By: Editorial Board Several weeks ago we expressed our dismay at the unusual amount of attention the Obama administration was lavishing on the fledgling J Street organization, which only last month held its first-ever convention. The group’s representatives were invited by the White House to what was supposed to be a meeting with the Presidents […]

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Next week marks the 32nd anniversary of Anwar Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem, an event that set into motion a process that would result, nearly a year and a half later, in the signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. It’s been a cold peace, to be sure, but […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ynet Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3801613,00.html http://yoramettinger.newsnet.co.il/Front/Newsnet/reports.asp?reportId=274712 The November 2009 Republican victory has exacerbated Democratic anxiety about the November 2010 election for all 435 House seats, 36 Senate seats and 36 governorships. The GOP success constitutes a severe warning sign to President Obama, who worked tirelessly on behalf of the losers in the […]

Denial in Bigio Case Borders on Anti-Semitism The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Coca-Cola Company (“Coca-Cola” or the “Company”) for denying that Jews in Egypt were subjected to anti-Semitic persecution and discrimination under the government of Gamal Abdel Nasser, which included the confiscation of Jewish property and the expulsion of Jews from […]

By: Editorial Board In some respects, last week’s murderous rampage by Major Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood presents a challenge to the United States even greater than that of 9/11. The 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were carried out by foreign nationals acting as agents of self-perceived enforcers of a […]