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Analysis

Quiet Should Not be the Goal Today in Gaza

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

Planning timelines of days and weeks are very comforting for policy-makers seeking to avoid costly decisions. But the purpose of the exercise is not to indefinitely postpone what is best done today. The decision-makers owe it to their constituents to look beyond the next weeks and even months.

Israel / Global

Israel's Letter to UN Regarding Gaza Rocket Attacks

By Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Haim Waxman: "In previous letters . . . we warned of the dangers of inaction by the international community. We alerted the Council that these attacks had the potential to ignite a serious escalation of the conflict, which could affect the entire region. The events of the last two days have proven the danger of silence on behalf of the international community at large, and the Security Council, in particular."

Israel

Escalation in southern Israel result of Iranian provocations

By Missing Peace

The latest of Iran's provocations against Israel came last week, when it became clear that the Iranian-sponsored terrorist group PRC had planned to carry out another terrorist attack on Israel’s southern border. This time however, the IDF decided not to rely on Egyptian security forces in Sinai in order to prevent this attack.

Analysis

Yoram Ettinger: Defense and Retaliation – Not an Option

By Yoram Ettinger

The war on terrorism cannot be won by defensive – but only by offensive – means, notwithstanding the impressive performance of the Iron Dome missile defense system.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

We Cease, They Fire

By Jacob Edelist

Multiple rockets were shot, after a ceasefire had gone into effect Tuesday. Rockets landed at Eshkol, Ashkelon, and Sha'ar Ha'Negev. Still, the shooting has subsided significantly. Palestinians agreed to stop launching rockets at Israeli cities, Israel agreed to stop targeting terrorist leaders from the air. Israel released only a noncommittal confirmation, saying "Quiet will be met with quiet."

News Briefs

Michigan Israel Business Bridge Creates Advisory Council

By Jewish Press News Desk

Michigan Israel Business Bridge President Chuck Newman announced the members of the newly formed MIBB Advisory Council, which is composed of leaders from Michigan and Israel who serve as ambassadors and counselors for the organization. Mitechnews.com reports that the group was chosen for their ability to assist the MIBB in its mission to promote business […]

Israel / Photo of the Day

Photo-essay: Southern Israel Under Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Life did not go on as usual today in southern Israel as this photo-essay will show you.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

All Time Record High for Israel Tourism in February

By Tibbi Singer

The month of February 2012 has broken records in the tourism industry in Israel, with 232,000 visitor arrivals, 6% more than the same month last year, and an increase of 4% compared to February 2010, which marked the previous record. Out of 232,000 arrivals, 200,000 were tourist entries, another all-time record high.

The Muqata

Fauxtography: UN Employee Wages Media War Against Israel

By Jameel@Muqata

Palestinians wage a war of lies with fake photos - the latest fauxtography is coming right out of the UN.

Analysis

Bibi, Can You Bomb Iran Already or Just Shut Up?

By David Ha'ivri

Israeli intelligence authorities need to assess the threats coming from Iran. This is not a public relations issue. Obama and the other world leaders can support or oppose our actions, but Israel will have to do what is best for the future and well-being of the Jewish State. No one else will do the heavy lifting for us. While we cannot diminish the possibility that Iran actually has the technology and the motivation to strike Israel, we also cannot afford to overlook other real and obvious threats to Israel.

Editorial

The Big Lie: 'Israel Apartheid'

By Christine Williams

Apartheid in Israel does not exist, however gender apartheid, apartheid against gays, as well as slavery and racism against blacks, Palestinians and non-Muslims are all commonplace in the Muslim world.

Israel / Olympics 2012

Two Generations of Athletes Emerge From Judea and Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Can there be successful athletes among the settlers in Judea and Samaria? Recent achievements show that the answer is yes! A very small geographic area has produced four international champions.

IDF & Security

Israel Strikes Back Against Gaza as Citizens Endure Missiles

By Malkah Fleisher

Israel killed 3 additional terrorists Monday morning, bringing Palestinian death toll to 16. Islamic terror groups launch 20 rockets Monday at Israeli civilians in the south. PM Netanyahu: "We will continue to hit whoever plans to attack citizens of the State of Israel."

