By Batya Medad
So-called US military aid props up US military industries while disposing of surplus supplies.
If Hamas would simply stop firing rockets into Israel, all the carnage would stop instantly.
By Batya Medad
Rivlin is thought of as a warm, friendly uncle, one of the family.
By Donny Fuchs
In Islam, there is no such thing as peace with accursed dhimmis as the Muslims refer to us infidels.
By JoeSettler
A reader claimed the Disengagement from Gaza was good, because it reduced the number of murdered Israelis. Examining the numbers tells a different story...
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler points out that most Gazans want to leave, and most Jews want to go back home to Gush Katif. How about a solution that actually resolves the conflict?
These are the photos of our soldiers (and a citizen) killed in action during the current IDF ground operation in Gaza.
Jameel went on a pizza run down south, and translated a letter from a soldier on the border, along with some of his own personal observations...
By Donny Fuchs
Rabbi Kahane spoke of transfer, because it was what the Torah spoke of.
By Batya Medad
Her message to her soldier son on the battlefield: "Complete the Mission! Sayyem et HaMissimah!"
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler contemplated some new El Al slogans like: "El Al - Our pilots are trained in evasive maneuvers".... Let's hear your new El Al Slogans...
By Batya Medad
IDF volunteers come to Israel just to serve are the true idealists; Sean Carmeli was one of them.
And he whispers one last time, I love you mother.
By Batya Medad
It's absurd, in this war places like Ariel and Shiloh are among the safest in the State of Israel.
Why aren't American Jews coming s to Israel for the summer; Are they scared because of the war?
By Batya Medad
Ruthie Blum reveals just how hard it is for a Jewish mother to be a patriot at the time of war. Maternal cognitive dissonance On Thursday night, after 10 days of aerial warfare between Hamas terrorists and Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a ground incursion into Gaza. It was a move that much of […]
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler takes on the IDF Spokesperson's tweets that he believes are morally wrong and negatively affect the war we are fighting...
By Donny Fuchs
Not asking the world for the right to defend ourselves; such a right is obvious to anyone with a spine.
By Batya Medad
Where has all the billions of Euros and dollars that have been poured into Gaza over the years gone?
One wishes the PA would distance itself completely from Hamas now for the sake of peace and development in the region.
Wartime instruction for the country...
By Batya Medad
In a war, people die; all Israelis should know that by now.
By Batya Medad
"We thought they wanted a state; it turns out that all they want is to destroy Israel"
It's called Operation Protective Edge and is a double-edged sword.
By Batya Medad
The majority of the Israeli public is against a ceasefire with Hamas at this time.
Bibi knew back then what needed to be done. So why isn't PM Netanyahu listening to his younger self?
By David Groen
The term “Disproportionate Response” is becoming the latest anti-Semitic keyword.
One of the key talking points by apologists for Hamas in the current conflict is that it isn’t fair that Israelis under fire have bomb shelters while Palestinians in Gaza don’t have any. Among other factors, the lack of shelters accounts in part for the differences in casualty figures between the two peoples. But somehow […]
Expecting the IDF to mount a ground attack against Hamas in Gaza? There may be a better approach...
No human casualties; over 1million citizens under siege.What if it were Mexico attacking the US?
By Donny Fuchs
Jewish warfare is premised on the idea that evil must be destroyed if the innocent are to survive.
We are not like our enemies; it’s our responsibility to make sure it stays that way.
Praising the relationship between Camp Oorah and officials of Scoharie County in Upstate New York.
Jameel asks if Israel has a moral obligation to shoot down Hamas rockets that will hit Palestinian Authority civilians. What do you think?
By JoeSettler
Peter Beinart asks that American rabbis lead prayers for Palestinian dead. JoeSettler agrees with Beinart...
An expert discusses the mistakes gamblers make and how to play safely at casinos.
By JoeSettler
Iron Dome isn't a solution, its a symptom of the problem.
By Linda Todd
Watching the news reminds me of when I was in Gaza. I know that many people say that Israel bombs indiscriminately, but when you are on the ground there in the middle of a major operation, it is horrible. This is a picture I took of the American International School hit in Operation Cast Lead […]
Beware of the "creative license" reporters and spokespeople take to claim maximal harm to Gazans by Israel.
By Batya Medad
We must destroy the Arab terrorist enemy completely!
The Left cannot get it "right."
Hamas dramatically upgraded its weapons stockpile, placing millions of Israeli civilians at risk.
Jameel reveals the secret plan devised by the Israeli cabinet for victory in Gaza
Murder is unexcusable. But so is the way Muslim society supports, lauds and treats its murderers and terrorists.
By Batya Medad
Things were quiet in the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem on Monday morning.
By DovBear
All groups have a mix of both good and bad people; it's the ratio that differentiates us.
It looks from here like a really bad weekend in Israel. Some 40-odd rockets were fired from Gaza at southern Israel within 48 hours, as far as Beersheva. Arabs rioted throughout the country, throwing rocks and firebombs at any available Jewish target. They systematically destroyed the light rail tracks, stations and equipment in Arab neighborhoods […]
Jewish bloggers respond to murder with joint condemnation statement.
