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Ya’alon calls on state to drop ‘illegal’ qualifier from outposts

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

By Chaim Levinson http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1108228.html Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon attacked the State Prosecution yesterday during a tour by four ministers of illegal West Bank outposts. “I saw that the prosecution’s responses to the High Court of Justice [on petitions against the outposts] do not reflect the government’s position,” he said while visiting the Havat Gilad outpost. […]


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You’ll never walk alone

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Obama’s pro-Arab statements haven’t eroded support for Israel in US Yoram Ettinger The American people display a robust, long-term support of the Jewish state in spite of President Obama’s policy and in defiance of the NY Times and Washington Post (which contrast the Wall Street Journal’s attitude toward Israel.) According to an August 10, 2009 […]


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Obama’s Troubling Obeisance To Tutu, Robinson

Friday, August 21st, 2009

By: Edward Olshaker When radio host Don Imus crudely insulted the young African-American ladies on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, then-Senator Barack Obama called for Imus to be fired. Obama complained, understandably, that Imus “didn’t just cross the line. He fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to […]


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The New York Times: Just the Facts?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

A six month study of the New York Times shows a bias toward the Palestinian narrative. CONTACT THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLIC EDITOR AND DEMAND CHANGES IN TIMES’ REPORTING. SEE RED BOX AT BOTTOM OF REPORT. New York Times coverage often supports the Palestinian narrative without placing events in greater context.  Headlines, eyewitness accounts, and […]


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Menachem Begin to Ronald Reagan in September 1982

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The following letter was sent by Menachem Begin to Ronald Reagan in September 1982: What some call the ‘West Bank,’ Mr. President, is Judea and Samaria, and this simple historic truth will never change. There are cynics who deride history. They may continue their derision as they wish, but I will stand by the truth. […]


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Vice premier Ya’alon forges political partnership with Fieglin

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST Vice Premier and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon seems to have recently forged a political partnership with Likud activist and head of Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership Movement) Moshe Feiglin, as evident in footage released Wednesday evening on Channel 2, in which Ya’alon also called ‘Peace Now’ and the Israeli […]


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The Hidden Letters: A Cautionary Tale

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By: Helen Zegerman Schwimmer The idyllic countryside of Sobibor bears no resemblance to the large, efficient extermination camp once located in that remote corner of eastern Poland. Among the 250,000 Jews murdered during its 18 months of operation were the members of my mother’s family. I didn’t learn the details of their deaths until I […]


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Lion’s Den: Counterterrorism in Obama’s Washington

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

By DANIEL PIPES US President Barack Obama’s assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, John O. Brennan, conveniently outlined the administration’s present and future policy mistakes in a speech on August 6, “A New Approach for Safeguarding Americans.” To start with, his address to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, has an unusual […]


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Roots of the Gaza Conflict

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

By: Nonie Darwish It’s called Sharia. With the explosive current events in Gaza, the world needs to understand the roots of this eternal conflict, otherwise we are all kidding ourselves with hopes of peace. For decades, Arabs had demanded that Israel end the “occupation,” and in 2005, Israel did so, disengaging unilaterally from Gaza. With […]


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ZOA Condemns World Archaeological Congress for Excluding Israel from its Ramallah Conference

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Contact: Gary Ratner Phone 1: 212-481-1500 The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the World Archaeological Congress (WAC) for convening its conference (held in Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah) for excluding Israel, one of the world’s most prominent countries containing major archeological sites of world significance. According to reports, the WAC conference, entitled ‘Overcoming Structural Violence,’ […]


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