News Briefs

China to Israel on Eve of Lieberman Visit: Lay off Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

AFP reports that Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters at a regular briefing that "China is concerned about the escalation of the situation in Gaza." "We call upon the Israeli side to stop air raids against Gaza. We hope the parties concerned can stop firing immediately in order to avoid casualties of innocent […]

News Briefs

UC President Condemns On-Campus Anti-Israel Attacks

By Jewish Press News Desk

UC President Mark G. Yudof released an open letter calling on UC students, faculty and staff members to "foster a climate of tolerance, civility and open-mindedness," reports Angela Swartz of the California Aggie. Yudof specifically addressed recent anti-Israel incidents on UC campuses. He denounced students who heckled speakers at a UC Davis Feb. 27 event, […]

Analysis

Time to Kick the Palestinian Can?

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

Would it be prudent for Israel to launch now the kind of unilateral initiative proposed by former Yesha Council Director Naftali Bennett, or is it best to leave well enough alone?

News Briefs

US 'deeply concerned' over Violence in Southern Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, "We are deeply concerned by the renewal of violence in southern Israel. We call on both sides to make every effort to restore calm." "We condemn in the strongest terms the rocket fire from Gaza by terrorists into southern Israel in recent days, which has dramatically and dangerously escalated […]

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IAF Kills Shalit Kidnapper, Palestinian Rocket Attacks Met with Firm Retaliation, 'Iron Dome' Successful

By Jacob Edelist

While the Air Force continues to attack Gaza and rocket attacks on communities in the south persist, following the killing of Gilad Shalit's kidnapper, both Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defense are threatening terrorist organizations in Gaza. In conversation with mayors in the south, Netanyahu said: "We'll arm ourselves with additional Iron Dome systems, which have tested well again." Barak: "No one in Gaza is immune." IDF Chief of Staff: "We will respond aggressively to every rocket launch against Israel."

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Video: UFO in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Sky?

By Tibbi Singer

A resident of Israel's central region driving last night on the Ayalon Highway spotted two unidentified objects glowing in the sky, and decided to pull over and capture the strange phenomenon. "It was unusual, I was shocked and could not stop myself," he told News 2. "I never believed it but now I think again." Watch the documentation: an illusion or a discovery?

Global

British PM: Iran Developing Nuclear Missiles Capable of Striking London

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

PM David Cameron: "I don’t believe that an Iranian nuclear weapon is just a threat to Israel...Not least because there are signs that the Iranians want to have some sort of intercontinental missile capability. So we have to be clear this is potentially a threat much more widely."

Middle East / Levant / Global

Report: President Obama Offers Israel Weapons in Exchange for Inaction

By Rafi Harkham

Anonymous diplomatic and intelligence sources tell Israeli paper that the Obama administration would supply Israel with weapons that would extend its time-line for military action – like advanced GBU-28 bunker-busting bombs and long-range refueling aircraft, so that Israel could wait till after the 2012 presidential election to launch a strike.

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh: Mahmoud Abbas' "Mother of All Letters"

By Khaled Abu Toameh

On March 7, the PA President convened yet another urgent meeting of PLO and Fatah leaders in Ramallah to discuss the content of this "mother of all letters" which he intends to send to Israel. The meeting, which came less than 48 hours after Obama's speech, reflected the increased concern of the Palestinians over the world's fading attention to their problems.

Analysis

The Historic Roots of Contemporary Anti-Semitism

By Peter Martino

The Jewish homeland guarantees Jews their security -- which is why every attempt to rob them of this homeland, or endanger its existence, is an anti-Semitic act endangering the entire Jewish community.

Holidays

Israeli Innovations Changing the Jewish World for Purim

By Malkah Fleisher

A series of new innovations coming out of Israel are making life better, easier, and more fulfilling for Jews around the world.

Moshe Feiglin

The Shahar Mizrahi Effect

By Moshe Feiglin

It is impossible not to make a connection between the intentional running over of the policeman this Friday night by an Arab car thief and the Shahar Mizrahi story.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Mordechai Kedar: Is Jordan 'The Alternative Homeland'?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Since its establishment, the Kingdom of Jordan has suffered from a split personality between two identities, the Jordanian and the Palestinian, that are intertwined like a pair of Siamese twins who hate one another, but cannot part from each other. The source of the problem is the fact that most of the citizens of the Hashemite Jordanian monarchy define themselves as "Palestinians", but their state is "Jordanian". So how should they relate to it - as their country or as a foreign interloper?

