U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision, and Guatemala’s move to get on board is evidence that a major shift in international politics is at hand, particularly in Latin America.
By BESA CENTER
The IDF must not only not adopt a turn-the-other-cheek doctrine but should prosecute those involved in such provocations to the fullest extent of the law.
By JNi.Media
Romania was among the 35 countries that abstained at the UN General Assembly vote Thursday condemning President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
A few times a year I take an extreme left-wing tour in Israel. These tours aim to show why settlers, the IDF, the occupation etc. are all evil. What I didn't appreciate on the tour was being lied to by the Leftist organizations, T’ruah and Breaking the Silence
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About one week after his rejection of the Trump declaration, Rick Jacobs had a change of heart, perhaps because of the raging attack on him by his biggest ally in the war over the Kotel real estate, Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky.
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Both of the US north American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, abstained, so they get to come party.
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"I, too, lived on this earth before the mid-1990s," Shaked said. "I still remember Israel before the Basic Laws. Sometimes the laws were more successful and sometimes less. We were not the land of the sons of darkness, nor were we redeemed by the sons of light."
Considering Trump officials say it will take at least 3 years to move the embassy to Jerusalem; the State Dept. says there are no plans to list Jerusalem as Israel's capital and US citizens born in Jerusalem still have "Jerusalem" rather than "Israel" listed as their place of birth it seems only fair to ask: What, exactly, has changed?
For all we know, the disabled Abu Thuraya might have chosen to be "martyred" by his fellow Hamas members in order to elicit exactly this sort of reaction from the UN and world media.
KKL has completed registration of 700 dunams land purchased from residents of the PA village of Beit Ummar, several kilometers south of Kfar Etzion, prior to the war of independence.
America often stands alone with Israel against the world. The bias of the international community against the nation state of the Jewish people has been long standing and evident, especially at the UN.
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"[Trump's] statement is important," Liberman said. "These things seem to have a price which is worth paying."
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Praising his soldiers for not using violence while criticizing them for not using violence certainly adds this battalion commander to a long list of IDF victims of crazymaking rules of engagement.
While much media focus has been on anti-Muslim violence and so-called "Islamophobia" in recent years, less attention is given to attacks against Jews which have been particularly high and significantly more violent – and the situation is only getting worse.
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Having established their clandestine policy of protecting Hezbollah from American and international law enforcement agencies, the Obama administration proceeded to delay efforts to prosecute Hezbollah's international criminals.
Given the cry raised by Israel’s enemies – and some purported friends like Britain and France – you might think that Trump had ordered bombs dropped on civilians. But the objections were not for any loss of life, but for the intent to move a building and treat Israel normally.
Mainstream media (MSM) shows the oppressor to be Israel and the oppressed to be the Palestinians, facts tell a different story. The US Department of State is no less culpable than MSM in failing to reveal these truths
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“We note that we cannot imagine Israel would sign a peace agreement that didn’t include the Western Wall.”
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"The terrorists in Gaza confirm unequivocally what we repeat: they destroy the future of the Gazans with their own hands."
A Border Policeman was stabbed twice in the attack. The bomb didn't explode.
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The kibbutz, which on the eve of Passover, 2008, suffered the worst bombardment by mortar shells since the Israeli disengagement from Gaza (they insisted on celebrating the seder at the kibbutz dining hall), is expecting that "turning into a mixed kibbutz will facilitate growth and development."
One wonders if other religions ever had to take into consideration frequent swells of persecution and literal danger to life and limb and encode it into religious law. In too many times and places, being Jewish has been and still is an act of courage.
CEO Kåre Schultz his restructuring plan would restore the company’s financial security and stabilize its business.
PLO leaders and minions meanwhile made it quite clear that now the dead peace process is truly dead. A week later, the peace process is still as alive and as dead as it ever was.
The IDF arrested 32 people in connection to the recent wave of violence, riots and terror attacks.
By Bennett Ruda
Apparently, the media bias against Trump, the already existing anti-Israel bias and the ignorance of some in the media has resulted in a perfect storm of horrendously inaccurate stories.
MK Yitzhak Herzog spoke about the rabbi’s modesty and spiritual power, and said his impact on haredi Judaism would continue to be felt for generations.
Up to the last minute, it wasn't clear the bill had a chance of passing in the Knesset.
Pres. Trump's decision merely restores the balance that was undone by Pres. Obama's decision to engineer a one-sided Security Council Resolution that changed the status quo.
