By YNET— Some 3,000 Palestinian Authority police officers will join the Gaza government’s security forces, Palestinian media reported Sunday, almost seven years after Hamas violently outsed Fatah men from Gaza in what has become to be known as the Battle of Gaza. Abd al-Salam Siyam, the secretary-general of the Gazan cabinet, said the officers were…
By JPOST— Israel began paying tribute to its 23,169 casualties of war and terrorism on Sunday as events marking Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism commenced at the Yad Labanim memorial site in Jerusalem. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Supreme Court…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Israel will mark Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism over the next 24 hours, with a series of services that are scheduled to begin on Sunday afternoon. The first state ceremony honoring Israel’s 23,169 fallen soldiers is scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. at Jerusalem’s…
By ITAMAR MARCUS AND NAN JACQUES ZILBERDIK, PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH— Even at the height of the peace negotiations with Israel, in December 2013, Fatah official Tawfiq Tirawi said that Palestinians were not committed to non-violence. Rather, he said that negotiations are just one option, and do not preclude use of the “rifle,” which the Palestinians…
By YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— Israel is set to pay tribute to 23,169 casualties of war and terrorism who have fallen since 1860. On Sunday evening, events marking the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism will be held around the country. The Defense Ministry said 57 newly fallen had…
“If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we…
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Immigration to Israel increased by 2 percent in 2013, with over 16,000 olim arriving, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced on Tuesday. Of the 16,884 immigrants who arrived last year, 43% came from the former Soviet Union, primarily Russia and Ukraine, 17% came from France, 13% from the United States and…
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say …) Haftorah:Ezekiel 44: 15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4 – 10 Gospel: John 18:33 – 37, “Shaani Melek” (I am a King … )
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Anti-Semitism is not a simple bigotry. It is a complex neurosis. It involves assigning malign intent to Jews where none exists on the one hand, and rejecting reason as a basis for understanding the world and operating within it on the other hand. John Kerry’s recent use of the term “Apartheid”…