Editorial

The President And The Prime Minister

By Editorial Board

While the personal relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu thankfully seems to have taken a turn for the better, and on several issues they had a meeting of the minds – it seemed almost like a minuet – there is no escaping the reality that sharp policy differences remain on some fundamental issues.

Editorial

Jonathan Pollard And The McFarlane Factor

By Editorial Board

Several weeks ago it was reported that Robert “Bud” McFarlane, President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser at the time of the Pollard arrest and obviously someone privy to all the information known to the government – wrote a letter to President Obama asking that Mr. Pollard’s sentence be commuted to time served.

Op-Eds

Harvard Never Learns

By Stephen H. Norwood

This past weekend Harvard hosted a One-State Solution Conference, designed to promote the dissolution of Israel. It is only the latest example of that university’s longstanding practice of facilitating the spread of anti-Semitism.

Op-Eds

Once Upon A Time There Was An Adorable Little Country...

By Steven Plaut

And after helping so many groups of people, after absorbing so many sets of refugees, after solving so many of the world's problems, there were no longer any wise leaders to govern the adorable little state. Because it had humanitarian-ized itself into oblivion.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global

Is Israeli Home Front Ready For War With Iran?

By Etta Prince-Gibson

MK Zeev Bielski, chairman of the Knesset subcommittee on Israel’s home defense: “The home front is not ready. We have made improvements over the situation since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when the home front was completely unprepared, but the situation is not good.”

Middle East / Levant / Global

Report: Iran Conducted A-Bomb Test With North Korean Assistance

By Steve K. Walz

If the reports are accurate, North Korea is playing a direct role in helping Tehran create the infrastructure to assemble nuclear warheads that can be mounted on missiles aimed at Israel, American military bases in the Persian Gulf and pro-Western oil sheikhdoms in the Middle East.

Israel / US / Global

Obama, Netanyahu Exchange Assurances But Differences Remain On Iran

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may not have bridged their differences on how to deal with Iran, but each managed to give the other a measure of reassurance.

US

An Open Letter to University of California President Mark Yudof

By AMCHA Initiative

Last week, two shameful events occurred on University of California campuses that made Jewish students feel targeted, intimidated, harassed, and unsafe. We charge the UC administration with failing in their basic responsibilities - to protect Jewish students from a hostile environment and to ensure their rights to freedom of speech.

Torah

The Megillah: How-To Manual on Defeating Anti-Semites

By Rav Yehuda Hakohen

Israel must demonstrate confidence in ourselves and an iron determination to defy our antagonists. Mordechai teaches that it is not through appeasement that one achieves peace but rather through strength, self-assurance and unequivocally firm resistance to tyranny and injustice.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Santorum to AIPAC on Super Tuesday: US Must Give Iran an Ultimatum

By Jacob Edelist

At a speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, coinciding with the Super Tuesday primaries, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum accused President Barack Obama of appeasement of Iran and urged an ultimatum demanding that it put a stop to its nuclear production immediately, or the US will "tear down" its plants. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich took a break from their race for votes in the high-stakes primaries to speak to the pro-Israel lobby.

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: The Real Meaning of Obama’s New Policy - War is Inevitable

By Barry Rubin

Whether he realizes it or not, President Obama changed history with his AIPAC speech. What he did is make a war between Israel and Iran almost inevitable - let’s say more than 90 percent probable - most likely some time in late 2013, 2014, or 2015.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / Global

Experts: Israel's New Bunker-Busters Can Take Out Iran's Nuke Plants

By Jacob Edelist

Berlin-based researcher Benjamin Weinthal argues that Israel is militarily capable today of launching a successful attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. It would require successive strikes, using GBU-28 bunker busters to knock out Iran's entire nuclear program. Those devastating bombs were delivered to Israel by President Obama, who made good on a promise made by President Bush.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Bibi: Israel Will Not Allow Those who Seek her Destruction to Possess the Means to Achieve that Goal

By Jewish Press News Desk

A transcript of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before the AIPAC Policy Conference Monday.

