“He who has not seen Jerusalem in her splendour has never seen a desirable city in his life. He who has not seen the Temple in its full construcion has never seen a glorious building in his life.”—Babylonian Talmud, Tractate of the Tabernacle
The 1920 San Remo resolution answered a fundamental issue that still plagues the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks today: whether Israel has a right to the land… At last the truth has come out. Here is a short history of what happened in San Remo, Italy in 1920 when the powers of the time ( England, France;…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— With the U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic visit fast approaching, a preparatory meeting was held on Sunday at the Prime Minister’s Office attended by representatives of both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, as well as officials from the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, Israel Police, Jerusalem municipality and Ben-Gurion International…
BY DOUGLAS MURRAY, GATESTONE— Syria’s civil war has now entered its third calendar year. With worse still to come, in recent days it has been estimated that the number of people killed in Syria since the uprising began now stands at more than 90,000. Any death is a tragedy for someone and the people close…
Is Israel an Apartheid State? Dennis Prager provides the definitive answer. He also explains why some people ask it. This question would be absurd if people didn’t take it seriously. Their motive is often disingenuous. They want to de-legitimize Israel by trying to link it to Apartheid South Africa. Visit www.PragerUniversity.com to learn more about…
By BARRY RUBIN, GLORIA— I have just returned from briefing a high-ranking official of country X on the Middle East. We kept coming back to a vital theme: the incredibly shrinking power of the United States. Try to explain American behavior to neutral, open-minded third parties for whom US policy activities have become just plain…
Torah: Leviticus: 1:1–6:7 “Vayikra” (And he called …) Haftorah: Isaiah 43:21–44:23 New Testament: Hebrews 10:1–28 Gospel: John 19:28–37, “Yeshua yadah” (Jesus knew …)
From November 14 – 21, 2012, 400 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli civilian populations. Just one week later, in a nearly unanimous vote, the UN rewarded this savage aggression by recognizing ‘Palestine’ as a nonmember observer state.
By ISRAEL TODAY— A 1-million strong swarm of locusts that broke away from the plague-sized multitude that continues to attack northern Egypt invaded Israel on Tuesday, only to be stopped in its tracks a day later. The locusts crossed the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel overnight Monday. By Wednesday morning it had reached the northern…
By YORI YANOVER, JEWISH PRESS— In anticipation of U.S. President Barack Obama visit to Israel at the end of this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a significant package of gestures to the Palestinians, Maariv reports. The security system has submitted to Netanyahu its recommendations for goodwill gestures, with the stated proviso that these…