Once you throw your lot in with the State of Israel, there’s an implicit understanding that one day you may be called on to protect those around you. This reality accentuates the contrast between Israel and America.
A person of his sadly apparent diminished capacity should certainly not be entrusted with the responsibilities of so high an office as President of the United States.
In fact, the ICJ is hardly a court. Its judges are merely political appointees acting upon instructions from their respective governments, presided over by a Lebanese judge with a record of hostile, anti-Israel political statements.
By Alan Zeitlin
Let’s elect a president who recognizes that although Harvard and the Ivy Leagues have long abandoned the United States of America, the Jewish people never will, because Jewish values are American values and American values are Jewish values, he said in his speech.
“The leaders of our party will be able to create a process from which an outstanding nominee emerges.”
The jihad conquest of Palestine was not a "liberation," and most assuredly did not "reinstate Judaism and Jewishness to Jerusalem."
Donors decided Biden should step out. Now donors will pick Kamala’s VP.
If Biden is unfit to run, he must step down or be impeached.
12,000 Palestinian Arabs and 30,000 Palestinian Jews volunteered for the British Army.
It is easy to denounce violence by one's opponents. It is far more difficult, but more important, to denounce violence by one's allies.
I believe that the Rabbi's concern for “educational purity” (preserving the sanctity of Torah studies) also reveals a deep fear of change
The reversion to Obama’s foreign policy and appeasement of Iran spawned an escalation of terrorism that endangers the West while killing Israelis.
The ICJ's "advisory opinion" on Israeli "settlements" in Jerusalem and the West Bank is an injustice that gives evidence of considerable bias against the Jewish State.
By J. E. Dyer
This fight must be to win.
By Bassam Tawil
Since the October 7 attack, satisfaction among the Palestinians in the West Bank with the "performance" of Hamas murderers and rapists has risen to 82%.
By Avi Ciment
I love the closeness Jews instinctively have towards one another during tough times like shiva, illnesses, and tragedies, and I love the joy we share celebrating in each other’s semachot.
It is time to raid the high schools, university campuses, and senior citizen homes for manpower; to press the entire Israeli public, young and old of all hues and stripes, into industrial and emergency service.
The number of incidents is way too long to cite in this article. But there is little doubt that the world of medicine has become sick.
By Sara Lehmann
We need to take advantage of this moment of conciliation, sincere or not, that has resulted from the terrible event of July 13. Then we wait for November 5
By BESA CENTER
Israel is facing difficult years of a prolonged existential struggle. To this end, it is imperative for Israel to be led by a leadership that enjoys the broad trust of the public.
For numerous reasons our mesorah intentionally avoids excessive scrutiny of Yemot HaMashiach (Messianic matters). Too much focus on the future can lead to runaway messianic fervor, raising unrealistic expectations which, when unfulfilled, can be dispiriting.
We had rather thought that Secret Service protocol required a sweep of areas surrounding where the person to be protected was scheduled to be and from where he or she would be in sniper range. Yet the Trump shooter was armed with a rifle and perched on a roof top within 300 feet of the former president.
By Justin Amler
The consequence of all this misinformation is that Israel, not Hamas, is mostly blamed and held responsible for the misery of this war.
Vance has also said that Israel is key to the economic development of the Middle East and to the creation of a military bulwark against Iran. He emphasized his belief that the best vehicle for bringing all of this about are the Abraham Accords.
The charedi opposition to army service often stems from the belief that Torah study protects the country as much as, if not more than, military service – a debatable point.
In truth, reasonable arguments can be made for both positions which is why appeals court were created – to choose between and among different approaches. And thereby hangs a tale.
Israel must act to halt Palestinian destruction of Jewish archaeological sites in Judea & Samaria.
The assassination attempt was the one thing that could save his candidacy
Escalating Palestinian terrorism, surging illegal Palestinian construction in zones of strategic importance to Israel, and wildly out-of-control arson attacks must be stopped.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The actor's attack on Joe Biden was all about personal revenge.
In other words, both in Britain and France, you may get around or even less than 30 percent of the votes and yet secure a chance to form the government.
Hamas remains the dominant power in Palestinians’ minds
Israel Must Act Now or Risk Being Bled to Death by Its Enemies
The mufti urged the Arabs to “Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history and religion."
But it is of no concern to Foggy Bottom
The media hasn’t stopped lying to us. It’s only begun to lie.
Laws in the first category can never change; whereas these laws were declared in definitive form by G-d, they are set in stone. By contrast, laws derived by use of the hermeneutic principles can technically change over time.
While all men are created equal, as the American Declaration of Independence put it, based upon the biblical, Judeo-Christian origins of the American Revolution, it is not possible to achieve equality without violence.
It is not incidental that the ultimate halachic mystery of parah adumah addresses death and the tumah caused by contact with dead people. Death is the ultimate mystery.
The Palestinian Conference for Palestinians Abroad claims to represent 6-7 million Palestinians in over 50 countries, and opposes the PLO and Palestinian Authority.
From the beginning, the case was treated by most legal commentators as a transparently political hit job. For one thing, combining a business records law with an election law in order to come up with a basis for a prosecution was as novel an approach as you can find.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Western intersectionality makes it impossible for the victims of Islamic oppression in the Middle East and Africa to have their voices heard.
To make a connection between seemingly disparate things is to enter, if only briefly, a world beyond rationality. And in our quest to return as soon as possible to what is rational, we often become dismissive of making those connections.
The announcement of new Jewish housing in the West Bank introduces a new element into the current mix. It declares to Hamas that they and their fellow Palestinians do not have the luxury of sitting back and relying on President Biden to have their backs.
As far as Israel is concerned, the new president reaffirmed Iran’s anti-Israel stance saying that “resistance movements across the region will not allow Israel’s criminal policies towards the Palestinians and other nations in the region to continue.”