Israel / US

Florida State Legislature Unanimously Passes Resolution Recognizing Israel’s Right to Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

“The members of [Florida’s Legislature] support Israel in its legal, historical, moral and God-given right of self-governance and self-defense upon the entirety of its own lands, recognizing that Israel is neither an attacking force nor an occupier of the lands of others, and that peace can be afforded the region only through a whole and united Israel governed under one law for all people.”

News Briefs

Egyptian Oil Pipeline in Sinai Blown Up... Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

Once again, the Egyptian oil pipeline to Israel in the Sinai was blown up.

Israel

Israel's Exports to Asia Surpass Exports to US For First Time

By Rafi Harkham

The Israel Export Research Institute reported that from October 2011 to January 2012, the US share of Israeli exports had drastically declined as compared to the same period the year before. In contrast, Israel's exports to the Asian market have seen healthy growth, with an increase of 9% over the same period, totaling $3.1 billion.

Israel

Hanging Out in Judea and Samaria – Tourism in the Biblical Land

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Rare landscapes, natural settings, springs, Biblical sites and the largest flying fox in Israel – these are just a few of the attractions you will find on a tour of Judea and Samaria

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs

Pro-Palestinian Jewish Author Facing Indian Deportation for Muslim Extremist Ties

By Jacob Edelist

After immigrating to Israel from England in 1999 at age 50, Susan Nathan has become an outspoken pro-Palestinian advocate, appearing in the Swedish Human Rights festival and the Stockholm Olof Palme Centre, as well as forums sponsored by the Arab American Association. She came to India for medical treatment, but her visa expired and the government wants her out on suspicion of contact with extremist Muslim organizations.

Jewish / US

President Obama to AIPAC: 'When the Chips are Down, I Have Israel's Back'

By Rafi Harkham

President Obama: "I do not have a policy of containment, I have a policy of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons." He also hailed himself as Israel's greatest friend, and said he plans to honors Israeli President Shimon Peres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor.

News Briefs

Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Sign Underwater Electric Cable Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

AFP reports that Israel and Cyprus have signed an accord Sunday to lay an underwater electricity cable between the two countries. It's the first stage in an effort to transfer power between mainland Europe and Israel. The cable, to be complete by 2016, will stretch 178 miles, at a depth of 6,550 feet. Israel Electric […]

Israel / Jewish / US

Peres to AIPAC: 'Iran Will Not Develop a Nuclear Weapon'

By Rafi Harkham

President Peres said "there is NO space between" Israel and the US, and insisted that Obama's "commitment to Israel is deep and profound." Regarding peace with the Palestinians, he said "the principle of the 'The Two State solution' was "a paramount Israeli interest."

Israel / News Briefs

Since Thursday Kinneret Level Rises 7.9 Inches

By Tibbi Singer

Large amounts of water that swept through northern Israel and led to a strong flow of streams have produced exceptionally high figures for the National Lake's level. The Kinneret water is now at about 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) above the "lower red line." While rain may be ceasing soon, the snow thaw is expected to add even more water in the spring.

Analysis

Yoram Ettinger: When Bibi meets Barack

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Barack Obama at a time when Israel has been gaining in popularity among Americans, and at a time when his approval rating is a frail 43%, according to recent poll. Unlike previous visits by Netanyahu, this time Obama will be anxious for warm photo opportunities with Israel’s prime minister.

Analysis

As Netanyahu and Obama Meet: In Post-'Arab Spring', Israel is not the core problem

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

Whether or not Israel builds another porch in Jerusalem or for that matter entire new communities beyond the Green Line has no impact on the resolution of the problems in Egypt, Syria and the rest of the states on the neighborhood.

News Briefs

Foreign Minister Lieberman: Immediate Help to the Syrian People

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Channel 2 News reports that in a meeting held  between Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the latter clarified Israel's position on events in Syria, stating that Israel will provide immediate humanitarian aid to the victims of President Assad. Yesterday, the Red Cross entered the besieged city of Homs to […]

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Occupy AIPAC Advocates Palestinian State, Against Iran Strike

By Jacob Edelist

Occupy AIPAC is a weekend long series of events to coincide with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual Policy Conference, going through March 6. The Occupy AIPAC website says the group is gathering in Washington DC for a policy-style summit on the issues of Iran, the Arab Uprising and Palestine and "the affects of AIPAC in determining US foreign policy around those topics."

