by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post June 5, 2008 With the Democratic Party primaries over, American voters can focus on issues of political substance. For instance: How do the two leading candidates for U.S. president differ in their approach to Israel and related topics? Parallel interviews with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, who spoke in […]

By:Zalmi Unsdorfer Thursday, June 12, 2008 It didn’t take more than a few hours for Barack Obama to backtrack on the promise he made at last week’s AIPAC convention to maintain Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the Jewish state. But who are we to complain when Israel’s own prime minister chose to “celebrate” Yom […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) With Israel’s population currently at 7.3 million, and over 75% of them Jews, the demographic trends continue to be pro-Jewish. Demographer and diplomat Yoram Ettinger notes that pessimistic predictions about Jewish growth in Israel “systematically crash upon the cliffs of reality.” His latest target is the “secret memorandum” presented by Israel’s […]

June 11, 2008 JINSA Report #781 There used to be two immutable and well-understood principles of Israel’s defense. The first principle was “small country; short war.” Israel could not be caught in a war of attrition against infinitely larger and less politically sensitive countries. The corollary – and second principle – was “take the war […]

Despite Olmert and Rice, the State Is Still Holding onto Judea, Samaria, and the Golan According to some reports from Israel, residents of Judea and Samaria and their supporters throughout the world had reason to believe Israel’s 60th anniversary might be the last Yom Ha’atzmaut for communities in the Biblical Jewish homeland. Throughout April, there […]

June 4, 2008 JINSA Report #780 The waning months of the Bush Administration sound more and more like the waning months of the Clinton Administration. The minions believe they represent the right people at the right moment, this moment and no other moment, to “solve” the “Palestinian problem” and provide lasting “peace” for Israel. Baloney. […]

William Mehlman Jerusalem – Daniel Friedmann has planted his muddy, plebeian boots on Israel’s third rail-–the sanctum sanctorum otherwise known as the “High Court of Justice.” That Israel’s intrepid Minister of Justice has thus far avoided the fate of Nadav and Avihu-–the High Priest Aaron’s sons, lightning-bolted for bringing “strange fire” into the Tabernacle-–is as […]

June 10, 2008, 9:46 PM (GMT+02:00) First test of Israel’s Tamir missile interceptor The Tamir interceptor, which are designed to kill artillery shells and short-range rockets, undergoes its first test Wednesday, June 11. Its object is to find out if its response time can be shortened against Palestinian Qassam missiles fired from Gaza or Hizballah’s […]

by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) Tonight, Sunday night, begins the holiday of Shavuot, commemorating the day on which the people of Israel received the Torah 3,320 years ago, and the beginning of the harvest season. The holiday, which also marks the end of the 49-day Omer period, is celebrated for one day in Israel, and two […]

By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON Jun 6, 2008 0:13 | Updated Jun 6, 2008 0:31 www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212659672984&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel’s capital to remain “undivided,” his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday. “Jerusalem will remain the […]