Wish I’d said that
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”—Deitrich Bonhoeffer, from his prison cell in Germany, 1943
Scripture Reading for August 1, 2014
Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 “Devarim” (Words …) Haftorah: Isaiah 1:1 – 27 New Testament: Acts 9:1 – 21 Gospel: Matthew 16:13 – 20 “Talmidauv” (Deciples …)
Video: Feel the joy
Despite turbulent times, people are dancing in the streets. Why? Because they’re happy to be in Jerusalem.
Hamas’ top ten hiding places
By SHARONA SCHWARTZ, THE BLAZE— In their effort to avoid detection by the Israeli military, Hamas militants in Gaza have employed tactics including traveling in ambulances, hiding in hospitals, dressing up in Israeli army uniforms, concealing rockets in United Nations schools, concealing tunnel entrances near mosques and using animals for suicide missions. Here’s a survey…
Obama to the rescue, of Hamas
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Operation Protective Edge is now two weeks old. Since the ground offensive began Thursday night, we have begun to get a better picture of just how dangerous Hamas has become in the nine years since Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip. And what we have learned is that the time has…
The Hate-Wave All Over the Islamised West
By DR INNA ROGATCHI, ROGATCHI FOUNDATION— The wave of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred has sprung all over Europe readily seizing the pretext of the completely justified Israeli military operation in Gaza. Mass demonstrations in London and the other cities of the United Kingdom, violent riots in Paris, ‘Kristallnaght’-style attacks on synagogues in France, Ireland and…
A tale of two Gazas
By JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGE MAG— There are two Gazas. One is at street level, where Palestinian civilians serve as Hamas’s human shields in the face of Israel’s narrowly targeted response to the more than 1500 rockets that have rained down on its citizens in recent days. The other is the subterranean Gaza, consisting of a…
No more aid to the Palestinian Authority
By CAL THOMAS, JPOST— The anti-Semitic “tradition” of blaming Jews for the world’s problems mostly took a temporary back seat in light of the indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas. Major newspaper editorials condemned Hamas, but their condemnation was hedged by calls for “restraint” on “both sides” and “proportionality” in Israel’s…
Israelis are givers; Palestinians are takers
By EARL COX, JPOST— Whoever wins the war of public opinion will smell victorious. Hamas knows this and they expertly play to the media who buy into all their twisted fairytales. Hamas plays the victim role beautifully and flawlessly, calling the media to come see what Israel did. Hamas lacks conscience, lacks compassion and Hamas…
On Israel, Democrats are losing moral clarity
By JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— THE PEW Research Center last week released a new survey of American attitudes in the Middle East. The results weren’t surprising. In the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, 51 percent of Americans say they sympathize more with Israel. Only 14 percent feel greater affinity for the Palestinians. Pew’s findings…