Iron Dome successfully launched at least 2 intercept missiles.
Arab rioters abuse the Red Crescent symbol for terrorism.
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Al Jazeera and the Turkish Anadolu Agency, both of which represent regimes that are hostile to Israel, have claimed that the delegation had been sent upon orders from Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
The decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital should be perceived as a reaffirmation of the victory of Chanukah, which, after all, celebrated the liberation by Jews from the Hellenists of the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple that radical Arabs and haters of Israel today (including Arafat and his followers, and UNESCO and their fellow travelers) deny ever had any connection to the Jewish people.
The bullet-proof bus was taking students home.
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Police at the scene confirmed that Molotov cocktails had been thrown at the synagogue building.
If there is any change to the status quo, let the blame lie at the hands of President Obama for his cowardly decision to wait until he was a lame-duck president to get even with PM Netanyahu. Pres. Trump deserves praise for restoring balance in negotiations with Israel and the Palestinians.
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The entire area north of Quneitra woke up to the sound of a dull explosion, followed by a column of smoke in the area north of Khan Arnabah, a stronghold of the Iranian, Hezbollah and Syrian armies.
President Trump recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
The 10 reasons for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital all boil down to one: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people
The Palestinian Authority has already called for three days of rage.
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Jewish businesses in Arad are reportedly under pressure this week to let go of their Bedouin employees, and fear that their regular customers would go elsewhere for fear of the Bedouin staff.
It’s entirely possible that Trump is either being guided to or is stumbling along a path that could be saner than the supposedly safer course steered by his predecessors on Jerusalem.
Two Bedouins murdered IDF soldier Ron Yitzchak Kukia.
Five people were injured. Rescue teams are searching for more victims.
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In the culture of the village in question, there is only a short span between a call for the killing of an individual and attempts to carry it out.
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An interview El-Molla gave to Bloomberg in November damaged the value of Israeli gas companies' shares, on speculation that Egypt would halt the talks on buying natural gas from Israel.
Netanyahu also spoke about his hope for the day after the evil Iranian regime falls.
Minister Aryeh Deri said, "We want to prevent a change to the status quote, to prevent the Shabbat from turning into a national shopping day."
Hariri: Assad didn't win in Syria. Putin and Rouhani won.
The Right in Israel retains its rule (because the majority of Israelis are on the Right); the Left retains its hegemony (media, courts) and true power; and the terrorist retains his knife.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned about Iran's plan to establish a permanent military presence in Syria, and said that "Israel will not let that happen."
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"in the introduction, I wrote explicitly that my opinion is the same as the opinion of all the sages of Israel who forbade entering the Temple Mount."
The Trumpadministration trotted out a new “interpretation”—actually, a misrepresentation—of the law: The PLO-PA can keep its office so long as the activities conducted there are “related to achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.” What a joke.
Police are looking for the terrorists who murdered the young man on Thursday evening.
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"These works are carried out in the open and cause severe harm to the Jewish character of the State and severely hurt the feelings of millions of religious and traditional citizens in the State of Israel."
By Barry Shaw
Those that adopt a Palestinian cause use it as a club to beat Israel. Show me anyone who loves the Palestinian Arabs without hating Israel.
By BESA CENTER
Few know that the June 1967 War finalized the demise of Jews historic communities throughout the Arab world. It is time the international community ensures these refugees are fully compensated for their suffering and stolen property.
The truth, that Israel is populated by all kinds of people who are not alienated from their society and not suffering from endemic racism is simply too much for the social-justice-warriors
What Tzipi Hotovely said is absolutely true. It is not her but what she stands for that irritates those engaged in smearing her, like Rick Jacobs , head of the Reform movement. She is a constant reminder of what they too could have if only they would return to the honest study of Torah and the true observance of mitzvot
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"If we have kept the range of our missiles to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) and haven’t increased it yet, it’s not due to lack of technology."
The laws of war were never meant to be a suicide pact; they do not require countries to let their own civilians be slaughtered in order to avoid harming enemy civilians. But in the ICRC’s version, they do.
By Moshe Dann
Unable to achieve their objectives through dialogue, negotiations, and good will – without an appreciation of Israel’s distinctiveness and differences – leaders of liberal/progressive Jewish organizations are turning their communities against Israel.
