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Abu Ali Express

Lebanon: Will Hezbollah Attack Israel's Offshore Gas Rig?

By Abu Ali Express

It seems like Hezbollah isn't keen on being involved and is waiting to see what the Lebanese government decides to do.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: Why are so Many Jews Ignoring the Holiday of Shavuot?

By Forest Rain

Why do so many Jews barely notice Shavuot? What does this say about us as a people? What does this say about our future? Could we be ignoring this holiday because of what it teaches us?!

Larry's Letters

Larry's Letters: A NEW Aussie Attitude Towards Israel?

By Larry Shapiro

You called Israel an oppressor carrying out collective punishment against the Palestinian Arabs. If I were to provide you with information that questioned the veracity of these accusations, would you be open to listening?

In Print / A Settler's View

We Don’t Pray Towards Jerusalem

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

The most sacred place for the Jewish people isn’t Jerusalem or the Western Wall, it’s the Temple Mount.

Am Yisrael Chai

Memorial Day in the USA is a Big Joke

By Shmuel Sackett

I can live to be 1,000 and will never understand how Memorial Day is commemorated in the USA.

Elder of Ziyon

What do the Nazi-collaborating Grand Mufti and Terrorist Ahlam Tamimi have in common?

By Elder of Ziyon

Like the Mufti, Ahlam Tamimi is popular in the Arab world. The US wants to maintain friendly relations with Jordan. Instead of acting like a superpower, giving a message to the world that the US will pursue justice, the Biden administration is continuing the policy of sending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Jordan to prop up its "moderate" king. 

Headline / Abu Yehuda

A Long Collection of Short Topics

By Vic Rosenthal

An overview of the top issues confronting us

Blogs

The Pizza Connection

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

The eatery even has a wonderful non-eating option: You can purchase a coupon, redeemable for one pizza pie

Abu Ali Express

Hussein a-Sheikh Establishes his Status as Abu Mazen's Successor

By Abu Ali Express

The only thing he's missing now is a verified Twitter account.

Israel Diaries

Why Homesh? What is so Special About Homesh?

By Sheri Oz

This means that, based on a case from 1978 that seems to be unavailable for public scrutiny, the leftwing anti-Israel activists can claim that the land on which Chomesh was established is privately owned Arab land.

Abu Yehuda

Dear Europe, ...

By Vic Rosenthal

I welcome the idea that Israel will be able to help the Europeans in their time of need... So I have prepared a draft of a letter that our government COULD send to the EU in order to get the ball rolling.

In Print / A Settler's View

AIPAC Hits Middle Age And Shows Its Mettle

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

AIPAC’s new strategy is a seismic change for an organization that has followed the same playbook for more than fifty years.

Am Yisrael Chai

Do We Pray for Peace or for Revenge?

By Shmuel Sackett

Allow me to answer the question right away; we pray for both! But keep reading....

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Tel Azekah

By Nosson Shulman

Ever hear the story about David and Goliath? Wanna visit the site where it happened?

Blogs

MAZAL TOV!: Sasson V'Simcha

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

May the Jewish people know many, MANY more simchas.

Abu Ali Express

The Kiwan Anti-Israel Family Drama

By Abu Ali Express

One Israel-hating sibling is in jail for drug trafficking in the UAE, the other was fired for ripping down Israeli flags and attacking a fellow employee.

In Print / A Settler's View

Where Is Another Begin When We Need Him?

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

A government that is diverse, but whose diversity prevents improvement, is a poor government and has lost its mandate to govern.

Abu Yehuda

Shireen abu Akleh’s Blood is on Palestinian Hands

By Vic Rosenthal

Her blood is on the hands of the terrorists, along with that of the Israelis they murdered.

Headline / Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

The Death of Shireen Abu-Akleh and Israel’s Handling of it

By Forest Rain

You can see that the police were deliberately provoked for the cameras, to enable the “narrative.”

Am Yisrael Chai

The Fight is Part of the Mitzvah

By Shmuel Sackett

To deserve Israel is to fight for her.

