By Arutz Sheva— In Israel, it was assumed that the transfer of Qatari money to Gaza would, at least temporarily, calm the terrorist organizations. In the meantime, the firing of balloons at the Gaza perimeter is only increasing. At least three fires have broken out since the morning hours in the Gaza perimeter – in…
By Herb Keinon, JPost— The Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, while written, is not a closed and sealed document – and is being tweaked as new information comes in, according to diplomatic sources. According to the sources, the drafters of the document – Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner; Jason Greenblatt, special representative for…
Israel is one of the most free and most prosperous countries in the world. Not only is Israel a booming economy and a wellspring of innovation, it is the only democracy in the Middle East. So why is it so controversial to support the Jewish state? Stephen Harper, the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada, lays…
By Ron Jager— The daily reports of anti-Semitic rhetoric and actual physical attacks on American Jews has become a common occurrence in many American Jewish communities throughout the United States. Despite the denial of most American Jews that I run into during my visits to the tristate area including my current visit; Anti-Semitic rhetoric and…
By World Israel News— America’s Ambassador to Israel David Friedman hosted a special event in Jerusalem on Tuesday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Embassy move to the capital, describing it as a “new shrine.” “We have done something that hasn’t been done in quite some time: We have created a new…
By FLAME— When Megan McCain appeared on Seth Meyers’ talk show last week, he upbraided her for criticizing the anti-Semitism of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar. Omar has been guilty of numerous anti-Semitic remarks since her election, as well as appearing at a fundraiser for the Hamas- and Muslim Brotherhood-associated Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Meyers…
By Jonathan Schanzer, Commentary Magazine— On May 14, 2018, at the exact moment that Israel was celebrating the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, I sat across the desk from a senior Israeli official in Tel Aviv. He was in a foul mood. He looked as if he hadn’t slept much. He rubbed…
By AFP— Qatar began distributing millions of dollars in aid in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a fresh bid to restore calm after a flareup with Israel, a Qatari official said. Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas, along with an allied terrorist group, Islamic Jihad, fired hundreds of rockets at Israel on May 4 and 5,…
By i24NEWS and Israel Hayom Staff— U.S. Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt on Saturday said that the long-awaited U.S. peace plan will not be released until after the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which concludes June 10. Speaking to Fox News, Greenblatt echoed previous statements from members of President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace team…
by Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies— Information regarding President Trump’s “plan of the century” is vague, with Kushner and other administration sources saying only that it will require “compromises from both sides” and that in the words of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, it will “represent a significant change from…