By Israel Hayom— Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Monday, in another public sign that Riyadh and Jerusalem appear to be growing closer. Asked by U.S. magazine The Atlantic if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of…
By Giulio Meotti, Arutz 7— All the hypocrites of the world are now at Israel’s throat. The satrap Erdogan, who slaughters the Kurds, who invades Afrin, who persecutes Christians and who occupies Cyprus, has the nerve to accuse Israel of “terrorism” in Gaza. At least 289 and more likely 500 people have been killed since…
By DANIEL J. ROTH,HERB KEINON, JPost— Israel is bracing for several weeks of military and diplomatic confrontation that began with Friday’s march in the Gaza Strip. The march left 17 Palestinians dead and hundreds more injured, and its protests are expected to continue until May 15, which the Palestinians mark as Nakba Day, the “Day…
By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— As we remember the death of Jesus in fulfilment of Passover, we also celebrate the resurrection miracle of God’s great deliverance from slavery into freedom. And for a bang up-to-date example of that, we need look no further than the testimony of Orthodox Jew Yonatan Perry. Having turned away from…
By Boaz Bismuth, JNS— “If the Palestinians think that they will organize a march and cross the fence into our territory, they are wrong,” IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot tells Israel Hayom in a special holiday interview. “We will enforce with an iron fist to prevent it. Haniyeh and the ones who send will…
By Noah Beck, Arutz 7—- The Pessin affair was part of a growing trend of anti-Israel hostility on U.S. campuses, but at least his story has a somewhat happy ending. Pessin resumed teaching last fall after an extended paid sabbatical, and – together with a colleague – convinced the school to establish a Jewish Studies…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Times of Israel— Demonstrations Friday along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip mark the beginning of the Palestinians’ return to “all of Palestine,” Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a speech at the scene. “We are here to declare today that our people will not agree to keep the ‘right of…
BY Earl Cox, JPost— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s priorities are not geared toward helping his people, but on maintaining his grip on power, privilege, and finagling foreign aid. The PA’s increased payments to terrorists and their families to $403 million a year, from $347 million last year are a stark incentive to violence and…
Torah: Exodus 12:21-51, “Pesach” (Passover) Haftorah: Joshua 5:2 – 6:1 New Testament: I Corinthians 5:7- 8 Gospel: Matthew 26:17 – 30 “Pesach” (Passover)
By Michael Wilner, JPost— The PLO excoriated Congress on Friday for passing the Taylor Force Act, a law that threatens to freeze State Department funds to the Palestinian Authority unless it ends its longstanding practice of compensating terrorists and the families of terrorists convicted in Israeli courts. The PLO envoy to Washington, Husam Zomlot, dismissed…