Here comes another lost tribe

BY MICHAEL FREUND— Thousands of kilometers to the east, in the furthest reaches of northeastern India, a long-lost community continues to nourish its age-old dream of returning to its ancient homeland, the land of Israel. The Bnei Menashe, or “sons of Manasseh,” are descendants of one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel, which were…

Delta adopts Saudi 'no-Jew' fly policy

BY BOB UNRUH, WORLDNETDAILY— Delta Air Lines’ plan to add Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam Alliance of partnering companies would require the American carrier to ban Jews and holders of Israeli passports from boarding flights from New York or Washington bound for Jeddah, prompting outraged accusations of illegal religious discrimination. The issue, which has…

GOP senators urge suspending aid to P.A.

BY MADELEINE MORGENSTERN, JTA— Republican senators urged President Obama to suspend U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority unless Hamas recognizes Israel and renounces terrorism. Republican Sens. John Boozman (Ark.) and Jerry Moran (Kan.), in association with the Zionist Organization of America, organized a letter to the president signed by 16 U.S. senators. “It is clear…

Europe's Mideast Muddle

BY DANIEL SCHWAMMENTHAL, WALL STREET JOURNAL— Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s effort to seek United Nations recognition for a unilaterally declared state would far more likely end the peace process than the conflict. But don’t count out the chance that European nations might support the idea even if it’s not in their best interests, nor in…

An Obama foreign policy

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy. In an interview with Newsweek over the weekend, Gates sounded the warning bells. In Gates’ words, “I’ve spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower, and one that…