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Ahed Tamimi Threatens Jews: ‘We will drink your blood and eat your skull’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

After issuing the threat, Tamimi's Instagram account, which had almost 100,000 followers, disappeared.

The Ettinger Report

Israel’s War on Islamic Terrorism Defends Western Democracies

By Yoram Ettinger

Islamic terrorism – which has been a Middle East fixture since the seventh century - is neither driven by the 18th-century-established US, nor by the 20th-century-established Israel. It has been driven by a 1,400-year-old fanatic, religious, imperialistic non-compromising vision.

Analysis

MEF Poll Finds Israelis Massively Support Eliminating Hamas

By Middle East Forum

The poll, the widest and most in-depth on the Israeli public's attitudes towards issues relating to the war on Israel

Analysis

A New Blood Libel “Explains” an Attack on the Synagogue in Armenia

By Guest Author

The blood libel du jour took presented itself in the form of publications from several major Western media outlets, including CNN and the AP

Analysis

Experts Weigh in on Advantages and Risks of Israel-Saudi Deal

By Shimon Sherman

The IDF study is being administered by a number of branches, including intelligence, strategic planning, the Iran department and the Air Force.

Analysis

PA Libel: Masked Israeli Soldiers Are Behind the Murders of 175 Israeli Arabs in 2023

By Palestinian Media Watch

PA: “Special Israeli forces from the army’s undercover brigades” are killing Israeli Arabs

Analysis

The Oslo Deception – New Evidence

By Itamar Marcus

Arafat: “You will see the Jews fleeing from Palestine like mice fleeing from a sinking ship”

Analysis

Iran’s ‘Knowledge Bombs’: Reverse-Engineering IEDs in Judea and Samaria

By Yaakov Lappin

A year and a half ago, Tehran took the strategic decision to significantly step up attacks on Israel using proxies and partners located within and around the Jewish state.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part XI: “Palestinian H-bombs” 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

The Oslo Accords were viewed by the Palestinian Arabs as the first stage in Israel’s total defeat

Headline / Analysis

Would Judicial Reforms in Israel Open Up the Israeli Military to Charges of War Crimes?

By Amb. Alan Baker

The judicial reforms being discussed in Israel do not change or impact the independence and willingness of the Israeli investigative and prosecutorial bodies to investigate and prosecute potential offenders.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part X: The Impetus for Creating a Movement of Suicide Bombers

By Alex Grobman PhD.

“The importance of the weapon of such martyrs is no less than the importance of nuclear weapons.”

Analysis

Jerusalem’s Unique Position in the Expanding Proxy Conflict in the Caucasus

By Ariel Kogan

The war in Ukraine has shifted the global balance, leading not only to the creation of previously improbable alliances, but also to the mixing and merging of long-standing conflicts in other regions.

Analysis

The Zionist Left's 100-Year War Against the Zionist Right

By Yisrael Medad

The struggle isn't over issues or even values. It's a century-old rivalry and it's over regime hegemony.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part IX: “Culture of Death”

By Alex Grobman PhD.

She said she had a medical problem, that's why the soldiers let her in, to check her in private because she is a woman," he said. "That's a very cruel, cynical use of the humanitarian considerations of our soldiers."

Analysis

Israel ‘One of the World’s Top Cyber Powers’

By Yaakov Lappin

The IDF trains 10,000 people a year in cyber programs.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part VIII: What Motivates Islamic Female Suicide Bombers? 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Terrorist organizations, including ISIS, began using women once they realized they were far better able to evade detection than men.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part VII: Defining Elements of Radical Islam 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

A defining element of radical Islam today is its extensive use/support of suicide attacks as a weapon in fighting jihad

Analysis

Iran is Taking Over Key Syrian Defense Industries

By Yaakov Lappin

The CERS Center is responsible for developing and manufacturing chemical, biological and potentially nuclear weapons.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part VI: Introducing a Religious Component to Wafa Idris’ Death

By Alex Grobman PhD.

To preserve the terrorist Wafa’s memory and have her continue to serve as a model for other women to emulate, the Palestinian Authority has named places and events after her

The Ettinger Report

US’ banning of Israeli entities in Judea & Samaria - BOOMERANG

By Yoram Ettinger

State Department’s determination that Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria constitutes “illegal occupation” has been based on mistaken and misleading interpretation of international law.

Analysis

Hamas’s ‘Multi-Arena’ Strategy Targets Israeli Stability

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Hamas aims to put Israel in a state of constant instability and vulnerability to various threats.

Analysis

The Hidden Danger of the US Visa Waiver Program

By Benjamin Sipzner

How will Israel deal with BDS activists that use the Visa Waiver to enter Israel...