Jacobs clearly sees himself as the Jewish Martin Luther King Jr., and would like nothing more than to get arrested on behalf of his struggle. But there is almost nothing in common between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and Jacob’s attempts to provoke confrontations at one of Judaism’s holiest sites
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Shortly after the lab's inauguration, a truckload of car lubricants arrived at the crossing and raised the suspicion of security checkers.
By Bassam Tawil
The Palestinians have made up their mind: The Trump peace plan is bad because it does not force Israel to give the Palestinians everything--99% is just not enough.
Issacharoff is not seen beating up anyone in the video. No one else in the video shows any signs of having been beaten up.
All people born in British Mandatory Palestine between 1923-1948 (today's Israel) had "Palestine" stamped on their passports. The Arabs were offended when they were called Palestinians: "We are not Palestinians, we are Arabs. The Palestinians are the Jews".
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Israel wishes to use the legal concept of "market regulation" for the first time since 1967 in regard to Israeli settlers who purchased private Arab land in Judea and Samaria.
Sarsour and Vilkomerson have every reason to want a debate about anti-Semitism, it deflects from the fact that they, by definition, are promoting anti-Semitism. What we need is clarity, not debate.
By JNi.Media
The values of the Israel Defense Forces, and among them the Purity of our Weapons, are the core foundation of the strength of the Israel Defense Forces.
France wants to keep Israel up-to-speed with developments in Lebanon.
After Israel declared that 9 members of their BDS group would not be allowed in, they all cancelled their trip.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
To the leaders of Likud and Bayit Yehudi: This is the time of your test, stop the dangerous proposal that is emerging from the White House.
Effectively, many liberal American Jews declared that Israel had no right to make its views heard in America if doing so discomfited them.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced Friday that the PA had violated a provision in a US law which says the PLO mission in DC would be closed down should the PA approach the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israelis for crimes against PA Arabs.
The terrorist began his attack by running two people over and then got out with his knife...
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Dear Mr. President, Please do NOTHING...
For years, the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have glorified violence and promoted the use of arms against Israel.
This may indicate that tensions are calming down.
Since the identity of the father is unknown, it could have imposed severe restrictions on whom the woman would be allowed to marry.
Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot officially told Brigadier General Ofer Vinter that he won't be given the position of military secretary to the Prime Minister.
By Guest Author
It's galling of the European Union to express "humanitarian" outrage at Israel for razing illegal structures in the West Bank -- while the EU is in league with Palestinian criminals who have been brazenly stealing Arab-owned land.
Those who naively boasted a few short weeks ago that “ISIS had been defeated,” must come to the realization that these sorts of low-tech attacks — Paris, London, Belgium, San Bernardino, Nice, Istanbul, Barcelona and Manhattan — are the new and deadly face of terrorism.
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"I have clarified to our friends in Washington and our friends in Moscow that we will operate in Syria, including southern Syria, in accordance with our understanding and in accordance with our security needs."
By Bassam Tawil
Abbas knows that he cannot come back to his people with anything less than what he promised them. He knows that his people have been radicalized to the point that they will not agree to any concessions or compromise with Israel.
By JNi.Media
In the very recent past, this anti-Zionist group went after one of the most fundamental concepts in the history of the Zionist movement in the Land of Israel: Avoda Ivrit – Jewish Labor.
Islamic Jihad's leadership has instructed their members to strike Israel as soon as possible.
There has been a recent upswing in attacks.
The Druze consider themselves to be and act as loyal Israelis in every respect, so Jewish Israelis consider themselves bound to show equal loyalty to the Druze.
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established a new militia named Brigade 313 in Southern Syria.
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In the end, President Trump who has been so adamant about the folly of Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, is signing off on allowing the Iranian threat against the Jewish State to come in a thousand miles closer.
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According to Ha'aretz, Camp Ramah has incorporated the curriculum of a group called IfNotNow to teach Jewish Children about the evils of Israeli occupation. So we made a phone call.
The real question is not why Lot returned to Sodom, but why Avraham endangered his entire historic mission to save him. The answer: Avraham did not only go to war to save Lot; he also went to SAVE his mission which Lot’s capture placed in jeopardy.
Abu Qteish explained that Palestinian minors do in fact commit terror attacks.
By J. E. Dyer
The pretext for Iran, as always (since 2014), is “defeating ISIS.” Iran has exploited this strategic pretext in order to gobble up the territory that will form her land bridge.
The Palestinian objection to the Balfour Declaration is enshrined in its national charter, “The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.”
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is considered a terror organization by the US and the EU.