By Abraham H. Miller, Spectator— In a poignant scene from the movie, A Time to Kill, the defense lawyer, played by Matthew McConaughey, describes in gruesome detail the brutal physical and sexual assault on a black child and then asks the jurors to close their eyes and imagine that child as white. Perhaps, it is…
By Earl Cox, Breaking Israel News— Those who participate in singling out and attempting to hurt Israel through boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns are anti-Israel and not pro-Palestinian as they often claim. The purpose of BDS is purely anti-Semitic meant only to inflict harm on Israeli businesses and the Israeli economy and not to…
By Earl Cox, JPOST— In his celebrated, but tardy, prime time television announcement, President Obama told the world that America is on the right side of history. Wrong, Mr. President. We are living in the wake of terror in America and fearful of more to come. The population is now living in a state of…
By: Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Nations— When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the U.N. General Assembly this week, neither U.S. Secretary of State Kerry nor even U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power were present. Why not? The State Department has said Kerry was involved in some kind of conference call or video…
By: Dexter Van Zile, Breaking Israel News— During the weekend between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a Methodist church in Lexington, Mass., will host a gathering of well-known anti-Israel commentators including Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky, and Stephen Walt. The event is organized by an Arlington, Mass.-based group called the Society for Biblical Studies. The organization…
By: Lea Speyer, Breaking Israel News— Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took Israel to war Wednesday on Twitter. Unleashing a tirade against the Jewish state, Khamenei vowed that Israel would cease to exist in 25 years. “After negotiations, in Zionist regime they said they had no more concern about Iran for next 25 years;…
By: Times of Israel Staff, Times of Israel — Escalating Iran’s rhetoric against Israel, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps vowed Wednesday that the regime would boost its military capabilities relentlessly until Israel was destroyed. “The Islamic Revolution will continue enhancing its preparedness until it overthrows Israel and liberates Palestine,” the IRGC’s…
By: Eli Leon, Daniel Siryoti, Yoni Hersch, Israel Hayom— Iran will never recognize Israel, a top aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated on Sunday. “Iran will not recognize Israel,” Ali Akbar Velayati said. “We still emphasize that Israel is a usurper and occupying regime.” Last week, another top Iranian official said Iran’s anti-Israel policies remain in…
By: JEFFERY WALTON, Juicy Ecumenism— Encouraged by a recent victory in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), anti-Israel activists are seeking to build support for a divestment campaign in the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. Deputies to the 78th Episcopal General Convention meeting June 25-July 3 in Salt Lake City, Utah will consider three separate resolutions on Israel and…
By: JTA, Times of Israel— BERLIN — An exponential rise in anti-Israel crimes in Germany committed by foreigners and immigrants in 2014 points to an urgent need for action, a German politician says. The government should support Arab and Muslim groups engaged in education against anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, Green Party parliamentarian Volker Beck said in…