By BESA CENTER
To realize its achievements, Israel needs a pause of a few years during which the strategy and military power for an offensive will be formulated.
U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East seems unaware of how U.S. power should be deployed to decrease the chances of war and to support U.S. allies.
today’s existential crisis in Israel and in diaspora communities will not disappear or dissipate by themselves. It will take time, and the will of HaShem.
Wolf’s interview is a wake-up call for American Jews. Something is missing in Jewish/Zionist education when Wolf and those like her can so easily turn their backs on their people and heritage.
The critical point is that Israel is fighting to safeguard not just its own nation, but the West and the Free World as well. The battle at the moment seems between preserving freedom or having it extinguished by the forces of barbarism, autocracies, and theocrats, but most of all by the passivity of the West
Can Israel Afford NOT to Defy State Dept Pressure?
I have a term I use to describe this fundamental insight: “Am Levadad” – two words lifted from a Biblical verse (Numbers 23:9) that can be translated as “a singular nation”.
The Oriental Service station featured antisemitic propaganda cleverly mixed with Arab music and passages from the Koran, all supervised by the mufti.
The terrorist Carlos the Jackal was an early adopter.
If many French Jews are backing Marine Le Pen and National Rally, it’s because the alternatives are an antisemitic left and a center that can’t or won’t defend them.
If we accept the reality that antisemitism can’t really be eradicated, and if we accept the idea that hatred of Jews is really resistance to the messages we bring, I think there’s only one thing we can do...
By Sara Lehmann
Israel supporters and Jews in general are facing an impossible uphill battle in the online world of post-October 7th.
By Mark Rienzi
While these episodes may sound straight out of 1930s Germany, I made clear to the members of Congress that they weren’t. These are real events that occurred at UCLA over the past nine months – events that have precipitated a federal lawsuit against the university where my law firm represents several students.
The general antisemitic, hostile environment turned to focus on me directly because I am a Jew, Dafna Golden told the subcommittee.
No, my father said, already shocked at the low amount (which included the aufruf meal), I want to pay for the whole thing. (He assumed Yaakov’s father was asking for half.) My father-in-law said, That IS the whole thing.
By BESA CENTER
five alternatives for the future of Gaza. Israel’s long-term strategy to ensure its continued existence entails the accomplishment of these goals: destruction of Hamas’s military capabilities, abolition of Hamas control in Gaza, and the preservation of good relations with the United States.
Watching Pres. Biden debate former Pres. Trump was a master class in American mediocrity.
By Ben Shapiro
Biden went out and demonstrated that he belongs in an old age home. He confirmed what we all knew, live. For 90 minutes.
It turns out, it was all a big lie. There was no famine, there is no famine and Israel has not been using hunger as a "weapon of war."
With Hashem’s help, victory – a complete, decisive, and overwhelming victory over all our enemies – is not only obtainable but is critical for the future of the Jewish people, both here in Israel and around the world.
President Biden has much to address in the run up to November 5. But if he is replaced because of his infirmities, does he take all that baggage with him, allowing the new designee to skate on the aforementioned issues?
According to the Court’s opinion, the case must now go back to the lower courts to flesh out how the language will be applied so it is premature to wax eloquent at this point about how the language will be applied.
Bowman also reportedly spread talking points provided by the Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health but denied or ignored the trauma endured by Israelis.
Has a president who is, at best, a part-time leader or at worst, no longer capable of facing the enormous challenges of the presidency, played a role in exacerbating these problems?
“I don’t know why it took the police so long to arrest them.”
Israel faces an existential battle and the West sleeps on.
By Ruthie Blum
The quiet release of Shifa Hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya to Gaza is a travesty that must not go unpunished.
The Oriental Service station featured antisemitic propaganda cleverly mixed with Arab music and passages from the Koran, all supervised by the mufti.
I was not surprised by the great American feminist silence after Oct. 7.
You can’t debate if you can’t think. Biden can talk, but he can’t think.
The Biden administration, sadly, seems to have been the enabling factor in Iran's continued regional assertiveness and nuclear advancement.
By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism
An alliance comprising the Left, Greens, Centre-Right establishment, and mainstream media in Europe has successfully silenced debate on issues for years
The 2024 presidential race has always hinged on who it’s about.
At the end of his advanced training the army wanted him for an officers course. He declined because he didn’t want to extend his time in the army. He wanted to go back to the beit midrash.
By Zionist Organization of America
The pattern of this new policy against heroes who have served their country honorably, combined with the slow walking of needed munitions while Israel is at war, is beyond despicable
Any agreement would require Hezbollah to keep its commitments under UN Resolution 1701 to disarm completely and leave the area south of the Litani River, and no one believes that after 18 years they will suddenly honor their commitments.
Did my father really know Willie Mays? Maybe. They had a few things in common other than dressing well.
We were encouraged as well by a decision handed down by the Supreme Court last Thursday which suggests that the standards for proving retaliatory action by an official appearing to merely be doing his or her duty are in the process of being scaled downward.
It’s like the media [are] bending over backwards to be politically correct.
After a short pause for the Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, the Iranian proxy Hezbollah is now back to launching rockets and drones at targets on the Israeli side of the border on a daily basis.
WH must accept that Palestinian Arab leaders are engaged in “a zero-sum game” in which Israel has no right to exist
The Jewish people too must demand our celebrities speak up and if not pay the price from our community.
By BESA CENTER
It is essential to conduct a far-reaching discussion on all these alternatives and to avoid attachment to any one of them
By Nadav Shragai / Israel Hayom
This movement preserves the last shred of honor for two nations tragically complicit in empowering a ruthless enemy in wartime.
The administration demands Jerusalem implement a policy of backing the establishment of a Palestinian state.