Op-Eds

Alan Dershowitz: President Obama Turns a Corner on Iran

By Alan M. Dershowitz

For those who have claimed that Obama is anti-Israel and/or weak on Iran, his forceful statements in a recent interview should make them reconsider. I was not surprised by President Obama's strong words, because he said similar things to me in private conversation. And I, for one, am satisfied with the President's words. Now I want to hear them repeated by Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, by Joint Chief of Staff Martin Dempsey and by others in the Obama Administration.

Analysis

'Global March to Jerusalem': An Attempt to "unravel the Zionist edifice"

By Adam Levick

The broader aims of Global March to Jerusalem, according to the project’s official website, are as follows: “[To] end the Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and [racist]...Judaisation policies affecting the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem… [which] is a crime not only against Palestinians but against all humanity.”

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh: The Hate Business

By Khaled Abu Toameh

The presence of Israel physicians in Ramallah drew furious reactions from workers at the Palestine Medical Compound and many Palestinians, including the Western-backed Fatah faction headed by Mahmoud Abbas. The fact that thousands of Palestinian patients receive medical treatment in Israeli hospitals each year did not stop their vociferous oppostion.

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: The New Middle East - Arab Versus Non-Arab Muslims, Sunni Versus Shia

By Barry Rubin

The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start. It has nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with two more serious lines of battle: Arabs versus Persians and Sunni versus Shia Muslims.

Israel / Jewish / US

Plagued by Charges of Ineptness and Corruption, Olmert to Keynote at J Street Conference

By Jacob Edelist

Although J Street describes itself as a pro-Israel organization that supports peace between Israel and its neighbors, many Israelis and US Jews, including many public figures, have said that J Street is anti-Israel, particularly in relation to the security challenges facing the Jewish state. Several US Jewish leaders have objected to J Street's position on Israel, and have publicly disassociated themselves from the organization.

News Briefs

On Charlie Rose, Peres Praises Obama, US Ties

By Jewish Press News Desk

In an hour-long interview with American broadcaster Charlie Rose, conducted before a large audience at New York’s 92nd Street Y, Peres said that he does not want to interfere in American politics, but he is stating his opinion that US President Barack Obama is "a great president and a great friend of Israel, because it’s […]

Judaism 101

Inside Purim: Even More Fascinating And Intriguing Insights On Purim And The Megillah

By Aryeh Pinchas Strickoff

These are excerpts from the sefer “Inside Purim” which contains additional answers to the following questions and much more.

News & Views

Report: Iranian Retaliation Will Be Multi-Pronged Attack on Israeli, Jewish Targets

By Rafi Harkham

The New York Times quoted a former senior Israeli official as saying that the Iranian retaliation against an Israeli military strike would be the functional equivalent of Iraq's scud missile attack on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War, the 3000+ Hizbollah rockets fired on Israel during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and the terror attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Buenos Aires in the early 1990s, multiplied in scale at least three times.

Potpourri

If You Don’t See Where You’re Going, You Might Not See Where You End Up

By Elke Weiss

Purim is my favorite holiday, and I love to share the joy. I have spent previous years wandering around my neighborhood in costume. This year, I fully intend to celebrate with full cheer, and I want everyone to know why I plan to spend the day in costume, singing Shoshanat Yaakov at the top of my lungs.

Potpourri

Frum Fairytales: The Alternative To ‘Princess And The Pea’

By dvora

There once was a man named Shloime, and he was a Jewish Prince. Or so his mother thought of him, and not many others did, though he was a nice guy and all...

Parsha

Parshat Tetzaveh: Spiritual refinement in the miluim process

By Rav Yehuda Hakohen

While the transgression of the Golden Calf had caused Aharon to feel a sense of distance from HaShem, the miluim was intended to bring him close again through spiritual perfection. The priestly vestments play a central role in this process and great detail is offered in describing them.

Analysis

Israel: The 'Apartheid State' That Palestinians Keep Struggling To Enter

By Ramzi Abu Hadid

Why has it become the dream of many Arab Christians and Muslims to immigrate to the "Apartheid State"? Is it possible that all of these people are uninformed? Or do they really know the truth about Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East? In Egypt, Syria, and Iran, for example, government officials put journalists in jail, but Israel is the only country in the region where a single obscure journalist nobody can put a government official in jail.