Sultan Knish

BIDEN WARNS ISRAEL AGAINST 'FREEDOM OF WORSHIP'

By Daniel Greenfield

the Biden administration stands with the angry Jihadist mobs in Israel and America

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel Blog: Biblical Gezer

By Nosson Shulman

To paraphrase the Beatles, " Come to GEZER, Right now..."

Blogs

Rav Menashe Klein, Lufthansa and the Jews

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Enough of Lufthansa. Just don’t be surprised. After all, this is their legacy.

Abu Ali Express

Possible Second Shooter Observed in Shireen Abu Akleh Video

By Abu Ali Express

In the video of the wild Arab shooter, there appears to be a second shooter on the roof above him.

In Print / A Settler's View

Thank You, Gap Year Guests

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

One of the most influential parts of a student’s time in Israel is their time outside the classroom with Israeli families.

Guest Blog

It's All the RAGE: New Palestinian Fashion Craze: M-16 T-Shirts

By Itamar Marcus

M-16 T-shirts – celebrating rifle used to murder 5 Israelis

Blogs

The Evil that Lurks Next Door

By Justin Amler

There is a darkness and a sickness and an evil in ‘palestinian’ society that will see this and has seen this as a ‘victory’ to be celebrated. They will celebrate the fact that there are 16 children without a father anymore, and they will rejoice that there are three widows

Headline / Sultan Knish

The Left’s War On Childhood

By Daniel Greenfield

Progressives sacrificing our children to their god ofwokeness

Headline / Fred Maroun's Blogspot

Nakba Day: Annual Reminder that Palestinians Learned Nothing from History

By Fred Maroun

The Jews accepted the Partition Plan whereas the Arabs rejected it. In other words, the Jews chose compromise, and the Arabs gambled on war-and lost.

FirstOneThrough

It Is NOT Israel Independence Day But Israel REESTABLISHMENT Day

By Paul Gherkin

Israel did not become independent from anyone. Jews waited for the British to leave

Featured / Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

From Sadness and Mourning to Celebration - How and Why

By Ari Fuld HY"D

Every year I am concerned that I will not be able to make the transition between the memories and pain of Memorial Day to the celebration of Israel’s Independence.

In Print / Featured / A Settler's View

Dear Orlee, Oy!

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

It is heartbreaking that a Jewish woman, smart enough to gain admission and rise to a leadership position at Harvard wouldn’t recognize that BDS will never lead to Palestinian advancement or peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Featured / First Person / Ari Fuld's Sword of Israel

Ari Fuld on Remembering Yehoshua Friedberg

By Ari Fuld HY"D

I don't want to go to a memorial service, I can't stand military funerals and I can't forget. I hate this! Too many thoughts...

Headline / Emes Ve-Emunah

I See the World From Both Sides Now

By Harry Maryles

The coach was asking only for a private moment to take a knee and express gratitude to God on the gridiron after a game.

Sultan Knish

The Identity Politicization Of The Supreme Court

By Daniel Greenfield

The 'equity logic' of identity politics will eclipse and replace the Constitution.

Headline / Fred Maroun's Blogspot

Where Respectful Prayer is a Crime and Fanatical Violence is a Virtue

By Fred Maroun

In other words, mere Jewish presence on the holiest Jewish site constitutes “defiling” in the eyes of even Israel’s Arab peace partners, and violent opposition to that presence is seen as virtue.

Abu Ali Express

The Connection Between Hamas and the Ariel Terror Attack

By Abu Ali Express

Who says there's no Hamas connection to the latest terrorist attacks?

Abu Ali Express

Analyzing Hamas' Yahya Sinwar's Interesting Speech Last Night

By Abu Ali Express

For the first time since the last round of fighting, Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, delivered an impressive hour-long speech last night.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel" Biblical Maale (Ascent of) Adumim

By Nosson Shulman

Go to Maale Adumim to get the flavor of Israel-and a bit of Venice, Italy in the process

Am Yisrael Chai

The Healing Powers of Iyar

By Shmuel Sackett

The beginning of the month of Iyar saw us build the state and the end of the month saw us liberate the Temple Mount.

