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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

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.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and the OTHER Israel

By Forest Rain

All this, not for a rock star, politician, or even a charismatic influencer. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky was a vessel of Jewish knowledge, an example of Jewish scholarliness, of putting learning, wisdom, and faith above all worldly comforts.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Kedesh: The City of Refuge

By Nosson Shulman

“G-d spoke to Joshua saying…Prepare for yourselves the cities of refuge, about which I spoke to you through Moses, where a killer may flee – one who kills a person through carelessness, unintentionally…They designated Kedesh in the Galilee in the mountains of Naphtali (Joshua 20: 1-7)”

Blogs

Nachas Note: Charedi Kids Win Robotics Prize

By Sarah Manning

Netzach Yisrael is the first Charedi school in Israel to compete in this international competition

In Print / A Settler's View

500 Skittles, Ukraine And Zionist Values

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Zionism doesn’t maintain Jews have a right to the land of Israel so that Jews will have a place of refuge, the Jewish right to their ancestral homeland stands irrespective of Jewish safety and security.

Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Russia – Ukraine War: Abusing Holocaust Memory and Other non-PC Thoughts

By Forest Rain

In Israel, this war provides a convenient excuse for our media to not cover many uncomfortable and critical issues including dangerous lack of sovereignty and frightening levels of corruption...

Headline / Abu Yehuda

Obama’s Third Term

By Vic Rosenthal

The Biden Admin. is Obama’s third term. Its foreign policy team, and especially those responsible for negotiations with Iran, are made up almost entirely of former Obama Administration people. Although I can’t prove it, I believe that Obama, Ben Rhodes, Susan Rice, and others are pulling the strings.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Jerusalem's Biblical Broad Wall

By Nosson Shulman

Today, we will visit an important example of a site mentioned in Tanach (Bible), where G-d saved the Jewish people through an open miracle.

Elder of Ziyon

No, Ukraine is NOT Gaza

By Elder of Ziyon

Only Israel-hating morons think it is

Headline / Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

Jewish American Privilege

By Forest Rain

There are many voices, particularly those backed by progressive Jewish, American-based organizations declaring that Israel needs to stand on the side of morality and help ALL Ukrainian refugees, without inquiring if they are Jewish or have any connection to Israel.  I say, "No. Just no."

Sultan Knish

Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Is A Racist Attack On The Constitution

By Daniel Greenfield

After Biden’s announcement that he had chosen Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee, the majority of Americans continue to reject Biden’s racial determinism for the Supreme Court.

Israel Diaries

Hilltop Youth: True Moral Bankruptcy in Israel

By Sheri Oz

Most Israelis are familiar with the Hilltop Youth only through the mainstream media that stigmatizes them and that negative picture is stuck in their minds. Viewed as violent unruly young people, they are accused of regularly harassing Arabs just going about their daily lives, yet the opposite is closer to the truth, unless one considers that the mere presence of Jews in Judea-Samaria is harassment enough.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

The 800-Pound Gorilla of the Non-Orthodox World

By Vic Rosenthal

The ordinary Israeli sees Reform Judaism for what it is, a politically left-leaning, spiritually vacuous, non-Jewish religion. But it is the 800-pound gorilla of the non-Orthodox world, with money, clout, and people that it uses to project its influence here in Israel, where, in my opinion, it does not belong.

FirstOneThrough

J Street Proves Again It's Progressive, Not Pro-Israel

By Paul Gherkin

J Street is a progressive PAC first and foremost, which thinks nothing of standing alongside left wing groups that despise Israel.

Am Yisrael Chai

Please Take Care of this Today

By Shmuel Sackett

A major injustice is occurring in Israel that I wanted to bring to your attention.

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Biblical Kinneret & the Fertile fields of Ginosar

By Nosson Shulman

Come visit the prophesied site of the "End of Dayss' beforehand-less traffic; better parking

Abu Ali Express

"Between Kyiv and Gaza" - The Ukraininization of the Palestinian narrative

By Abu Ali Express

It's hard to ignore the growing trend on social media in the last couple of days, taking shape right before our eyes. I will call it: "The Ukrainianization of the Palestinian narrative."

