By: Aaron Klein The U.S. extracted concessions from Israel in exchange for American opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel’s commando raid of a flotilla earlier this month that resulted in the deaths of nine violent activists, this column has learned. Separately, an official from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) A demographic study in Israel analyzing the past 15 years shows a dramatic drop in Arab births per woman, a rise in births among secular Jewish women, and a continued very high rate among religious Jewish women. Dr. Adam Reuter, writing on Arutz-7’s Hebrew site, presents a set of statistics showing […]

By GIL HOFFMAN The Jerusalem Post 06/22/2010 22:01 www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=179209 Michael Oren claims Pollard didn’t act as Israeli agent. Jonathan Pollard acted as an agent of the State of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in reaction to a comment from Israeli ambassador to Washington Michael Oren that was interpreted as suggesting otherwise. Pollard is […]

by Malkah Fleisher (Israelnationalnews.com) In an attempt to reverse a worrying trend of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the Netherlands, Dutch police may begin going undercover as Jews. Amsterdam and Rotterdam have become hotbeds of anti-Semitic activity, with members of the Jewish communities there being verbally attacked, bombarded with anti-Semitic e-mail, and confronted with Hitler salutes. […]

By: Louis Rene Beres Current news about Israel’s interdiction of the Gaza flotilla centers entirely on more or less pertinent operational and legal details. It is also important, however, to look beyond this particular event and toward the more critical underlying issue of a Palestinian state. To be sure, once such a state was established, […]

Tammuz 10, 5770, 22 June 10 11:28 by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) Israel successfully launched the ”Ofek 9” military spy satellite late Tuesday night from the Palmakhim base in central Israel, and the Defense Ministry said all systems are working. “Right now, it’s giving a pulse, and we assume it has opened its solar panels, […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his colleagues are doing their best to put a pretty face on an ugly situation. After nearly three weeks of deliberations, Netanyahu and his government caved in to massive US pressure to ease, if not end, Israel’s blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. On Sunday the government announced that all economic sanctions […]

Recent developments highlight support for Israel in US Congress, public Yoram Ettinger The sweeping Capitol Hill support for the Jewish state is a rare bi-partisan consensus during the current US political polarization. The active role played by Democratic leaders in the pro-Israel display, exposes the significant gap between President Obama’s and Congress’ attitudes toward Israel. […]

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NationalCouncilofYou/90fd0080b3/bbdc42fbe4/25b4d47452/utm_content=danceordie53@aol.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Less than 10 Days before a Yeshiva Will Be Destroyed By Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President, National Council of Young Israel, execvp@youngisrael.org Dear Fellow Jews: We cannot let a yeshiva/shul in Israel be destroyed. Allow me to explain. The following article appeared on Arutz Sheva news on Sunday, May 9, 2010: The IDF’s Civilian […]

This year Tisha B’Av (July 19 and 20), when we commemorate the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples in Jerusalem, we also mark another tragedy for Israel – the 5th year since the destruction of 21 Gush Katif/Gaza, and 4 northern Shomron communities. The destruction and expulsion of over 10,000 Jews from religious and […]