Happy Passover

By The Emet Report The Hebrew month of Nissan during which Passover occurs has historically been a month of miracles for the Jewish people. Passover (Pesach) itself and the ensuing Exodus from the slavery of Egypt is fraught with miracles. The Jewish people are a community founded by miracles, sustained by miracles throughout our history…

Netanyahu Standing Firm

By Emet Report Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will return to Israel this evening (Thursday), continuing to resist American pressure on the matters of Jerusalem and other issues.  Netanyahu is returning after a round of talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and senior White House and State Department officials. The Americans continue to press hard for…

White House war on Israel

By Edward Alexander, Frontpagemag.com The decision of the Obama White House to pick a public fight with Israel over its interior ministry’s fairly routine announcement of progress towards approval of the construction (some years from now) of apartments in northeast Jerusalem has by now been subjected to sharp and justified criticism for its disproportionality; its…

Diplomacy and Hypocrisy

By Ophir Falk, YnetNews.com Diplomacy is the art of conducting international relations with tact and skill in an effort to form alliances and agreements, whereas hypocrisy is the practice of professing false virtues. By making a mountain out of a molehill incident, concerning Jewish home building in Jerusalem, the Obama administration is applying double standard…