By Eli Lake, Bloomberg— After the election of Barack Obama in 2009, the George Soros organization saw an opportunity to weaken the pro-Israel lobby’s influence in Washington. So his Open Society Foundations began an ambitious project in 2009 to persuade Europe and the U.S. to “hold Israel accountable” for violations of international law. This plan…
By Barney Breen-Portnoy, Algemeiner— Jewish students are the most persecuted minority on US college campuses, a representative of an Israeli advocacy group told lawmakers on Tuesday, during a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee held to discuss the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Amnon Goldstof, research director of Reservists on Duty —…
By Bob Eschliman, CharismaNews— The Black Lives Movement shocked their allies in the liberal-secular Jewish community with its recent Invest-Divest policy paper. The document is a wide-ranging rant against the United States in general. But in particular, this section of the document related to military spending was perhaps an eye-opener for the liberal Jews who…
By Elliot Bartky and Allon Friedman, JTA— With the presidential race heating up, a number of progressive Jewish commentators have portrayed the Republicans’ vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, as a conservative extremist opposed to Jewish beliefs and values. As officers of the only statewide, grassroots Jewish and Israel advocacy organization in Indiana —…
By The Jewish Press— On Wednesday, Christian Today reported that Mohammad El Halabi, an employee of World Vision (WV), the world’s largest evangelical Christian charity, had been detained on June 15 at the Erez crossing “on his way home from routine meetings” and was being held “without access to legal counsel or family visits,” which…
By Eli Leon, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff— Hackers leaked hundreds of confidential reports from Jewish billionaire George Soros’ network of philanthropic organizations to the DC Leaks website over the weekend, revealing some troubling information. The reports detail the organization’s activities in Israel and the Palestinian Authority and expose the scope of Soros’ donations,…
By Breaking Christian News— The Mount of Olives is an important Biblical site. It’s also part of the disputed area known as East Jerusalem. CBN’s Scott Ross visited a Jewish family who is living there amidst a sea of Arabs. The Bible mentions the Mount of Olives many times in both the Old and New…
By Jewish Telegraphic Agency— The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a resolution calling on the US government to end all aid to Israel if Israel does not stop building settlements and “enable an independent Palestinian state.” Voting at its triennial assembly in New Orleans that ended Saturday, the church also sought a halt to…
By David Nabhan, The Jewish Chronicle— Very recently filmmaker Ami Horowitz documented how Portland State University students reacted when being asked to pledge money to purchase explosives to bomb Israeli schools, hospitals and synagogues. Far from recoiling in shock and horror or immediately placing calls to Homeland Security, the students reacted in a different way:…
By Dr. Robert Wolfe, Israel National News— In recent weeks I have seen a number of articles, all of which contend that now that everyone sees that there is no chance of a two state solution at present, the time has come for a discussion of alternative ways of resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict. And no…