Debate: Are the Settlements an Obstacle to Peace?
Yishai Fleisher and Hen Mazzig battle it out.
Will Romney or Obama Save Israel from Iran?
While many American presidents give off a warm gooey "Shalom Chaver" feelings, this leads Israel to accept their practical actions which hurt the Jewish state. At least Obama's anti-Israel agenda is transparent. If he should win a second term that could be a good thing in the long run.
The Trumportunity for Israel
The new Trump administration — with its strong ties to Israel, and even to Judea and Samaria, and its repudiation of the Obama worldview — offers three big Trumportunities.
Photo Essay: Passover Preparations in Israel
As Israel and the Jewish world prepare for the 5772/2012 Pesach holiday and pilgrimage, JewishPress.com is proud to present a photo essay illustrating the colorful season of Passover in Israel.
AIPAC 2017 – 4th Pilgrimage Holiday
Yishai shares his impressions from the AIPAC conference...
‘Losing Zuckerberg’ and Reform Judaism’s Opportunity
Had Mark Zuckerberg been told that the Jewish people have a mission to rebuild a Jewish state, and that his creative talents are needed, he may have harnessed his mind in that direction. Had he been offered an opportunity to take part in the most exciting project of the Jewish people in two-thousand years, he probably would have taken it.
Live from Washington with Matthew RJ Brodsky on the UAE-Israel Abraham Accords
Yishai Fleisher hosts Matthew Brodsky who currently assists the National Security Council and the State Department on policy and communications strategy to promote the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda.
Land Reclamation Activists Score Jerusalem Victory
"The eviction is going smoothly. The land belongs to a Jewish owner, he purchased it in the 80's and it is registed in the land registry. We did a court process to evict, the judge gave a judgement, after that they appealed to the disrict court, and even the disrict court denied the appeal. We went to the Office of Execution [Hotza'a Lepoal], and now we are doing this eviction"
Remembering An Anonymous Soldier
Yishai Fleisher is joined by Alternative Peace Activist Yehuda HaKohen to discuss the roots and life of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.
Yishai Fleisher Interviews Jon Voight in Hebron (Part 1)
Yishai's amazing interview with Jon Voight.
Voting in US Elections and Knesset Update
Jewish Press Columnist, Yishai Fleisher, is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan to discuss the current situation in the Knesset along with a discussion talking about Jewish Americans living in Israel voting in US elections.
Fear and Loathing on the Mount of Olives
Returning Jewish life to Jerusalem is normal. Jews and Arabs living together is normal. Grave desecration is not normal and throwing rocks at tour groups is not normal. But that desecration and those rocks are futile because they will neither scare nor deter the Jewish people from reclaiming our rights and continuing the process of normalization in eastern Jerusalem and throughout the land.
A Solitary Candle
There is an opinion in the Mishna, that of the great Shammai, that the Chanukiyah should be lit with eight candles on the first night and go down and down until one candle remains on the eighth night...
The Miracle of Trump
The era of U.S. President Donald Trump is an opportunity for Israel to take big, bold steps. If the sea has split, let us not stop until we’re all the way across.
Get Your BLINKEN Hands Off of the Land of Israel
At SOVEREIGNTY Rally (Nov 10, 2021) against a US Consulate for "Palestinians" in Jerusalem - the Capital of Israel and the Heart of Judea - Yishai Fleisher delivers a message to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and President Joe Biden.
Crowning Miss Holocaust Survivor
Yishai and Malkah talk about a recent beauty pageant for Holocuast survivors along with contrasts between new German and Israeli Laws. They also discuss a gift that was recently delivered from a fan.
San Remo: The Original ‘Deal of the Century’
As we mark Israeli independence this year, let us cast off the contrived U.N. narrative in which Israel was born into the inevitability of two states.
Germany and the Levy Report
Yishai and Malkah further discuss Germany's ban on ritual circumcision along with discuss the Levy Report.
Origins of Internationalization
Yishai Fleisher presents a talk that he gave to the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem about why the concept of internationalizing the city is not a good idea.
A Love Affair in Hebron
Yishai talks about the love affair in Hebron.
Matza and Rabbi Moshe Dovid Tendler
I wrote this short story when I was at Yeshiva University and it is partly a testament to the powerful influence of our beloved Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Dovid Tendler.
Kosher Hot Dogs and the Dichotomy of Tisha B’Av
We are not in the era of securing Kosher dogs, we are in the era of reestablishing a Jewish commonwealth and building a country. This project needs us to focus our collective energies so that we can overcome the multiple challenges that stand in our way. Instead of watching overpaid athletes run bases after hitting a ball, we need all those Kosher-eating “accomplished professionals” to “feel very strongly” about their place in the fight for Israel!
Open Letter: Dear Pastor Hagee and Christian Zionists
Pastor Hagee, I once heard you say at a fundraiser in Jerusalem: “Don’t tell me you love me, show me you love me.” Now I say that very phrase back to you - Don’t tell me you love me, show me you love me by harnessing the power of CUFI and Christian Zionists to defend Jerusalem from bad US policy.
Opinion: Jonathan Pollard is Dead
I do not want the stain of Pollard's ugly death in prison to be on my conscience. I do not want his death to be on my nation's conscience. I do not want it on the conscience of PM Netanyahu or President Peres. I do not want it on the conscience of Israel's gentile friends, or even the US administration. I do not want the ugly stain to be a permanent scar on the historical record and the collective memory of this generation. But it's all about to happen. Unless something changes, Jonathan Pollard will die in Butler prison in the next few weeks, days, or hours.
The Reverend Father of ‘Israeli Apartheid’
Desmond Tutu’s legacy is much more than that of a mere bigot. He was one of the main architects of a movement to reframe the Jewish state as the antagonist in the global battle against oppression.
Why Young Europeans Can’t Understand Israeli Settlers
Europe today is post-God, post-nationalism, post-family and post-Holocaust—and is therefore understandably at odds with the very concept of Israel.
Photo Essay: Jerusalem Pilgrimage and Priestly Blessings 5772
This year's Priestly Blessing in Jerusalem drew thousands of Jews (and a few gentiles as well) to the Western Wall. Take a look at these pictures and maybe you too can partake of the Biblical blessings.
Light Unto the Nations from the Comfort of Home
Notice the amazing historical confluence of the ingathering with the communications revolution: just as the Jewish people were set to start off on the adventure of building a state in the Middle East, so too did the technology to communicate and broadcast globally explode - from the wire, to the radio, to the TV, to the internet, to the iPhone - there are no boundaries to the exchange of information.
Seven Reasons for the ‘Post-Jihadist’ Milieu
Numerous factors have come together to help the Arab world transition out of the era of jihadism and into a mode of progress.
Amona Destruction – A Perversion of Justice [video]
Why does Israel's Supreme Court accept the assumptions of European-funded anti-Israel organizations and the whims of the Jihad which seeks to undermine Jewish presence in any part of the land of Israel?