jewish American contributions to American society and culture is discussed few ordinary…
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