Knesset Corner

MK Uri Ariel Unveils His 'One State' Plan

By Jeremy Saltan

Ariel said five Israeli Prime Ministers have tried to pursue a land for peace approach, and each have failed. He declared that it was time to present the alternative to the two-state solution - annexing 100% of Judea and Samaria.

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com / Aliyah

Jewish Press Radio: Snow! Vandalism on Mt. of Olives and Ultra-Orthodox IDF Soldiers

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Malkah talk about their excitement for snow in Israel, an Arab rock-throwing attack against American Legislators, an ancient Judean palm tree grows today, the expiration of a law allowing ultra-Orthodox Jews to avoid military service, and Yishai’s Tu B’Shevat Seder in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs

Rabbi Rosen: Ahmadinejad Is Amalek and We Must Destroy Him

By Tibbi Singer

Once we recognize that the enemy is not acting against us based on rational reasons, but out of a pathological hatred, it is our duty to act on our conclusion and strike at the enemy, disregarding world opinion.

Israel

English-Speakers Laugh At Life in Israel

By Malkah Fleisher

A new video by a young Israeli from New York earned 57,000 views in two days, taking comedic aim at the life of the average young English-speaking immigrant to Israel.

Moshe Feiglin

Moshe Feiglin: Transition IDF to a Professional Volunteer Army

By Moshe Feiglin

Feiglin: I know that religious Zionists think that their army service will pave their way into the heart of Israeli legitimacy. But that is not the case. Army service is a very important value. But those holding the reins will never let go in exchange for religious Zionist cannon-fodder.

Analysis

Confronting the Knesset's Anti-Israel Caucus

By Rafi Harkham

More than anything else, the likes of Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi and Ahmed Tibi frame the tension of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state in stark terms, and reveal what is in store for the country should it shift more towards modern liberal democracy and away from a state that reflects a Jewish character culturally and politically.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Understanding The Mitzvah Of Megillah

By Raphael Grunfeld

To properly fulfill the mitzvah of listening to the megillah, each word must be heard. If a word is missed, the listener should read it quietly to himself from the text in his hand. The principal purpose of reciting the megillah is to publicize the miracle of Purim. Accordingly, many poskim permit the megillah to be read in English if the reader does not understand Hebrew.

Op-Eds

The Mormon Senator Who Tried To Save Anne Frank

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

The news that a Mormon temple in the Dominican Republic recently conducted a posthumous proxy baptism of Anne Frank, the most famous diarist of the Holocaust, undoubtedly will cause some offense in the Jewish community. Evidently the baptizers believe they were saving Anne's soul. Of greater significance, however, is what Mormons tried to do to save Anne's life.

Analysis / Monitor

Ten Years Ago This Week: An Icon Exposed

By Jason Maoz

Billy Graham had for decades been one of America’s most admired figures, a national icon, a man respected across the board for his seeming sincerity, rock-solid faith and openness to working with those whose beliefs differ from his own. He was also a staunch friend of Israel. But a different side of Graham emerged during the 90-minute White House meeting with Nixon. Graham was particularly exercised by what he saw as the “stranglehold” Jews maintained on the American media.

Analysis / Global

Syrian Crisis May Top Agenda At Bibi-Obama Meeting

By Steve K. Walz

The Iran issue may be moved somewhat down the agenda as flailing Syrian dictator Bashar Assad is being pressured by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to move both his WMD cache and long-range Scud missiles to well-protected Hizbullah bases inside Lebanon.

Analysis / Israel

2/29/12: Will Israel’s Supreme Court Tilt Right Under New Chief?

By Mati Wagner

The Supreme Court’s interventionist approach was pioneered by Aharon Barak, who served as the court’s president from 1995 till 2006. Dorit Beinisch, who is retiring from the court this week after serving as president since her mentor's retirement, upheld the tradition of judicial activism, keeping the court at the center of Israeli public debate and making it a lightning rod for Orthodox and right-wing critics. That could change as Beinisch is replaced by Asher Grunis, a conservative justice who has made a name for himself as a supporter of judicial restraint.

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs

Israel to Sell Germany Spike Missiles Totaling Hundreds of Millions

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Defense reports that Eurospike, a subsidiary of weapons manufacturer Rafael, has signed a contract to supply Spike missiles totaling hundreds of millions of dollars to Germany.

