By Matthew Kaminski, WSJournal ‘I absolutely know that in anybody’s eyes I was a traitor,” says Mosab Hassan Yousef. “To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn’t leave one that I didn’t cross.” Now 32, Mosab is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef,…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post US Vice President Joseph Biden’s job is about to stop being easy. Indeed, it is about to become impossible. On Monday Biden will arrive in Israel for a three-day visit. Biden, who will meet with Israel’s leaders, will be the most senior official in the cavalcade of senior US officials…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— As much as possible, avoid talking all the time. Whenever possible, avoid getting caught up in arguments and trying to convince people you are right. It is easy to be led in the wrong direction when it comes to talking. How many…
Detailsby The Washington Times Israel is facing uncomfortable questions regarding senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20. Dubai police say al-Mabhouh was assassinated, but in his chosen profession, his fate really was the result of workplace-related injuries. Dubai has named 26 suspects in the…
DetailsBy Barry Rubin, GLORIA Center International relations isn’t a popularity contest. But public opinion polls can be useful in countering myths and examining the impact of policymaker, elite, and media campaigns on the masses. Which brings us to Gallup’s latest poll measuring how Americans feel about different countries. The more one examines the results, the…
DetailsReading Portion from Exodus 30:11-34:35 Ki Tissa: A Leadership Lesson by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Why did G-d tell Moses to descend from Mount Sinai when the Jews sinned? Moses was on top of Mount Sinai, experiencing divine revelation on a level beyond the grasp of ordinary prophets. At the foot of the mountain, however, the…
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DetailsBy Honestreporting.com The false analogy between apartheid South Africa and Israel – particularly since the UN’s racist 2001 Durban Conference – has played a key role in the campaign to delegitimize Israel and threaten its existence. The strategy of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) is based on convincing the public that Israel is no more…
DetailsBy Hillel Fendel, Israelnationalnews.com Though Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced that he “knows nothing” about reports of Syria’s “willingness” to accept the Golan in stages, Golan residents are taking no chances. Uri Heitner of the Golan Residents Committee says Israelis must be aware of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s true intentions: “It’s enough to see him…
DetailsBy Victor Sharpe, American Thinker We stand in the midst of a new round of Israel-bashing called by the organizers of “Israel Apartheid Week.” Those doing the bashing are busy turning logic on its head. For them, up is down, day is night, and right is wrong. The collected hatemongers of the radical Left allied…
Detailsby Stan Goodenough In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place—Jerusalem. (Zechariah 12:6) World…
Detailsby Daniel McCabe Feeding of the 5000 Matthew 14:14, “He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.” At the end of an unusually long day, you step through the front door, yank off your tie and head straight for your favorite chair. Off go the shoes, back goes your head, and at…
DetailsBy David Hornik, Frontpagemag.com When the Israeli cabinet announced the other day that the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, would be included in a list of Israeli “heritage” sites, it touched off a wave of Palestinian violence and threats—along with diplomatic protests that were all too concordant with the…
DetailsBy Karoun Demirjian, Associated Press Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated across centuries and continents were reunited for the first time in a joint display Friday, thanks to an accidental discovery that is helping illuminate a dark period in the history of the Hebrew Bible. The 1,300-year-old fragments, which are among only a…
DetailsBy Michael Muskal, LA Times With pressing diplomatic problems all over the Mideast, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greeted Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday for top-level talks including gefilte fish. Gefilte fish? Those pillows of fish poached in stock (think Yiddish quenelles) are a favorite on the Sabbath and during the holidays.…
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