Presbyterians push to demonize Israel

By D. Bloomfield, Jerusalem Post      You probably don’t remember but before June 1967 there was peace in the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan. There were no fedayeen, no terror attacks, no PLO. Only after it was “colonized in the 20th century” by Jewish immigrants from Europe who took “the land of Palestine…

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Israel Allies Caucus speaks out

The Congressional Israel Allies Caucus held a press conference today to respond to calls for an international investigation of Israel and to hold Turkey accountable for their involvement in the flotilla incident.   Representing the caucus were co-chairmen, Congressmen Elliot Engel (D-NY) and Mike Pence (R-IN) who were also joined by Congressmen Ted Poe (R-TX), Minority…

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Israeli and Kurdish victims of Turkey

by Victor Sharpe Sometime ago, before Turkey chose to lurch further into the deadly embrace of Islamism, I received a plea from a Kurdish friend who remains supportive of Israel’s epic struggle to survive among its hostile Arab neighbors. He is also devoted to the Jewish people for he knows of the shared ethnicities believed…

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Iran's Bomb

by Matt Gurney, Frontpagemag.com If the newest round of sanctions levied against Iran by the international community doesn’t stop Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon, what will? That answer to that question, whatever it may be, will fundamentally shift the balance of power in the Middle East. There is no good solution to dilemma of…

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Obama, its time to release Pollard

On November 21, 2009, Jonathan Pollard entered his 25th year of a life sentence for his activities on behalf of Israel. The median sentence for the offense Pollard committed – one count of passing classified information to an ally – is 2 to 4 years. Pollard received his life sentence without a trial, as a…

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Background information on the Pollard Case

By Esther Pollard, Jonathanpollard.org My husband, Jonathan Pollard, is an Israeli agent in captivity, currently completing his 25th year of a life sentence for his service to the security of the State of Israel. Jonathan is the only person in the history of the US to receive a life sentence for spying for an ally. The…

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Remember Jonathan Pollard

Dear General Hutchens, The recent unpleasantness between the Obama administration and the Likud-led government of Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s refusal to stop building in the eastern part of Jerusalem has led many in Israel to believe that the current administration is pro-Palestinian. While previous American administrations pressured Israel to cede territory to various Palestinian interlocutors…

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God, the Western Wall and the Volcano

 By Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz report God sometimes speaks through volcanos:   “And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain… Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke…

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Cairo: One Year Later

by Cal Thomas One year ago this month, President Obama addressed the “Muslim world” from Cairo, Egypt. Some saw that speech as unnecessary groveling. Critics — and I am among them — think such displays communicate weakness and only encourage those who wish to damage our economy and kill our people. Supporters of the president’s…

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Hamas rises in the west

by Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post Since the navy’s May 31 takeover of the Turkish-Hamas flotilla, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his advisers have deliberated around the clock about how to contend with the US-led international stampede against Israel. But their ultimate decision to form an investigatory committee led by a retired Supreme Court justice and…

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