BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern. The IDF does not change its assessments of the strategic environment until Israeli blood runs in the streets. In Judea and Samaria, from 1994 through 2000, the army closed its eyes to the Palestinian security forces’ open, warm and mutually supportive ties to terror…
BY ILAN BERMAN, FORBES.COM— On August 18th, after months of dithering, President Obama finally took a firm stand on the unrest roiling Syria when he announced that “the time has come for President Asad to step aside.” By doing so, the United States has belatedly brought itself in line with the growing number of nations…
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BY ILANA CURIEL, YNET— A woman injured in one of Thursday’s terror attacks recalled the moments of horror from her hospital bed, saying she pretended to be dead after terrorists fired at the car her husband was driving in order to escape being shot at again. “I couldn’t move because I was afraid that the…
BY CHANA YA’AR— When Arab terrorists chalk up their day’s “victory” against Israeli civilians they will be able to count two young children, ages 4 and 7, among Thursday’s wounded. Two people died in the attacks against Egged Bus # 392 from Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat along with a following second bus. Four others were…
BY JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday responded to terror attacks in the South that killed seven and wounded dozens more, saying, “Those who think Israel will accept attacks on its citizens is wrong.” Netanyahu said that the attacks on Israel from Sinai in Egypt constituted an attempt to raise the level of terror.…
BY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to declare a Palestinian state unilaterally, a pressure campaign began Wednesday asking Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to unilaterally annex the West Bank. The campaign is the brainchild of Likud MK Danny Danon, who has sponsored a bill that would begin the…
Here’s the Scripture reading for August 20, 2011 Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 “Eikev” (Because) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: Matthew 4:1 – 11 “Hovelah HaRuach” (Led by the Spirit)
