by Anne Bayefsky A version of this article appears in The New York Daily News, Thursday, April 16, 2009. The UN’s idea of an anti-racism conference entered the final stretch today with the planning committee deciding Iran ought to preside as a Vice-Chair, Libya will serve as the Chair of the “Main Committee” running the […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) The military and Home Front Command have stepped up training, including nationwide civil defense exercises, to prepare the country for up to a dozen attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, according to the Times of London. Media reports last December stated that the government ordered the IDF to map out plans […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 April 2009 Is time on the Palestinian’s side or on Israel’s side? This question drives much of what is happening here. After all, if time is on the Palestinian’s side then they have nothing to lose holding on to their maximalist demands. How can Israel convince the Palestinians that time […]

Nation lacking national awareness, willingness to sacrifice won’t survive in Mideast Mordechai Kedar In a liberal state with free media, I would expect open and innovative thinking that would show tolerance to different people. However, in a series of reports and articles published recently, it appears that a whole community that is large, moral, and […]

by Dr. Alex Grobman (IsraelNN.com) During World War II, the staff of Hadassah Hospital played a significant role in helping Allied military forces throughout the Middle East. They offered weekly lectures and meetings for British medical personnel that acquainted them with regional medical issues, including blood diseases, jaundice, dysentery, anemia and high blood pressure. Courses […]

Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Egypt’s recent actions against Hizbullah operatives are a watershed event for understanding the nature of the threat that Iran constitutes for both regional and global security. For many Israelis, Egypt’s actions came as a surprise. For years this country has been appealing to Egypt to take action against Hizbullah […]

 It Returned 90% of the Territories Gained in the Six-Day War   UN Security Council Resolution 242, adopted on November 22, 1967, is the cornerstone for what it calls “a just and lasting peace” that recognizes Israel’s need for “secure and recognized boundaries.” The resolution became the foundation for future peace negotiations.   No other […]

By: Richard McBee Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah Illustrated by David Wander Calligraphy by Yonah Weinrib We are taught: “In every generation one is obligated to regard himself as though he had gone out from Egypt.” How difficult, what a leap of imagination for us in a free America, surrounded by friends and family, secure in our […]

by Gil Ronen (IsraelNN.com) Judge Nechama Netzer of the Kiryat Gat Magistrates’ Court ordered the immediate release Sunday of seven activists arrested by police at a rally in Sderot earlier in the day. The judge had exceedingly sharp criticism for the police’s actions. “The use of the power of government and the authority to arrest […]

April 10, 2009 Caroline Glick, THE JERUSALEM POST Like it or not, the United States of America is no longer the world’s policeman. This was the message of Barack Obama’s presidential journey to Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Iraq this past week. Somewhere between apologizing for American history – both distant and recent; […]