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part V: Acclaimed as a Role Model

By Alex Grobman PhD.

A Joan of Arc? If being the first Palestinian female suicide bomber qualifies for sainthood.

Analysis / Featured

Israel’s Recognition of Morocco's Western Sahara a Blow to Iran

By Israel Kasnett

Israel’s decision also holds immense significance due to its direct impact on the activities of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah in North Africa, disrupting their efforts to establish roots and expand their presence in the region.

Analysis

A Decade into the Shadow War in Syria, Israel Still Disrupting Tehran’s Takeover Efforts

By Yaakov Lappin

Despite growing cooperation with Moscow, Iran sees a new opportunity to deepen its hold on Syria due to the reallocation of Russian military forces to Ukraine.

Analysis

Hezbollah Preparing for Imminent Confrontation with Israel

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Hezbollah perceives Israeli social divisions over judicial reform as a sign of weakness.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part IV: A Subterfuge to Justify Hatred of Jews? 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Hatred, and loathing of the Jews, and “to a lesser extent of the Americans, is transmitted.

Headline / The Ettinger Report

Israel’s Defiance of US Pressure

By Yoram Ettinger

American officials might not like strong Israeli leaders, but they do respect them.

Analysis

Hezbollah, Seeing Division in Israel, Launches Calculated Provocation

By Yaakov Lappin

Every day that passes might be sending the wrong message to Nasrallah, who could be misinterpreting Israeli restraint as a confirmation of his theory that Israel is getting weaker.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part III: “‘From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’”

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Destroying Israel has been a primary objective of the Palestinian Liberation Movement (PLO) from the outset

Analysis

Russia May Get its Hands on French Weapons, Supplied to Armenia

By Joseph Epstein

Ukraine and Israel are concerned that French-supplied military technology could make its way to Russia or Iran given Armenia’s close ties to the two countries.

Analysis

Supreme Court Rules for Religious Liberty

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Tolerance, not coercion, is our nation’s answer,” wrote Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

J.E. Dyer

Independence Day 2023

By J. E. Dyer

Our lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part II: The Soviet Role 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Soviets played a critical role in facilitating the use of language as a weapon of demonization and delegitimization against Israel

Analysis

A Rejuvenated Iran-Al-Qaeda Link Poses New Security Threats

By Yaakov Lappin

(TPS) Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot revealed earlier this month that Israel was asked by Egypt in 2015 to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State targets. “There aren’t many countries in the world that know how to locate targets the size of a podium and to put a missile on […]

Analysis

Missionary Misuse of Missive

By Atara Beck

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi slams misuse of his letter for missionary agenda – ‘deception bordering on crime’

Analysis

Does the Depletion of the US Munitions Stockpile in Israel Impact the Jewish State’s QME?

By Israel Kasnett

The depleted stockpile potentially places Israel in a vulnerable position should a conflict arise unexpectedly.

Analysis

Biden Goes Back to BIRD and BARD

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

WH: No scientific cooperation beyond Green Line; Return to Obama-era policy prejudiced against Israeli control of Judea and Samaria.

Analysis

Setting The Record Straight: Part I: Zionism is the Root of all Evil 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

By framing the conflict between Israel and a people struggling for their liberation, the Arabs attempt to justify this dispute as a just war worthy of international support.

Analysis

Israel Mulls Military Operation as Judea and Samaria Security Crumbles

By Yaakov Lappin

(TPS) The murderous terror attack at a gas station near Eli in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday marked another stage in the ongoing deterioration of the security situation in the area. The two terrorists who shot dead four Israeli civilians before being killed—one by an armed Israeli civilian on the scene, the second a few […]

Analysis

Is Jenin Ambush a Terror Escalation or an Adaptation?

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

"The IDF and Israel will have to decide if they want to change the rules of the game, or if they want to play by the rules of the Palestinians, the Iranians and others.”

Analysis

Russia to Open Embassy Annex in Jerusalem, but Why Now?

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Russia unexpectedly recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in April 2017, but maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.

Analysis

Jews and the Land of Israel: Part XV: The Attempt to Convince the Arabs of Palestine that Jewish Settlement Would Greatly Benefit Their Lives

By Alex Grobman PhD.

In 1921, Winston Churchill, then Colonial Secretary, echoed the same theme of "economic blessing" on a visit to Palestine. He urged the Arabs to give Zionism a "fair chance," since Zionism would be "accompanied by a general diffusion of wealth and well-being and by an advance in the social, scientific and cultural life of the people as a whole."

