Why should human voices hold such authority in a halachic system which answers to Hashem?
The victims' mother Lucy Dee is fighting for her life in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center.
“Behold, I accept upon myself the commandment of the Lord to love my neighbor as myself.”
Certainly he can never match his oldest brother's brilliance, and although sometimes he thinks that his second brother makes some good points, he is afraid of disappointing his parents; he is afraid of disappointing himself.
The protests have nothing to do with judicial reform and everything to do with undoing the results of the last election.
By Paul Gherkin
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This is what national suicide looks like.
By BESA CENTER
Hezbollah or Hamas will likely identify the current crisis in Israel over the new government’s proposed reform of Israel’s judiciary as an opportunity to act against it. They might be surprised, however, by Israel’s response.
The Left bet that with enough pressure they could shut down democratic judicial reform in Israel.
Of course Minister Bezalel Smotrich is correct. Of course there is no Arab “Palestinian” people and never was an Arab “Palestine.” It all is a fraud. It’s just a fact. Repeat the truth: There never was an Arab political entity of “Palestine” and never a “Palestinian Arab nation.” The dizzying repetition of that Big Lie for so […]
If the so-called "champions of democracy" succeed in obstructing the judicial reforms, democratic rule will be replaced by mob rule—and Israel will be teetering on the brink of an Orwellian dystopia
Our origin story has everything to do with who we are and where we are going.
Jordan recently ranked as the 3rd unhappiest country in the Arab world.
the agreement is an indication of the growing weakness of the US and the failed policy of the Biden administration in the Middle East. Thanks to the US administration's fragility, the Iranian-led axis of evil has been significantly emboldened as America's erstwhile Arab allies are rushing towards the open arms of the mullahs in Tehran.
Attempting to enact major change without a broad consensus can only result in controversy, polarization and, in the end, continuing unrest.
By COLlive.com
“We demand that the NYPD add more protection in the neighborhood. Our children, our families, must be able to walk safely on our streets.”
I do not believe that the Saudi-Iran agreement closes the door on Saudi-Israeli entente, nor on a renewed pro-Western regional alliance involving Israel and the Saudis
No one is openly negotiating from the opposition, so the coalition are offering generous compromises with itself.
The man who was driving the Israeli vehicle is reported to be in very serious, but stable condition.
They want to rewrite old books because they can’t equal them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
If ChatGPT can write a sermon based purely on mimicry, the real question is: Why can’t rabbis write a better sermon than ChatGPT?
After the speech, police extricated the Minister to his car as the anarchists tried to block his way.
By Dror Eydar
Israel's justices have powers unparalleled by any court anywhere else, making them the de facto government.
The president's proposal makes nearly everything the coalition is trying to fix even worse.
Did the terrorist from Lebanon have local assistance?
“Pay for slay” terror stipends are a key part of the Palestinian Authority budget.
What the reaction to a rare Jewish riot in Israel says about Jewish liberals.
By Howard Blas
Still, it has its work cut out for it at the World Baseball Classic in Miami, where some of the best teams share its division, says Peter Kurz.
During the late 1980s and 1990s, the legal establishment arrogated more and more power to itself
By Guy Millière
"U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn't about the future of Israel's judiciary. It's about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb." — Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine, March 2, 2023.
Tehran and Riyadh will reopen their embassies and restore diplomatic relations.
Prominent NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt recently argued that Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), has been set up for failure due to a confluence of social media, bad parenting, and a culture that emphasizes victimhood.
3 people are reported wounded.
The IAF needs to be able to trust its pilots.
The anarchists also doxed the El Al pilot who is supposed to fly PM Netanyahu to Rome.
The last vestige of the left’s undemocratic power is threatened, a prospect it views with a mixture of horror and disbelief.
By Jeff Dunetz
Note: by Supreme leader, we mean the Ayatollah, NOT Diana Ross.
By Dror Eydar
As we celebrate Purim, perhaps we should look at the Talmudic interpretation of the holiday to better understand our contemporary era.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Now it depends on our national leadership, the coalition and the opposition, who need to rise to the occasion,” said the Israeli president.
Compared to the ongoing Palestinian terrorist mega-pogrom against Israeli Jews, the Huwara rampage must rank as one the weakest pogroms in the ugly history of pogroms. So where is the anguish over Israeli Jews continuously murdered by Palestinian terrorists?
A bid to strengthen the Taylor Force Act that penalizes the Palestinian Authority’s “pay for slay” policy is necessary. But the administration is still evading the law in other ways.
Hungary has been talking for a while about the idea of moving their embassy to Jerusalem.
The sherd was left behind from a demonstration on inscriptions for students at Tel Lachish, and wasn't an ancient artifact.
Palestinian prisoners warned in their letter to the minister that his measures will lead to a "war" outside the prison system and will hit the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
By Bassam Tawil
The way to be a real "pro-Palestinian" activist? These activists should be defending the rights of women and gays in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Being "pro-Palestinian" does not necessarily mean that one has to be anti-Israel.
By Bassam Tawil
The Biden Administration appears to believe that building a home for a Jew constitutes a greater threat than gangs and terror groups carrying out lethal attacks against Jews.
Gantz said, "History won't forgive whoever didn't try to stop a civil war."