By JoeSettler
The Justice Minister has opened an "incitement hotline", where you can report on your friends, enemies and neighbors, and the government will pay them a visit for you.
It is not Cain's fault that he kills. It is Abel's fault that he builds.
What do we do when we want to be mad at God but we also want God to make it all better? Indeed, what do we do?
Inevitably when tragedies like this happen there is a sudden burst of Achdus. Tragedies unite.
By Batya Medad
The State of Israel must also re-sentence each and every convicted terrorist.
Eye contact in Hebrew, literally, is eye connection.
Many Western commentators have adopted the narrative that al Qaeda and its ilk are the exception to the "religion of peace" -- Islam. However, the rise of "political Islam," the brainchild of the Muslim Brotherhood, is more akin to a highly infectious disease. No vaccine is available; its spread can only be halted by identifying […]
By Batya Medad
Our history is full of antisemitic attacks and wars, and in no case did any foreign power rescue us.
The Palestinians remain below the age of responsibility; the source of their behavior always in Israel’s actions.
By JoeSettler
Amalek kidnapped an Israelite. They thought they could confuse God and Israel by pretending to be local Canaanites.
Looking for a spiritual cause of a tragedy is a time honored tradition in Judaism.
Terrorists involved in the rockets launched at Israel last week were targeted Friday by the IAF.
Our daughter Malki was murdered, because she was Jewish,, by unrepentant Arab terrorists.
By JoeSettler
MK Mitzna compared Bayit Yehudi to Hamas, but doesn't his own HaTnua party have far more dastardly goals in common with that terrorist organization?
By Batya Medad
The families of the two believed responsible for the kidnappings were treated too well by Israeli media.
If you follow the Hebrew news, a key word you need to know currently is "kidnapping."
By Batya Medad
A safe uneventful trip was not something I or my children could take for granted.
Since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, terrorists in the area have fired more than 8,000 rockets into Israel.
Tragedies continue emanating from the decision to release 1000+ terrorists from Israeli prisons.
It would be tragic beyond all proportion if Yeshiva University were to fold. I don’t think that is going to happen.
IDF forces have searched about 1,350 locations for terrorists, illegal weaponry and the abducted boys.
Radical Islam is an idea, not an organization. It is the enemy, not terrorism.
55 of the 280 suspected terrorists who have been detained were part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.
The IDF is determined to reduce constant acts of terrorism in Judea and Samaria, many of which involve Hamas.
By JoeSettler
Israel has one of the highest concentration of foreign reporters in the world, yet the entire kidnapping saga is being completely ignored by the foreign press.
By Batya Medad
People in Gush Etzion shouldn't think that it is any safer or more Israeli than Gush Shiloh.
According to the Maharal, Sedomites' inability to perform chesed catalyzed their fall into a pit of immorality.
By Atara Beck
Foreign Minister Liberman expressed outrage that some blamed the kidnapped boys for their situation.
There have been 64 terrorist kidnapping attempts in Israel since the beginning of 2013.
Unfortunately it really doesn’t matter what the common Muslim wants. Fanatic religious fervor trumps it all.
By Batya Medad
If we can't hitchhike near Arabs, why does the world consider them our peace partner?
By Batya Medad
The position of President of Israel was created to be ceremonial.
By Atara Beck
A European Commission official sent profane messages to a United With Israel rabbi.
By Batya Medad
Ideological differences within Bibi's coalition members are less harmonious than a Chinese sweet and sour dish.
The Chief of Staff has confidence in the IDF’s capabilities to meet every threat head on.
No Presidential pardon, no goodwill gestures to Fatah or Hamas in honor of Ramadan, and no pressure from the United States will allow for the terrorist to be released, ever.
By Batya Medad
The Arab terrorism isn't due to Jews living somewhere, it's because the Arab leadership, want to destroy Israel.
It seems like now more than ever Frumkeit has replaced sincerity as the primary focus of the right.
One measure for living a "normal" life is Halacha, and the other is societal standards.
The mission had to be a complete surprise for it to succeed.
By Batya Medad
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should be using this opportunity to totally close off all negotiations and tell the world the truth.
The IDF will soon begin using a special robot to gather intelligence in underground areas. Another vehicle will scan enemy territory before Israeli forces even enter the field.
By Batya Medad
It was Netanyhu's acceptance that has facilitated the rapid progress the P.A.'s Fatah has made.
49 MKs didn't sign for anyone, including coalition heads Netanyahu, Lapid, Bennett & Liberman.
Rabbi Slifkin gives us a Jewish view on Evolution.
A rocket from Gaza failed to make it over the fence. It crashed somewhere on the Hamas-controlled side.
Judaism is not only about doing the Mitzvos. It is also a belief system.
On June 7, 1967, Jerusalem was reunited as the Jewish homeland's capital, as it had been 3000 years before.
By Batya Medad
There is a waiting list to get into many yishuvim, such as Shiloh, because of the severe housing shortage.
The government is renewing a law exempting shmitta-observant farmers from arnona payments.