Analysis

Iraq ‘Gradually Turning Into a Source of Threat’ to Israel

By Yaakov Lappin

“Iraq is in a transitional phase, and it is worth monitoring developments there, because it can go back to being a threatening arena to Israel.”

The Ettinger Report

Israel’s High-Tech

By Yoram Ettinger

A unique technology-multiplier for the US

Analysis

Jews and the Land of Israel: Part XII: “The Great Betrayal:” Selling Land to Jews

By Alex Grobman PhD.

"opposition to land sales was one of the principal focal points around which the Arab national idea in Palestine coalesced. It was the place where the national idea adopted by the urban elite intersected with the villagers' fears that the Jews would buy up more land and dispossess them."

Analysis

What Does Turkey’s Election Mean for Israel?

By Shimon Sherman

If Kilicdaroglu wins, it is potentially threatening to Israel due to his political partners.

Analysis

France to Assist Iranian Ally: Grave Consequences for Israel and Ukraine

By Ariel Kogan

The threat of improved Iranian weaponry, based on French technologies is very real.

Analysis

Jews and the Land of Israel: Part X: Wording of the Balfour Declaration and the San Remo Declaration 

By Alex Grobman PhD.

The Balfour Declaration and the Mandate deliberately make no mention of recognizing Palestinian Arabs as a separate and distinct people with their own national rights.

Analysis

The Sinister Legacy of Soviet Anti-Israel Propaganda

By Middle East Forum

Soviet anti-Zionist books published in Arabic and Persian spread their pernicious influence across the Middle East.

Analysis

Jews and the Land of Israel: Part IX: San Remo Conference

By Alex Grobman PhD.

*Editor’s Note: This is the ninth installment in the most recent series of articles from Jewish Press Online contributor, Alex Grobman, PhD   At the San Remo Conference in San Remo, Italy in April 1920, the Supreme Council of the Principal Allied Powers, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan met to define the precise boundaries of the […]

Analysis

Jews and the Land of Israel: Part VII: Conferring Sovereignty of Palestine to the Jewish People

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Having linked the future of Zionism to British rule and prejudice, the Zionists had to take the lead to ensure their numbers would increase and their efforts would succeed.

The Ettinger Report

War on Terror: Offense or Defense?

By Yoram Ettinger

Seeking to avoid a multi-front war, Israel pursues a policy of containment that erodes its deterrence, bringing such a war closer but under much worse conditions

The Ettinger Report

Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2023: US-Israel Shared Values

By Yoram Ettinger

1. The Passover Exodus, in general, and the Mosaic legacy, in particular, inspired the US Founding Fathers' rebellion against the monarchy, which evolved into a concept of non-revengeful, non-imperialistic and anti-monarchy liberty, limited (non-tyrannical) government, separation of powers among three co-equal branches of government and the Federalist system, in general. The goal of Passover’s liberty […]

Analysis

Israel’s Reformers Look to US as Model for Selecting Judges

By David Isaac

Judges control the process in Israel. Reformers say that leads to groupthink.

Analysis

Tehran Threatens “Israel’s Adopted Son” - The Major Source Of EU’s Energy Resources

By Ariel Kogan

There are several real tactical and strategic reasons for Iranian incitement and military build-up.

The Ettinger Report

Demographic Update 2023: Arab Demographic Time Bomb is a MYTH

By Yoram Ettinger

In 2023, in contrast to conventional demographic wisdom, Israel is not facing a potential Arab demographic time bomb in the combined areas of Judea, Samaria (the West Bank) and pre-1967 Israel. In fact, the Jewish State benefits from a robust tailwind of fertility rate and net-immigration. 

Analysis

A Strategic Alliance Between Azerbaijan, Israel And The Jewish People

By Pinchas Ben Tzvi

One of the first persons who Mammadov met after his arrival in Israel was Malcolm Hoenlein...

Featured / Analysis

Judicial Reform Architect Explains: ‘Why Do We Need Judicial Reform?’

By David Isaac

Judicial reform will restore the checks and balances that have been stripped away by a court system that has arrogated powers beyond its purview.

Analysis

Is Israel an Apartheid State?

By Alex Grobman PhD.

The Durban Conference, “which ended only three days before 9/11, revealed the intimate connections between anti-racism politics and a key platform in the terrorist agenda, namely, the delegitimation of Israel and the legitimation of terrorism against its citizens”

Analysis

Sudan: Expanding the Tent of the Abraham Accords

By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs

Sudan’s full entry into the Abraham Accords is a powerful symbolic statement of the rejection of Arab rejectionism.

