by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) With the Obama administration turning the corkscrews upon Israeli sovereignty in its capital, the spotlight focuses once again on the growing Jewish presence in neighborhoods such as Shimon HaTzaddik. Arab squatters face eviction this week. The U.S. State Department has made an unprecedented demand upon its ally Israel to stop lawful […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) Israel remained relatively free from severe damage in the worldwide financial crisis and stands to be one of the world’s safest places for investors, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer told Fox News. He took partial credit for Israel’s economic stability, noting that his massive purchase of dollars in the […]

By: Steve K. Walz, Jewish Press Israel Correspondent The hottest event at the 18th Maccabiah Games currently being held in Israel could be the anticipated encounter between the American and Israeli men’s basketball squads during the playoffs next week, a prospect that Bruce Pearl – the University of Tennessee and Maccabi USA coach – is […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is disappointed by the decision issued last Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, upholding the lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by an American citizen born in Jerusalem who wanted to have “Israel” listed as his birthplace on his U.S. passport and […]

Tammuz 23, 5769, 15 July 09 10:33 by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) On Monday, the High Court ruled in favor of the far-left organizations Peace Now and Yesh Din and ordered that 11 homes in the Samaria town of Eli be torn down. One of the homes in question belongs to IDF Major Roi Klein, who […]

By Karin Kloosterman July 05, 2009 Countering stereotypes that Jewish people are better known for their thinking skills than athletic prowess is the 18th Maccabiah Games happening July 12 to 23 throughout Israel. The once in every four years Jewish version of the Olympics is expected to draw more than 5,300 athletes from around the […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) U.S. President Barack Obama said in a CNN interview to be broadcast Monday that the legacy of slavery in the United States, like the Holocaust, “Is one of those that you don’t forget about. “I think it’s important that the way we think about it, the way it’s taught, is […]

By Lori Averick Friday, June 26th, I had the opportunity to attend the formal opening of the Islamic Society of Boson Cultural Center (ISBCC) in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Approximately 600 Muslims, a few Christian clergy and a sprinkling of Jews gathered with Tom Menino, mayor of Boston, on Malcolm X Boulevard to celebrate this historic event […]

By Rachel Ginsber How Jewish is Jerusalem? You might think that’s a silly question, but in the world of academia, revisionist history and even biblical archaeology, scholars have cast the shadow of doubt over Judaism’s intrinsic connection to Jerusalem. The Moslem Waqf, the religious authority that administers the Temple Mount — the site of Judaism’s […]

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 […]