By Gil Ronen, Israelnationalnews.com If senior journalist David Goldman is right, the correct word for describing the way a growing number of US Jews feel about President Barack Obama is not ‘anger’ but ‘rage’ – white-hot rage, at that, and a conviction that they have been swindled. Goldman, Senior Editor of First Things magazine and…
Detailsby Asaf Romirowsky, The Washington Examiner Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad proclaimed of late that a Palestinian State will come to fruition within two years, saying, “the time for this baby to be born will come… our vision, and a reflection of our will to exercise our right to live in freedom and dignity…
DetailsBy The Emet Report Inside Iran, Ahmadinejad was met with open hostility during a visit Monday to the University of Tehran, resulting in Revolutionary Guards Corps units attacking students in clashes which lasted for several hours. Cell phone video’s taken by students show them chanting, “The students would rather die than agree to humiliation and…
DetailsBy MK Dr. Arieh Eldad, Jerusalem Post These lines were written on the day the U.S. envoy George Mitchell arrived in Israel to open indirect “proximity” talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. These talks have been much delayed, in part as a result of PA chairman Abu Mazen’s having noticed that the U.S.…
DetailsBy YNetnews.com Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Monday Israel has the technological capabilty to make a military strike against Iran. Addressing a conference on air power, Yaalon said Israel’s experience in carrying out air strikes against terrorists along its borders could easily be extended to distant sorties in Iran. “There is no doubt…
DetailsPOPULATION: 7,427.000 Jews: 75.5% Non-Jews: 24.5% POPULATION DISTRIBUTION Cities and Towns: 91.7% Thereof: Jerusalem: 10.4% Tel Aviv: 5.3% Haifa: 3.6% Villages and community settlements: 3.1% Moshavim: 3.3% Kibbutzim: 1.7% LIFE EXPECTANCY Women: 82.5 Men: 78.8 DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK FORCE Public, Community & Personal Services: 40.1% Manufacturing: 13.3% Tourism, Commerce and Finance: 26% Agriculture: 1.9%…
Detailsby Stan Goodenough God commands it: “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her; That you may feed and be satisfied with the consolation of her bosom; That you may drink deeply and be delighted with the abundance of…
DetailsBy Bill Koenig— Replacement theology church organizations continue to make rash statements about Israel; call it an occupier; blame it for the Palestinian plight; actively pursue divestment of investments in Israel or in companies that do business with Israel; and side with the Palestinians while never addressing the history of problems perpetrated by the Palestinian…
DetailsBy Bill Koenig Replacement theology church organizations continue to make rash statements about Israel; call it an occupier; blame it for the Palestinian plight; actively pursue divestment of investments in Israel or in companies that do business with Israel; and side with the Palestinians while never addressing the history of problems perpetrated by the Palestinian…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post So much for US President Barack Obama’s famed powers of persuasion. At the UN’s Nuclear Non-Poliferation Treaty review conference which opened this week, the Obama administration managed to lose control over the agenda before the conference even started. Obama administration officials said they intended to use the conference as a…
Detailsby Maayana Miskin, Israelnationalnews.com Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has agreed to freeze construction in a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem for two years, officials in the United States State Department said Sunday. Netanyahu’s office denied that he has agreed not to build in Ramat Shlomo in northern Jerusalem until 2012. US officials said the move was…
DetailsBy Ynetnews.com Despite the ongoing tension between Washington and Jerusalem, a clear majority – 61% – of the overall Israeli public defines the relations between the two countries as very good or good (in the Arab sector the rate of those who view these relations as good is considerably higher—79%), this according to a War…
DetailsBy Joseph Puder, Frontpagemag.com Avner S., 26, is a handsome young man with a smooth face that gives him the appearance of a teenager. He is, in spite of his soft exterior, a hardened ex-combat soldier who served in the top combat unit of the Israel Defense Forces – Sayeret Matkal. Both Avner and his…
DetailsBy Barry Rubin, The Jerusalem Post Would the Iranian government hand nuclear weapons to a terrorist group or fire off nuclear-tipped missiles itself? It is easy for many experts and “experts” to answer no. The reason would be that historically, Iran has proven itself cautious and knows it would be punished for doing so. I…
DetailsMoral blindness in the face of evil is depravity. But in the upside-down moral universe of our world today, moral blindness has become a badge of honor. If you refuse to call evil by its name, then you are a moderate. And if you stand up to evil, you are yourself an extremist. The embrace…
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