The Ettinger Report

Israel’s Key National Security Challenge in 2023

By Yoram Ettinger

Which may apply to other additional Western democracies as well

The Ettinger Report

Blinken Misreads Mid East

By Yoram Ettinger

Blinken's misreading of the situation in the region undermines U.S. interests in general and regional peace and stability in particular.

The Ettinger Report

Israel-Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Issue

By Yoram Ettinger

A deterring Israel is a cardinal national security asset for Saudi Arabia.

The Ettinger Report

Proposed Palestinian State

By Yoram Ettinger

Western conventional wisdom vs. Middle East reality

Analysis

Analysis: Possible Tehran Purchase of Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet Sign of Troubling Partnership

By Yaakov Lappin

Russian-Iranian competition in Syria appears to be a thing of the past, and a new Iranian-Hezbollah attempt at entrenchment in southern Syria may have already begun.

Analysis

Merging Three Wars: Iran’s New Strategy to Fight the West

By Ariel Kogan

By merging all 3 conflicts in which it has its hand in, Iran gains additional advantage over Israel and the West.

Analysis

The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc: Part III: Reversal of Soviet Policy

By Alex Grobman PhD.

If Jewish nationalism was revived and emigration permitted, national separatism would once again become a national issue.

Analysis

How and Why Human Rights Groups Try to Redefine Apartheid Against Israel

By Pesach Benson / TPS

NGO-Monitor’s team focused on whether HRWs 217-page report was based on serious research. It wasn't.

Analysis

The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc: Part II: Soviet Rational For Supporting Zionism  

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Without Soviet approval, there would have been no Czech arms sales to the Israelis for the War of Independence

The Ettinger Report

Giving Thanks

By Yoram Ettinger

Reaffirming 4 Centuries of the US-Israel Connection

Analysis

Report: Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes on U.S. College Campuses Skyrocket

By Adam Kredo

A 'pervasive and relentless assault on Jewish identity' is occurring daily

Featured / Analysis / Politics / Elections / Left vs. Right / Religious & Secular in Israel

Religious Zionism Consultant: Why Is Bibi Snubbing Smotrich?

By Benjamin Sipzner

Bibi Netanyahu may be planning to push Bezalel Smotrich to the background, if he plans on including them at all.

Featured / Analysis

Iran Loses its Secret War in the Middle East, Cyprus and Caucasus?

By Ariel Kogan

Iran claims that Azerbaijan is Mossad’s beachhead for organizing mass protests in the country.

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XV: Conclusion: A Final Note

By Alex Grobman PhD.

People becoming accustomed to mass murder surely played a part in this process

Featured / Analysis

The Deeper Meaning of Israel's Latest Election Cycle

By Rav Yehuda Hakohen

By examining the election results through the eyes of Israel's 12 Tribes, we can better understand we're Israel is heading...

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XIV: Ordinary Bureaucrats and Functionaries

By Alex Grobman PhD.

The German railroads “were indispensable at the core” of the operation by working in concert with the military, Police, industry and the SS to carry out deportations and transport of millions of Jews to the east to slave labor and extermination camps.

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XIII: “Doctors From Hell”

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Another group of perpetrators consisted of professionals and experts, who were not involved in politics.

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XII: Conclusion

By Alex Grobman PhD.

There isn’t the slightest question they understood their actions were “not positive except in the value system of the Third Reich.”

Analysis

What You WON"T Read in the NY Times about Al-Haq and the Designated NGOs

By NGO Monitor

Al-Haq spearheaded an antisemitic submission (May 31) to the UN’s permanent Commission of Inquiry against Israel, presenting a blatantly false historical account, denying Israel’s right to exist,

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part X: The Toll of 'Remaining Decent'

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Occasionally, particularly at the outset of the murderous campaign, some perpetrators were troubled by “pangs of conscience” or “expressed disquiet.” They got over it or were replaced quickly.

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part IX: Remaining Decent

By Alex Grobman PhD.

Responding to the question of the necessity of murdering every Jewish woman and child. “I  did not consider that I had the right to eliminate them—that is to kill them or have them killed--and to let their children grow up to become avengers against our own sons and grandsons. The difficult decision had to be taken to have this people disappear from the face of the earth.”[10]  

Analysis

The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part VIII: Women, Children and the Elderly

By Alex Grobman PhD.

The ploy to conceal the slaughtering of Jews with the drive to eliminate Soviet anti-partisan sabotage was confirmed in January 1946

Analysis

Iran, Terrorist Group Proxies Develop New Roadmap to Stoke Division in Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A state media report notes leaders’ intentions to create unity among Arab factions by intensifying tensions in areas like Sheikh Jarrah, Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and Ramallah.

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter V

By Ruchama Feuerman

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