Biden’s Bigotry On Jerusalem
What a disturbing sight to behold.
In the past few days, the Obama administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to berate Israel over the approval of a Jewish housing project in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
Unholy Hypocrisy At The Western Wall
Last Friday, the Western Wall underwent an unwelcome transformation from sacred site to media circus as the group known as the Women of the Wall sought to hold a decidedly non-traditional prayer service.
Time to Rebuild Northern Samaria
It is now time for Israel to complete this mission and rebuild the ruins of the four former Jewish communities that were so unjustly dismantled. Let Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim and Kadim rise again from the rubble!
A Time To Cancel
This year, one of America's leading newsmagazines decided to send a memorable Rosh Hashanah greeting to Jews all over the world.
On the cover of its latest issue, Time magazine placed a large Star of David made of white Gerbera daisies, in the middle of which was superimposed large black text triumphantly declaring: "Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace."
From Wannsee To Tehran
This week marks the seventieth anniversary of one of the most chilling events of the modern era.
Matzah as a Symbol of Jewish Heroism
Matzah is also a symbol of Jewish resistance and faith, one that was sanctified down through the generations by the sacrifices made by countless Jews to observe the precept even at times of national calamity.
The Invention Of Palestine
For the first time in recent memory, a prominent American politician has had the courage to speak some unvarnished truths about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Time To Retake Joseph’s Tomb
It was supposed to be temporary.
Nine years ago last month, then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Israeli army to withdraw from Joseph's Tomb in Shechem (Nablus) in one of the most humiliating retreats in the nation's modern history.
Remembering Jewish Heroism on V-E Day
According to Yad Vashem, 1.5 million Jews fought on behalf of the Allied forces in World War II.
Stone Throwing Is also Terror
As I write these words, a Jewish toddler injured in a Palestinian terror attack is lying in a hospital bed struggling for her life.
Stop Calling it the ‘Old Testament’
Depicting the Hebrew Bible as "ferocious" or cruel is not only an act of iniquity toward the text itself, but a hurtful affront to those who cherish its teachings and seek to abide by its commands.
Does Hasbara Matter?
As the U.S. election season enters into high gear, an important Gallup poll released earlier this month offers Israel and its supporters much reason to cheer.
A Tale Of Two Housing Tenders
For the second time in the past three months, Israel on Sunday declared its intention to build over 1,000 housing units in areas beyond the 1967 lines.
Jerusalem: Build, Baby, Build!
Israel this week took an important step toward strengthening Jerusalem and preventing any chance of its future division. Despite increasingly strident objections from the U.S., Europe and the Palestinians, the Jewish state is moving forward with plans to expand the capital’s Jewish population.
Take Back The Holy Sites
Displaying their customary respect for Jewish holy sites, Palestinian vandals struck again last month, desecrating an ancient synagogue in Naaran near Jericho.
In addition to damaging priceless relics, the perpetrators spray-painted swastikas, Palestinian flags and political slogans, adding insult to injury in their hate-filled assault.
Three Questions For ‘Peace Process’ Supporters
Sometimes the truth can be found in the oddest of places, if one knows where to look. Even in poll results.
A new study by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research bears this out.
Released last week, it raises three difficult questions for all those who continue to believe that Israel must make concessions to win peace with the Palestinians.
Stop Funding Tel Aviv University
One of Israel’s leading universities seems to have lost its way.
In a move that is as incomprehensible as it is shameful, Tel Aviv University (TAU) agreed to allow a student group to hold a ceremony commemorating “Nakba Day,” when Palestinians bemoan the establishment of the state of Israel.
Why Is Germany Telling Jews Where to Live?
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeieris is browbeating Israel in public.
When Journalism Can Kill
Ever since he vanished, the American government had repeatedly asserted that Levinson was a private businessman -- his own safety.
When Israeli Journalists Cross The Line
Over the course of the past week, the Israeli media have been consumed by reports of an impending decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to launch a military strike against Iranian nuclear installations.
Cut U.S. Funding To The UN
In recent weeks the United Nations has gone on the warpath against Israel, defaming the Jewish state and providing aid and comfort to its enemies.
Fundamentally Freund: Why Can’t Jews Pray Freely in the Jewish State?
It is bad enough that the police prohibit Jews from praying on the Temple Mount, but what gives them the authority to extend that dubious ban to include praying near it?
The Miracle Of Israel
The state of Israel this week turned 65, defying history and the odds to celebrate its continued existence in a very dangerous part of the world.
The Optical Illusion of Israel’s Political Center
In other words, the Center is a mishmash of ideas with a little bit of everything, which is intended to appeal to everyone while satisfying no one. It is a clutter of clichés and nothing more.
A Cautionary Tale of European anti-Semitism
We have come to assume that, like the weather, all we can do in the face of European hatred of Jews is to shrug and move on with our lives.
Yamit: The Original Sin Of Expulsion
It was thirty years ago, in April 1982, that uniformed soldiers pledged to defend Israel and its citizens were given the order to uproot and destroy the Jewish community of Yamit in northern Sinai. And while it may have brought us three decades of a cold peace with Egypt, conceding the Sinai will likely prove to have been a colossal mistake.
Saying No To ‘Palestine’
As the Palestinians press forward in international forums with their plans for statehood, a growing chorus of countries has expressed support for the move.
Poland: Jews Aren’t Welcome
Nearly seven decades since the end of World War II, Poland is once again turning on its Jews.
In a stunning move last week, the lower house of the Polish parliament rejected a bill that would have restored the legality of shechita, or kosher slaughter, by a vote of 222 to 178.
Israel’s Culture Wars
Anyone who thought Israel was immune to the kind of divisive "culture wars" that have beset America in recent years was in for a rude awakening this past week.
With the Stroke of a Pen
Earlier this month, a man in uniform you probably never heard of signed a military order which conferred formal recognition upon Rehalim as the 32nd Jewish community in Samaria.