BY EARL COX— It’s time to say, “Happy 63nd Birthday!” to our special and revered friend Israel, which is still one of the youngest nations of the world and exhibits the strength and action of youth in many, many ways. As America’s most valued friend and ally in the Middle East, we must not forget…
The words to Israel’s national anthem Hatikva were written around 1878 by Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet. Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, put the lyrics to a folk melody from his home country. In 1898, the Jewish newspaper in Israel (before the state was established) ran a competition for an official national anthem. There were no winners from…
David Ben Gurion reading the Declaration of Independence at the Tel Aviv museum. Assembly singing Israel's national anthem Israel declares independence Ben Gurion signing declaration People outside the Tel Aviv Museum dancing and waving flags Declaration with signatures
Torah: Leviticus 21:1–24:23 “Emor,” (“Speak…”) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15–31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4-10 The Gospel: Matthew 16:13–20 “Atah HaMashiach” (“You are the Messiah”…)
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— If the Jews had been permitted to leave Europe, the Holocaust could have been averted. But the only place that wanted us wasn’t allowed to take us. The nations of the world closed their gates. Only the Jews in the Land of Israel wanted the Jews of Europe. But the British…
BY ISRAEL TODAY— Israel on Tuesday congratulated America on finally catching up to and eliminating Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, and noted that the targeted killing was very reminiscent of Israeli counter-terror operations for which Jerusalem is so often criticized. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement praising the determined American war…
BY PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH— The military wing of Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, published a long statement in reaction to the killing of Osama bin Laden calling it a “catastrophe.” They said that those who killed Bin Laden were “gangs of heretics.” Fatah’s military wing promises that the Jihad fighters will not be deterred in…
BY ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Andrei Calarasu is one of the six torch lighters who participated in the official openeing ceremony of this year’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority presents his story. Andrei was born in 1922 in Botosani, Romania as Bernard Grupper, son of Zalman…
BY RICK MORAN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Osama bin Laden, the terrorist scourge who created the organization that murdered 3,000 Americans on 9/11, has been killed by American special forces in Pakistan. The head of al-Qaeda was shot to death by US troops in a mansion outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Initial reports are sketchy, but the attack was…
BY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz was one of many IDF commanders and soldiers who took part on Sunday in a special project entitled “Flower to the Survivor.” As part of the project, Gantz, along with the Chairman of the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel, Elazar Stern,…