by Elad Benari (Israelnationalnews.com) Noam Nir, an Israeli businessman who lives and owns a property in Morocco, was shocked when he found out that the building he owns in the city of Mogador became the focus of an anti-Semitic demonstration. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Nir expressed a serious concern that such demonstrations, that were not […]

[IMRA: This item is from February but repeated now because it got into the news cycle again when JTA cited it] February 24, 2010 Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%, Near Record High Near-record-low 30% optimistic about Arab-Israeli peace by Lydia Saad www.gallup.com/poll/126155/Support-Israel-Near-Record-High.aspx [See www.gallup.com/poll/126155/Support-Israel-Near-Record-High.aspx for graphs] PRINCETON, NJ — For the first time […]

Whether they are from Turkey, Ireland or Cyprus, those that participate reek of hypocrisy. DANNY AYALON Israel’s deputy minister of foreign affairs A couple of years ago, a Palestinian refugee camp was encircled and laid siege to by an army of tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers. Attacks initiated by Palestinian militants triggered an overwhelming response […]

Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” YnetNews, July 29, 2010 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3926519,00.html Western policy-makers grow increasingly-reconciled to co-existence with a nuclear Iran. They assume that, notwithstanding the radical rhetoric, the Iranian leadership is pragmatic, cognizant of its limitations, unwilling to expose its people to devastating Western retaliation and considering nuclear capabilities as a tool of deterrence – and […]

By: Caroline B. Glick In a much discussed article in the current issue of The American Spectator titled “America’s Ruling Class,” Prof. Angelo Codevilla describes the divide between those who run the U.S. – the politicians, bureaucrats and policy establishment – and the rest of the country. He laments, “Never has there been so little […]

By P. David Hornik Israel scored surprisingly – perhaps – high in the newly published Gallup poll [1] ranking countries for their citizens’ happiness levels. Israel came in tied for eighth along with Canada, Australia, and Switzerland. Only the four Scandinavian countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden – along with the Netherlands, Costa Rica, […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) A Grad rocket fired by Gaza terrorists hit an open area near a residential neighborhood in Ashkelon on Friday morning. No physical injuries were reported, although several people suffered shock and required medical attention. A vehicle was damaged. Ashkelon had experienced relative quiet following the Cast Lead counterterror operation in Gaza […]

by Hillel Fendel Lt.-Col. (ret.) Ralph Peters, military analyst and author of a book on Middle East politics, says Obama apparently has a chip on his shoulder against Israel – and it’s not “helpful to our civilization.” Peters, who wrote “Endless War: Middle Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization,” was asked to explain why he felt […]