IDF SPOKESPERSONS ANNOUNCEMENT November 4th, 2009 Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy An exceptionally large quantity of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered onboard a cargo vessel intercepted by the Israel Navy Special Forces and brought to the Ashdod port. Dozens of shipping containers found on the ship were carrying numerous […]

U.S. Department of State: Israel and the Occupied Territories International Religious Freedom Report 2009 Eli E. Hertz November 16, 2009 From the Report: Israel – Orthodox Jews treat others with “manifestations of discrimination and intolerance.” Palestinian Authority – “Sought to protect religious freedom in full and did not tolerate its abuse by either governmental or […]

Arieh King of Jerusalem is walking in the footsteps of our forefather Abraham. The first few portions of Sefer Bereishis set a series of precedents about the fundamentals of a civilized society. This week, in the Torah potion of Chayei Sarah, we have a box seat at the closing of the first Biblically recorded real-estate […]

BY FRIDA GHITIS FJGhitis@gmail.com On the evening after Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot 43 people at the Fort Hood military base, CNN’s Larry King Live invited the TV psychologist known chummily as Dr. Phil to help the audience understand what might have motivated Hasan to open fire, killing 12 of his fellow soldiers and one […]

by Hillel Fendel and Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Wary caution is the order of the day in the Golan Heights, in light of Netanyahu’s apparent readiness to enter into negotiations with Syria. Sammy Bar-Lev, mayor of Katzrin, the Golan’s only city, told Arutz-Sheva, “We have to be ready and on the alert, though at present I […]

Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST Once again, US President Barack Obama has demonstrated his intention of “putting light” between America and Israel. His hostility toward Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit to Washington this week was breathtaking. It isn’t every day that you can see an American president leaving the prime minister […]

Straight from the Jerusalem Cloakroom #229 Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” November 12, 2009 1. Contrary to the “Palestine Firsters” school of thought, Islamic terrorism is raging the Middle East and the entire globe, irrespective of the Arab-Israeli conflict, independent of the Palestinian issue and regardless of US-Israel friendship, Israel’s policies or Israel’s existence. The 1,400 […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The Jewish world is only nine days away from commemorating the 24th anniversary of Jonathan Pollard’s incarceration – barring a miraculously dramatic development. Pollard was arrested on Nov. 21, 1985, and subsequently convicted on one count of passing classified information to an ally – Israel – a crime for which the […]

By: Sara Lehmann Nearly two years ago, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) opened an Israel office in Jerusalem. The director of the office, Jeff Daube, made aliyah after years of working with organizations like AIPAC, NORPAC, CAMERA and Palestinian Media Watch as well as lobbying extensively on Capitol Hill. Soon after arriving in Israel, […]

Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer I was taken by a photograph of you There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more But they didn’t show your spirit quite as true -Jackson Browne My father has three birthdays. Yes, three. His biological birthday is May […]