The Muqata

Shlissel (Key) Challah: The Loaf of Idolatry?

By Jameel@Muqata

Jameel discusses the origins of the minhag of Shlissel Challah.

Headline / Holidays / Blogs

The Hopeful Kippah

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

"A Yid has hope. This Yarmulke gave me hope during the Holocaust.”

Am Yisrael Chai

What Have We Really Learned from Yom Ha’Shoah?

By Shmuel Sackett

Many years ago, a major debate erupted in the new and young State of Israel...

In Print / A Settler's View

A Rational Argument For Rebuilding The Temple – Today

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Our ancestor would be perplexed by a third commonwealth of the Jewish people in control of Jerusalem but who refuse, on their own accord, to rebuild the Temple.

Blogs

Silly Ignorant People and the Eternal Collective Memory of the Jewish People

By Paula R. Stern

11 gates are guarded and reserved only for Muslims. Guess which gate was blocked? Yes, it was the one for non-Muslims

Sultan Knish

Biden Administration’s Seder Makes a Mockery of Passover and the Jews

By Daniel Greenfield

"Good evening to the thousands of you who are joining us from around the country," Doug Emhoff, the Hollywood lawyer serving as Kamala's husband, intoned.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Biblical Hatzor

By Nosson Shulman

Hazor, one of the premier archeological sites in Israel,  is the site to some of the most epic events of the Bible

FirstOneThrough

Pros And Cons Of Muslims Considering Jewish Holy Sites As Sacred Also

By Paul Gherkin

The Islamist scars in the holy land have left Jewish sites destroyed

Blogs

Home-Coming

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

A HOME-ileticPurim Torah for Pesach

Emes Ve-Emunah

Emes Ve-Emunah: What Is Israel Going to Do?

By Harry Maryles

But I am just tired of all the Jewish blood being shed and the attendant suffering of their loved ones. 

Emes Ve-Emunah

Emes Ve-Emunah: Black Lives DO Matter

By Harry Maryles

I would have been much happier if had chosen her on the basis of her qualifications, judicial temperament, and pristine character. Which she clearly has in spades.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

Moses: E-GYPT Out Of Passover Praise

By Jeff Dunetz

No matter your faith or how you celebrate, may you be blessed, and may you have a blessed holy season, Chag Pesach Samayach-Happy Passover .

Blogs

The Short Vort: Lessons Learned from My Mother

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

My mother was a teacher in the New York City Public School system, which at the time was heavily populated with Jewish teachers. She worked as a teacher for many years in the Bedford–Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, one of the toughest and crime-ridden areas of the city, working through the race riots of 1967 and 1968. The only trait that my mother conveyed in the house was total care, compassion, and dedication toward her students, NEVER ONCE can I recall her ever saying one negative word about any person of color.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

Israel Must Become an Unaligned Nation

By Vic Rosenthal

Israel cannot endure as a satellite of a country whose regime opposes our survival as a Jewish state. Biden’s policies are no different than those we struggled against during the Obama presidency.

In Print / A Settler's View

No Time For Mercy: The Inappropriate Response To Murderous Intent

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

After each attack the Palestinian street has come out to celebrate, handing out candies, marching in angry parades, and firing off fireworks.

Blogs

We Should ALL Be Angry Today

By Justin Amler

Is this the kind of sick society that deserves a state?

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: The Hebrews of Hebron

By Forest Rain

Were the ancient Hebrews of Hebron to suddenly appear, they would find their descendants living in their neighborhood, speaking the same language, connected to the same values.

FirstOneThrough

NY Times Highlights Jews’ Frustration With French Media Minimizing Anti-Semitic Attacks

By Paul Gherkin

When multiple antisemitic riots were raging across Europe in the summer of 2014, three articles by different Times writers described the mayhem as having an “anti-Semitic tinge,” in a disgusting attempt to minimize the blatant Jew-hatred.

