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Jewish Groups Geared to Fight ‘Apartheid Week’

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Jewish and human rights groups are gearing up to counter “Israel Apartheid Week” events next week. “Apartheid Week” is an annual event organized on college campuses in the United States, Canada and elsewhere by extreme anti-Israel groups. The week-long event includes lectures and exhibits aimed at convincing students that Israel is […]


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Purim Thoughts

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The latest “uproar” comes over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent claim that The Cave of Machpela in Hevron and Rachel’s Tomb outside Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) are part of Jewish Heritage. Oh…My…Gd!!!! How could he have done such a thing, just as we are on the verge of Peace with the “Palestinian Authority? Threat of a Religious […]


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Column One: When rhetoric rules the roost

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

By CAROLINE GLICK 26/02/2010 To avoid Europe’s encroaching fate, Israel must abandon its current course. There is something pathetic about what passes as European foreign policy these days. Quite simply, more often than not, the concerted positions of the EU member nations have nothing to do with any of their national interests. Take the EU’s […]


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The DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JEWS AND MUSLIMS

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world’s population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1988 – Najib Mahfooz Peace: 1978 – Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1990 – Elias James Corey 1994 – Yaser Arafat: 1999 – Ahmed Zewai Economics: (zero) Physics: (zero) […]


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Purim 2010 Guide for the Perplexed

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Yoram Ettinger, February 25, 2010 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. Purim is the holiday of contradictions and tenacity-driven-optimism: Grief replaced by joy, Esther’s concealment replaced by the disclosure of her national/religious identity, Haman’s intended genocide of Jews replaced by redemption, Haman replaced by Mordechai, national and personal pessimism replaced by optimism. One of Purim’s […]


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Silwan and the proverbial key

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

By Ted Belman The Mount of Olives is located east of the Old City across the Kidron Valley. It offers a magnificent view of Jerusalem because its summit is 300 feet higher than the city. One can also see the Judean Hills as far as the Dead Sea and the mountains of Moab on the […]


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From New Jew To Galus Yid

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Last week the Monitor, noting the publication of a new collection of essays from the tendentious post-Zionist historian Avi Shlaim, reflected on the damage inflicted by post-Zionism on Israel’s international reputation and, more important, Israel’s collective consciousness. Academic acolytes of post-Zionism can talk all they want about how a confident, […]


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BBC and New York Times Omit Coverage of Palestinian Corruption Story

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

by Steven Stotsky The Jerusalem Post has published a series of articles relaying accusations by the former head of the Palestinian Authority’s anti-corruption department, Fahmi Shabaneh, that close associates of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas engaged in embezzlement, land theft and fraud. According to Post correspondent Khalid Abu Toameh, Shabaneh possesses numerous documents exposing the theft […]


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U.N.-sponsored tourney named for terrorist

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A United Nations-sponsored soccer tournament in Ramallah was named in honor of a Palestinian terrorist. The Shahid (Martyr) Abu Jihad Tournament at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Women’s Training Center and Faculty of Educational Sciences recognizes a principal founder of Fatah known as Abu Jihad, who planned terror attacks in […]


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New Arab City has Shomron Residents Concerned

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The residents of Ateret, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, are concerned about the construction of a new, large Arab city across the valley from them. As Israel National News reported on Monday, the not-yet built city of Rawabi – the first planned Arab city in the history of the Holy […]


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