by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Demographer Yoram Ettinger warned Thursday that plans discussed the day before by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and several of his ministers are likely to encourage Arab growth in Judea and Samaria. Netanyahu’s plans could tip demographics in the PA’s favor, thus posing a security threat to Israel, he said. Demography is […]

By The Associated Press www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1098756.html Comments by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden about a possible Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities were directed at Iran and meant to distinguish the U.S. from Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top national security adviser said Wednesday. “Also, American leaders are signaling Iran that […]

Dr. Aaron Lerner In the absence of an official written statement released by U.S. President Obama setting a clear unconditional time limit to a “temporary” settlement freeze it is reasonable to expect that any “temporary” freeze the Netanyahu team agrees to could very well become permanent. There is every reason to expect the Obama team, […]

By: Natan Sharansky Many years ago in Moscow, when we were ordinary loyal Soviet Jews – which meant we were deprived of our freedom and our identity and were powerless and helpless – we discovered there was a state of Israel, a state that fights for its right to exist and also for our dignity, […]

Maale Adumim, outside Jerusalem: An illegal settlement to some; to Israelis, a “legitimate” Jewish city for “an indigenous people returning home.” by Jonathan Mark It was a New York wedding like all others, and no other. The veil was about to cover the bride’s face, evoking the time Jacob was snookered, expecting Rachel, getting Leah. […]

FrontPageMagazine.com Over the weekend, Hamas policemen in Gaza attempted to arrest a Palestinian female journalist, Asma al-Ghul. Her crime? She came to a Gaza beach dressed “immodestly” (not wearing hijab) and was caught laughing in front of others. The police ended up confiscating her passport and she has been living in fear inside her home […]

By Melanie Phillips A sobering view by one of Britain’s most respected columnists Alan Dershowitz is one of the most prolific, high-profile and indefatiguable defenders of Israel and the Jewish people against the tidal wave of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling currently coursing through the west. So a piece by him in the Wall Street Journal […]

by Yehudah Lev Kay (Israelnationalnews.com) U.S. President Barack Obama said told CNN Tuesday that the U.S. had “absolutely not” given Israel a green light to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. “We have said directly to the Israelis that it is important to try and resolve this in an international setting in a way that does not […]