Wish I'd Said that
“We shall fight, every Jew in the homeland will fight. The God of Israel, the Lord of Hosts, will aid us. There will be no retreat. Freedom or Death!”–-Former Israeli Prime Minister Menacham Begin
Would the Maccabees be proud?
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— As Jews around the world gather to celebrate Hanukka, the festival of lights, it is only natural that we look back with pride at what our ancestors were able to accomplish. Over two millennia ago a small band of freedom fighters rose up against the Seleucid tyrant Antiochus and his despotism,…
'US, Israel on same page'
BY JPOST AND REUTERS— The United States understands the true military threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program and is on the same page with Israel regarding the severity of the issue, Home Front Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Wednesday, according to Channel 10 news. “The Americans are aware of the true intelligence and they understand…
Video: 8 days of donuts
Every Hannukah, Israelis stop counting calories long enough to buy about 24 million mouth-watering, sweet and gooey, deep-fried sufganiyot. An estimated 24 million filled donuts (sufganiyot in Hebrew) are sold in Israel each Hannukah season. That adds up to $13 million in sales and 10.8 billion calories, at an average 450 per fried treat –…
'Tis the season for the Church to support Israel
BY ANDREW TUCKER, JPOST— Christians worldwide are gearing up to celebrate Christmas. Christmas trees are being erected, presents purchased and the turkeys prepared for the oven. Millions of church services will be held on December 25 to mark the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The tragedy is, most of us have no idea why. We…
Israel hopes death of North Korean leader will damage ties with Iran
BY AMIR OREN, HAARETZ— 2011 has been a bad year for dictators, whether those, like Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, whose stay in power was convenient for Israel or those, like Syria’s Bashar Assad, who are Israel’s enemies. Now that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died, the transfer of power to the third generation –…
Obama and Barak discuss dwindling anti-Iran strike options as the US exits Iraq
BY DEBKAFILE— US President Barack Obama’s half-hour tête-a- tête with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Washington Friday, Dec. 16, was vitally concerned with the coming steps in the Syrian showdown and the latest developments in the controversy over Iran’s nuclear weapons program, debkafile’s Washington and intelligence sources report. Their conference was urgent because key…
Video: North Korea Was and Is Connected to Terror Against Israel
BY ELAD BENARI AND YONI KEMPINSKI, ARUTZ 7— While the death of North Korea’s leader in the past 17 years, Kim Jong Il, may seem like it is not connected to Israel, Attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner who heads the Shurat HaDin organization, reminded on Monday of the connection between North Korea and terrorism in the Middle…
North Korea's coming power struggle and the Mid-East nuclear race
BY DEBKAFILE— The sudden death of Kim Jong II, of a heart attack aged 69, Monday, Dec. 19 – even though his youngest son Kim Jong-un was hailed as successor – confronts the world for the first time since the Cold War with a leaderless nuclear power about which it knows almost nothing. Though anointed…