Finance Minister Smotrich, "The credit ratings prove that we are taking all the right steps to move the State of Israel forward."
In the face of terror, let our ancestors’ courage become ours.
Fight fire with fire. The terrorists want to chase Israel off this land; in response, Israel should lay stakes on more land each time they fire a shot.
By Ben Shapiro
What, pray tell, is "equity"? It certainly isn't equality — the presumption that Americans ought to be treated equally under the law as individuals.
While the Biden administration has often criticized Israel over its fight against Islamic terrorists, it took the unusual step of intervening in its domestic politics by attacking judicial reform.
The state budget for 2023 will amount to approximately NIS 484 billion and in 2024 to approximately NIS 513 billion.
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
The world still believes that the “Two-State Solution” is the way to resolve the Israel-Palestine Conflict. But when the Arab Palestinians invoke this idea, they are holding something back.
Get What They Voted For: Right-Wing Legislation
Watch the Knesset debates and first vote on the Judicial Reform proposal.
The administration backs the Israeli left’s campaign to thwart the will of Israeli voters.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Amid U.S. pressure, Jerusalem reportedly will freeze for several months the legalization of additional young settlements in Judea and Samaria.
A new book is essential to understanding the current lunacy over Israel and the global jihad.
It is estimated that the Iranians will try to hit Israeli targets abroad or carry out attacks on Israeli targets using missiles and drones fired by its militias in the Middle East.
By Ben Cohen
Antisemitic ideology is highly adaptive, reinventing its obsession with supposed Jewish malignancy in almost any situation and winning supporters accordingly.
The left isn’t worried about democracy. It doesn’t like democracy. It likes its oligarchy.
The terrorist was reportedly shot and neutralized.
Netanyahu asked permission to make a statement about the president's compromise offer.
By Fred Maroun
Israel’s friends and partners must be made to understand that Israel cannot indefinitely allow its future to depend on the whims of a Palestinian public that is no closer to accepting Israel today than it was 75 years ago when Israel declared its independence.
The secret ingredient to Bibi’s enduring appeal to voters is his ability to communicate authenticity.
PM Netanyahu has decided to take immediate action to seal and demolish the home of the terrorist.
Given that many of us view this president as unprecedented in the extent of damage he has done and continues to do to this country, this guess would be understandable. But it would be wrong.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom will now be permitted to profit in the Islamic Republic without facing sanctions.
Visits by senior U.S. officials have not moved the Palestinian Authority’s Abbas
The “global left,” he says, “considers itself the moral cutting edge of mankind. Jews are competition. So there’s an enormous appetite especially on left for stories about Jews behaving badly
The earthquake registered 3.5 on the Richter scale.
What the U.S. Secretary of State refuses to see
The Palestinian flags, on unabashed and unhindered display at recent demonstrations against the proposed reform of Israel's legal system, tear off the facade of hypocrisy that masks what really motivates them.
By Israel Hayom
Israel begins 2023 as a strong military power with a robust international standing, but it will face growing challenges.
The Islamic Republic’s drones are not only intended for Israel but for Ukraine as well.
We all know the background issues, so let’s just get to some "reasonable" (that word is meant for the Supreme Court) ideas
Restoring the pre-Aharon Barak juridical culture of restraint is a necessary process.
The Huliaipole Synagogue was hit by a Russian missile.
By Israel Hayom
If Israel wants to put an end to Palestinian terrorism once and for all, it's going to have to shut down the Palestinian Authority
By David Suissa
The Palestinians who celebrated the murderous act by dancing in the streets and handing out candies were not thinking about the civilized world. They were rejoicing at the death of Jews.
There are also reports of increased air activity.
There are reports of yet another terror attack. This one is currently taking place near the entrance Kedumim.
A father and son were wounded in the terror attack.
The terror factory was located just dozens of meters away from residential buildings and a hotel.
Multiple rockets were launched from Gaza, just before midnight on Thursday.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli forces were reportedly attempting to arrest a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist planning a major attack.
The real enemies of democracy are the ones trying to save it
Netanyahu said his judicial reform bill will make Israel an even better place to in which to invest.
By Bassam Tawil
When Israelis see Abbas paying the families of terrorists, why should it be a surprise that many Israelis vote for "hardline" candidates? And when Israelis see Palestinian factions inciting violence against them or vilifying Israel and prosecuting its leaders as "war criminals" at international tribunals, why should anyone be astonished that many Israelis are going to vote for a government they hope will protect them?
The meeting is part of a series of [secret and not-so-secret] meetings held by the president in recent days regarding judicial reform.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
With his return to office, Netanyahu confronts challenges with which he is intimately familiar, although some have taken new forms during his 18-month absence.
Shas Knesset member Haim Biton will replace Aryeh Deri as Interior Minister, while Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli will take the Health portfolio.
Yair Lapid believes the judiciary is broken and the relationship between the government branches must finally be regulated.
The Supreme Court president has transformed the court into a super-legislator, empowered to dictate the terms of laws to the people’s elected representatives, based on the values of the justices
"The Supreme Court decided... that I have an obligation to remove you from your position as Minister... This unfortunate decision ignores the will of the people..."
The obsession with victimhood is destroying our future.