BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama’s chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish community that the same man who sat in the church pews…
BY DAVID RUBIN— For those pro-Israel Americans who are still on the fence about which candidate to support in the Republican primaries, this particular American-Israeli would like to briefly scan some of the nuances on the campaign trail. With the notable exception of Congressman Ron Paul, who has harshly criticized Israel’s treatment of our Hamas-supporting…
BY WILLIAM KOENIG, WATCH.ORG— For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. – 1 Kings 16:13, KJV The world is continuing its rapid acceleration toward the…
BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta believes that Israel will attack Iran in April, May or June, the Washington Post reported Thursday. According to the report, written by the paper’s senior opinion writer David Ignatius, Panetta is concerned that Israel will launch an attack before Iran enters the so-called “immunity…
BY ELAD BENARI, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on Wednesday that Israel wants to achieve peace with its Arab neighbors, but stressed that peace cannot come at the price of Israel’s existence. Speaking with Arutz Sheva on the sidelines of the 12th Annual Herzliya Conference, Ayalon said, “We have to be…
BY JOSH NATHAN-KAZIS, FORWARD— Jewish support for the Republican Party has grown dramatically since 2008 nationwide, a new survey out from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press suggests. The data, based on surveys of 330 Jews, found that shift in the GOP direction has been more significant than among the general…
BY ERICK STAKELBECK, CBN NEWS— Over the years, Palestinian terror groups have slaughtered countless Israeli civilians. In the process, they’ve also killed and injured dozens of American citizens. Now there is a movement to have those Palestinians face justice here in the United States. But the hardest part may be getting the U.S. government to…
BY DAVID SOLWAY, FRONTPAGEMAG— In a speech given to the Domestic Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag in June 2008 on the subject of a renascent antisemitism, journalist Henryk Broder distinguished between a prejudice and a resentment: “a prejudice concerns a person’s behavior; a resentment concerns that person’s very existence. Anti-semitism is a resentment. The…
By RONEN BERGMAN, NY TIMES MAG TJCI note: This article is currently the most comprehensive and pragmatic evaluation of issues involving a preemptive attack of Israel on Iran. It’s lengthy, but definitely a worthwhile read. As the Sabbath evening approached on Jan. 13, Ehud Barak paced the wide living-room floor of his home high above…