In Print / A Settler's View

Israel Loses A Brother In Congress, Gains An Advocate

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

I was familiar with Congressman Deutch’s work on Israel in Congress and before that the State house but was in shock that he would volunteer to speak without even being asked!

Headline / Elder of Ziyon

"APARTHEID" is the New "OCCUPATION"

By Elder of Ziyon

Apartheid is a term used purely for propaganda purposes when applied to Israel

Israel Diaries

Israel Diaries: 250 Jewish Trees Uprooted-No one Cares

By Sheri Oz

The response to the destruction of Jewish property and land rights? Nothing but the sound of crickets.

Headline / FirstOneThrough

Is Intersectionality Anti-Semitic?

By Paul Gherkin

The one issue upon all the marginalized can agree

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: A Mosaic Treasure at Ein Gedi!

By Nosson Shulman

The Synagogue from Roman/Byzantine times was only discovered in 1965, when workers of nearby Kibbutz Ein Gedi were plowing the field and found a well preserved Mosaic floor.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

How Joe Biden Created The Ukraine Crisis

By Jeff Dunetz

Joe Biden Is The Best President That Russia Has Ever Had

Sultan Knish

BIDEN'S BLACK AND LEFT BASE GO TO WAR OVER SUPREME CT. SEAT

By Daniel Greenfield

What's Black and definitely NOT WHITE and fought about all over?

Abu Ali Express

A Surprise in the Maritime Border Negotiations Between Lebanon and Israel

By Abu Ali Express

Someone anonymous withdrew their claims in the UN to the expanded maritime area.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

President’s Day: A Liberal Homogenized Celebration Of Nothing

By Jeff Dunetz

The problem with President’s Day is that it homogenizes all the great deeds done by individual presidents into a meaningless amalgamation.

Headline / Abu Yehuda

Will there be a Magic Carpet for Ukrainian Jews?

By Vic Rosenthal

This  morning’s paper discusses the plans being made for the possible aliya of the roughly 250,000 Ukrainians who are eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. Several government ministries and the army are making preparations to bring them to Israel, provide identity documents, places of temporary residence, and financial aid for them, if […]

In Print / A Settler's View

Real Leaders Solve Problems

By Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

As much as the Arab and charedi sectors must begin participating in Israeli national life, the rest of Israeli society must incorporate Arabs and charedim into Israeli society.

Am Yisrael Chai

Will You Be Part of the Jewish Future?

By Shmuel Sackett

Listen closely and you’ll Yaacov Avinu; “My dearest children, stop building Jewish communities outside the land. Stop thinking that a trip every few years is enough. The Jewish nation needs you in Israel permanently. Move there with your family. Build a home, support the schools, grow the economy, plant some trees and defend the land.”

FirstOneThrough

Still Angry At Israel’s Existence: Three No’s, Racism, BDS and Anti-Normalization

By Paul Gherkin

The war against the Jewish State began militarily at Israel’s inception, as the armies of five Arab nations invaded Israel in 1948 in a war to annihilate it. In June 1967, the Arab world attempted the same but failed spectacularly. Since that time, the armed conflict by Muslim countries has continued with more modest ambitions, as the […]

Blogs

From Israel: “There Is No Other Way!!”

By Arlene Kushner

I see Ben Gvir as no-nonsense, and tough-talking. He is committed to protecting Jewish rights in the land at a time when many play fast and loose with those rights.     

Headline / Abu Yehuda

What Does Zionism Really Mean?

By Vic Rosenthal

I want to be more specific about the meaning of Zionism today: I say it is the belief that the State of Israel is the state of and for the Jewish people, and not a “state of its citizens.”

Unique Sites of Israel

Unique Sites of Israel: Gibeah of Benjamin (Tel El Ful)

By Nosson Shulman

Tel el Ful, rarely sees visitors but this unique treasure is our next stop.

Sultan Knish

ADL Senior VP: 'Kudos To My Former Boss, George Soros'

By Daniel Greenfield

What’s happening to the ADL is what has happened to countless Jewish, Christian and non-sectarian organizations that were once liberal and are now just leftist fronts. What the Soviet Union failed to accomplish in its infiltrations, two generations of activists backed by powerful and wealthy men have done by turning every liberal group into the same front.

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