She studied at MIT and at Brandeis where she received a Ph.D in Neuroscience. Thus, she was both an educated and in some sense, a westernized woman. Both her Pakistani-born father and Pakistani husband are physicians who trained in the West, in England and America, respectively; her brother and sister are also highly trained professionals. […]

By: Steven Plaut For months now, every Friday in Zion has seen screaming and violent leftist rioters attacking Israeli soldiers, engaging in hooliganism, and breaking the law. The thugs are a mixture of foreign pro-terror “anarchists” Israel foolishly lets into the country, joined by some members of Israel’s own “Leftists for the Extermination of Israel.” […]

Test Your Palestine IQ Daniel Pinner (Israelnationalnews.com) Tevet 24, 5770, 10 January 10 12:07 Answer the questions but don’t check them until you are finished. Check your score at the end. 1. As is well known, Palestine is the Holy Land for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Palestine’s sanctity in Islam is expressed in the fact […]

By CAROLINE GLICK The gov’t has an opportunity to clear the way for any future war to end not only in military victory, but in political victory for Israel as well. A regional war may well be approaching. The actions and statements of Iran and its Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian proxies over the past week […]

By: Editorial Board On several occasions in this space we have sounded the alarm about the emergence of the J Street lobbying group. As we noted, J Street’s modus operandi is very different from other groups interested in Israel and the Middle East – and dangerously so. It bears repeating that J Street is the […]

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Turns out there are real questions about the accuracy of a Quinnipiac poll showing President Obama’s approval rating has fallen to just 52 percent among Jewish voters. As the JTA’s Eric Fingerhut pointed out in a front-page story in last week’s Jewish Press, the Jewish sampling “was derived from a […]

by Lenny Ben David (Israelnationalnews.com) Almost all Israelis and Israel’s supporters burst their buttons with pride when they saw the reports of the Israel Defense Forces’ emergency army units in Haiti rescuing trapped victims and treating hundreds of wounded. “Legendary,” “the Rolls Royce of emergency medical care [1],” and “amazing” were some of the glowing […]

By: Michael Freund Last year at this time, a majority of American Jews were waiting breathlessly for the day when Barack Obama, the man for whom they voted overwhelmingly, would take the oath of office and become president of the United States. The excitement and sense of anticipation were palpable, as many Jews innocently looked […]

YnetNews http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3841505,00.html Yoram Ettinger, Executive Director “Second Thought” The exclusion of the Arab-Israeli conflict from President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address reflects a US order of priorities and, possibly, a concern that mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict does not advance – but undermines – Obama’s domestic standing. In fact, Jerusalem should impress upon […]

by Gerald A. Honigman January 22, 2010 The headline of Avi Yellin’s article in January 22, 2010’s Israel National News/Arutz Sheva read , “Mitchell Pitches a New 5-Point Plan for Middle East Negotiations.” The story reported that, according to Arab sources linked to alleged “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas’s latter-day Arafatians of Fatah and quoted by the […]