by Jerrold L. Sobel, American Thinker There are still many things out there that mankind just can’t get a grip on. For instance; When exactly did the universe begin? When will it end? What’s the last digit in Pi? Why can’t there be peace between Israel and the Palestinians? All mysteries, all irreconcilable questions, the…
“Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.”— Theodor Herzl
by Al Manar A senior Hamas leader on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out “countless holocausts” against the Palestinians while saying the Nazi genocide was a “lie.” Mahmoud al-Zahar made the remarks during a memorial ceremony for 43 Palestinians who were killed at a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp during Israel’s 22-day war…
by Caroline Glick, JPost On Sunday December 19, the self-proclaimed “Israeli human rights” group B’tselem disseminated a shocking story to the local and international media. B’tselem claimed that the previous day Palestinian shepherd Samir Bani Fadel was peacefully herding his sheep when he was set upon by a mob of Israeli settlers. He alleged that…
by Jordan Sekulow, Washington Post 2011 began with some bleak news for Muslim-Christian relations around the world. Recent attacks against churches in Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt have killed dozens of Christian worshippers. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government is standing by the country’s controversial blasphemy law which critics say threatens religious minorities. How should political and religious…
by Maggie Michael, AP In the weeks before the New Year’s Day suicide bombing of an Egyptian church, al-Qaida-linked websites carried a how-to manual on “destroying the cross,” complete with videos on how to build a bomb and the locations of churches to target — including the one that was attacked. They may have found…
by Melanie Phillips As we all know by now, Israel has lost the battle for public opinion in the West. Even the Israel government is now acknowledging this fact. Israel and its defenders have been outclassed and outmaneuvered in a war of the mind being waged on a battleground it never even acknowledged it was…
by Jeffery Goldberg, Atlantic Monthly I’ve been struck over the past couple of days by the lackadaisical coverage of what seems to be the most important story coming out of the Middle East right now — the terrible attack early on New Year’s Day on a Coptic church in Egypt, in which 21 Christians were…
Each week we give a suggested series of scripture readings for the the coming week. It begins on the Sabbath (Saturday) with the weekly Torah portion and the accompanying Haftorah reading. It concludes with a compatible portion from the Gospels and the New Testament. For the Sabbath of January 8, 2011. Torah Portion: “Bo”…
by Atty. Elyakim Haetzni, Arutz 7 Well-known columnist Thomas Friedman summed up his recent article, Reality Check, in the New York Times as follows: “The most important thing President Obama and the Secretary of State…can do now is…to simply get out of the picture…America has to get off the road…”. Putting aside our reservations about…