Israel Diaries

Is an Israeli Flag an Act of Provocation on Nation's Campus'?

By Sheri Oz

Rather than hiding our flag away from sight for fear that it might incite some to violence, we should be unabashedly flying it throughout this amazing country of Israel

Abu Yehuda

Summer Arrives in Israel

By Vic Rosenthal

Along with the heat and the haze come incitement and terrorism, which will very likely develop – as it did last year at this time – into war and insurrection.

Israel Diaries

So, You Want the Coalition to Collapse. And THEN?

By Sheri Oz

So first we had “Just not Bibi” and now we have “Just not this coalition” or “Just not Bennett.”

Abu Ali Express

Has Israel Stopped Qatari Cash from Making its Way to Hamas Like the Israeli Prime Minister Said, or Not?

By Abu Ali Express

Qatar has been giving 30 million dollars to the Gaza Strip every month, but is Hamas getting paid?

Emes Ve-Emunah

Why Orthdoxy?

By Harry Maryles

The point here is that both of these 2 major Jewish denominations do not resemble anything close to how our forefathers lived even as recently as a couple of hundred years ago. Whereas Orthodoxy has been far more of a continuum.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

How to Survive in the Middle East

By Vic Rosenthal

After the recent terrorist attack in Beer Sheva that took four lives, I (rhetorically) asked our leadership if they had a plan to deal with Arab terrorism, something more long-range than beefing up the police presence over Ramadan. Since then, there have been two more attacks, one in Hadera and one in Bnei Brak, bringing […]

In Print / A Settler's View

Does Religious Zionism Make Sense Without Messianism?

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Jews who don’t believe that the state of Israel is the beginning of the redemption have their Zionism and belief in G-d called into question by other religious Zionists.

Elder of Ziyon

EU Condemns Israel for Buying a DUMP in Jerusalem

By Elder of Ziyon

The EU, so concerned about the law when it can be interpreted against Israel, wants it to be ignored when it supports the position of Jews. Buying a building and moving in is "settler occupation," and of course all "settler occupation" is illegal. 

Sultan Knish

Save "Palestine" From The "Palestinians"

By Daniel Greenfield

Secretary of State Blinken had to travel thousands of miles away to find a leader even more unpopular and out of it than the one he had left behind at the White House.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Israel Must Act to End Terrorism

By Harry Maryles

Israel has a right – an obligation – to protect its people. Whatever it takes. If that means using even harsher measures than they are now, so be it

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Biblical Beit Shemesh

By Nosson Shulman

Tel (Hebrew for Archeological mound) Beit Shemesh is literally across the street from the outskirts of the modern city. 

Abu Ali Express

Ramadan vs. Sunni-Shiite Politics

By Abu Ali Express

The PA Astronomical Observatory published photos of how the new moon looked on Saturday, which raises the question how could the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem have claimed it was observed on Friday.

Abu Ali Express

When Will the Month of Ramadan Begin this Year?

By Abu Ali Express

Shiites in Iran have a tendency to declare the sighting of a new moon a bit after the Sunnis (most likely, to differentiate themselves from the Sunnis).

In Print / A Settler's View

The Infuriating Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

It infuriates me that the world ignores the three to six Palestinian terror attacks attempted in Israel every day.

Israel Diaries

And Carry a BIG Stick

By Sheri Oz

Israel has to learn how to carry a big stick on both sides of the 'Green Line'; OUR enemies must be made to fear awakening the sleeping giant;

Israel Diaries

Israelis Debate Israel: What Must Change?

By Sheri Oz

It is important to debate our presence in Judea-Samaria because not all Israelis believe we should be there

Headline / Blogs

Enough with the Jewsplainin’

By Diane Bederman

I don’t know about you, but I have had enough Jewsplainin’. Explaining my right to exist as a Jew. And now the right to have a Jewish state.

