“As the historian of Anti-Semitism looks back over the millennia of horrors he has recorded, an inescapable conclusion emerges: Anti-Semitism is the longest and deepest hatred of human history. Other hatreds may have surpassed it in intensity for a historical moment, but all in their turn have assumed—or presently commence to assume—their proper place in…
BY LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Update 3:20 p.m. Israel time: The cease-fire has been terminated after relentless rocket attacks on Israel by terrorists in Gaza. Red Alert sirens sounded across the state as more than 50 rockets have been shot into Israel since 9 a.m. this morning. The Israeli Air Force has resumed operations…
BY JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge following the kidnapping of three Israeli teens and an increase in rocket fire from Gaza. Israel launched strikes against 1,576 targets destroying Hamas’s command and control centers, missile launchers, tunnels and other assets. Some 1081 rockets have been launched at Israel, with approximately 191 intercepted by…
By JONATHAN SCHANZER, POLITICO— One week after the start of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge,” also known as Hamas’ “10th of Ramadan War,” Washington is looking on helplessly. President Barack Obama offered to mediate a ceasefire last week, but the move fell on deaf ears—on both sides. Secretary of State John Kerry then made a surprise…
Torah: Numbers 30:2 – 32:42, “Mattot” (Tribes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah: 1:1 – 2:3 New Testament: James 5:12 Gospel: Matthew 5:33 – 37, “Nedareka” (Your oaths … )
BY LONNIE C. MINGS, CFI-— Israeli troops are poised on the edge of Gaza to invade the area if the rockets don’t stop soon. The problem is, the Hamas leaders of Gaza don’t seem to realize that the “new Samson”—Israel—is far from “eyeless” and that they have the ability to retake Gaza if they are…
Hamas has upgraded its rocket and missile arsenal and has developed a stockpile with the capability of striking 40% of the Israeli population. Over 3.5 million Israelis are endangered by Hamas rockets and missiles.
By JONATHAN SCHANZER, FOREIGN POLICY— The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine dropped hundreds of incendiary leaflets on Shuafat Road on Friday, July 4, calling for renewed conflict with Israel. The hard-line Palestinian organization’s fliers were scattered amid the rocks, rubble, and spent tear-gas canisters from the clashes that have occurred daily with Israeli…
By EARL COX, JPOST— Not all ideologies are created equal. In the past few weeks, since the terrorist group, ISIS, (The jihadist terror group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) arose and initiated its murderous rampage across Iraq, the internet is furiously spewing out scene after scene, picture after picture, and headline after headline of…
BY MICHAEL FREUND— The violence that has swept across Israel over the past week, ranging from rock-throwing to rioting to rockets, underscores the increasingly dangerous erosion that has taken place in the Jewish state’s deterrent posture. Simultaneously, Israel now finds itself under assault from both Hamas terrorists in Gaza and many of its own Arab…