The Snag

Brian Robinson Challenging Jerry Nadler for NY's 10th Congressional District

By D.J. Kolpak

"I would call out AOC and the squad publicly for their thinly veiled antisemitism."

Sultan Knish

Biden’s Ambassador To The Anti-Israel Lobby

By Daniel Greenfield

Unfortunately, Nides is characteristic of the anti-Israel Biden administration.

Abu Yehuda

What’s the Plan?

By Vic Rosenthal

I have a question for the Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, his cabinet, and indeed every member of the Knesset: What is your long-range plan to deal with Palestinian Arab terrorism, both by Palestinians from the territories and Israeli Arabs?

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Lot’s Wife: Sodom & Gomorrah

By Nosson Shulman

“G-d caused rain of sulfur and fire to fall on Sodom and on Gomorrah…(Lot’s) wife looked behind her and was turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:24-26)”

FirstOneThrough

Students For Justice In Palestine: J Street Is The Gateway For Jewish Anti-Zionists

By Paul Gherkin

It may finally dawn on the pro-Zionist community that the Jewish left-wing group is a dangerous gateway organization to destroy the Jewish State from within.

Blogs

Have We Lost Our Jewish Minds?

By Josh Wander

Jews have dreamed of coming home to Eretz Yisrael for 2000 years. In our generation this has finally become a reality - Well, at least for some.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Inspiration from Zion: Questions Israelis Ask After a Terror Attack

By Forest Rain

Living elsewhere, the news of horror is theoretical. In Israel, the news is a visceral punch in the gut

Sultan Knish

UKRAINIAN CHUTZPAH

By Daniel Greenfield

A better question might be why is a country whose people were responsible for much of the killing of Jews at Babi Yar is shamelessly appropriating the Holocaust for its propaganda.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

The Czechoslovakian Option

By Vic Rosenthal

What the US gets out of an agreement with Iran is not certain. Biden can declare “peace in our time” while waving the new, even worse, version of Obama’s JCPOA. But I think that the main motivation is to continue a policy, going back to the 1970s, to reverse the outcome of the 1967 war.

In Print / A Settler's View

Three Lessons We Missed During The Iron Dome Votes

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Close to ten progressive members were elected to Congress, and they were led by just a few members who called themselves “the Squad.” By their own admission, these members had little to no expertise in foreign affairs issues.

Abu Ali Express

Iran - US - The Iran Nuclear Deal and Oil Prices

By Abu Ali Express

Saudis, Houthis, Iran, terror and rising oil prices.

Elder of Ziyon

Why are Israelis SO HAPPY (ranked #9 on world happiness index)?

By Elder of Ziyon

An idiot claims he knows THE reason Israelis are happy and Palestinians are not: The Jews are STEALING Palestinian happiness!

Abu Yehuda

Who’s Intolerant?

By Vic Rosenthal

Israel is no. 100 on the list of countries by population. Following it are Switzerland, Togo, Sierra Leone, Hong Kong, and Laos. I haven’t noticed pressure on these countries to take tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees.

Israel Diaries

Transportation Ministry: When a Road is NOT JUST a Road

By Sheri Oz

Apparently, half a million residents of Judea-Samaria do not constitute sufficient electoral power to induce the Transportation Minister (other than Smotrich and Regev in their short terms) to stop the discrimination against them.

Abu Ali Express

Gaza - Qatar's Missing Million

By Abu Ali Express

Gazans were told they would receive 310 shekels, but at the current exchange rate, $100 is worth more than that. Where's the extra money going?

Abu Yehuda

The Ambassador from Obamastan

By Vic Rosenthal

It’s clear that we are back in Obamastan now, where the aspirations of the Palestinians have equal or greater weight than the security of the Jewish state; and where Israel must pay the price for the failures of the Arab leadership.

Abu Ali Express

Zelenskyy's Holocaust Memory and Best Gift to Israel

By Abu Ali Express

Zelenskyy used the memory of the Holocaust and its victims... But, his remarks have already made headlines in both international and Arab media, and you can't take it back.

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