Israel

High Court President Dorit Beinisch Retires

By Rafi Harkham

The 9th president of the Supreme Court of Israel, Beinisch presided over an active term, in which she wrote landmark decisions like the 2005 ruling against the IDF’s use of “human shields,” the 2007 ruling that Israel's separation fence route must be modified, and the 2009 ruling declaring private prisons unconstitutional. But the most memorable ruling of her legacy may be her penultimate one – the High Court's revocation of the Tal Law.

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh: Hamas and Fatah Want a New Intifada

By Khaled Abu Toameh

The two parties are telling Palestinians that Israel does not want peace or a two-state solution and is only interested in maintaining control over Palestinian lands and "Judaizing" Jerusalem. The stepped-up anti-Israel rhetoric has resulted in a sharp increase in Palestinian violence soldiers, policemen, and civilians in Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem.

Business/Finance

An Estate Tax in Israel?

By Shimon Galitzer

Is an Estate Tax in Israel in the works? 30 years ago they tried, but it never took off. Will the new socio-political atmosphere make it possible?

Judaism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio: Canada Loves Israel, Happy Hebrew Life, and Middle East Inside

By Yocheved Seidman

Malkah and Yishai discuss Canadian dedication to Israel, and simple but deeply important aspects of distinctly Jewish life, experts from Brookings get real on Middle East dynamics, and, finally, Rebbitzin Mizrachi teaches how to be truly happy.

Israel / Jewish / Global / News Briefs

Dr. Pepper Not Kosher – In Israel

By Tibbi Singer

The Chief Rabbinate claims that, based on data provided by the Badatz in London, it appears that the products under the name "Dr Pepper" which are made in England and imported to Israel are not kosher.

US

Alan Dershowitz: Media Matters Hurts Obama

By Alan M. Dershowitz

Recent comments by Media Matters' Senior Foreign Policy Fellow MJ Rosenberg are the most recent incarnation of the age-old accusation against Jews of disloyalty to their own country. It finds its roots in the Biblical villains Pharaoh and Hamen who accused the Jews of Egypt and Persia of disloyalty. It was a central tenet of Nazism, Stalinism and other anti-Semitic regimes. Today, it is the mantra of David Duke, Patrick Buchanan, Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Jew haters of every race, religion and national origin.

Israel

Abbas, Arab MKs Incite Against Israel in Qatar

By Jewish Press Staff Writer

Members of Knesset Taleb Al-Sana and Ahmed Tibi tell Arab League nations that Israel is systematically attempting to 'Judaize' Jerusalem, and is in breach of international law.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Saudis Might Support Israeli Strike on Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Why would Saudi Arabia support Israel instead of attacking it? Forbes' Peter Cohan argues that Saudi Arabia is dominated by Sunnis, while Iran’s ayatollahs are the Sunni's sworn enemies, the Shi’ites. Saudi Arabia’s rage against the Shi’ites exceeds its dislike of its Jewish neighbors.

Analysis

Mahmoud Abbas' Other Peace Process

By Ayman Masri

Abbas's peace process will only lead to a Palestinian government or state controlled by Iran or the Muslim Brotherhood.

Analysis

Israeli Left Throws Stones at Former Yesha Council Director From Glass Houses

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

There are certainly substantive questions and concerns that can be raised about Naftali Bennett’s proposal to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, but when people associated with Oslo, the Geneva Initiative, and Peace Now trash the idea on the grounds that it is out of touch with reality, one can only respond: “look who’s talking.”

Israel / US / Global

Jewish Leaders: Arabs Looking to Israel to Eliminate Iran Threat

By Steve K. Walz

Malcolm Hoenlein: “While I choose not to reveal their names, they [Arab leaders] have all expressed serious concern about Iran and are interested in making peace with Israel. They are serious about what they say and proof of that has been seen in recent weeks, as you don’t hear many of these leaders raise the Palestinian issue against Israel in our discussions or in the headlines.”

Global

Advancing Human Rights, Beyond Israel

By Ted Belman

Robert Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, has established a new organization called Advancing Human Rights, with Irwin Cotler and David Keyes on the Board of Directors.

Analysis

The “Israel is expected to…” syndrome

By Vic Rosenthal

Countries whose immediate danger from Iranian bombs is far less than Israel's are remarkably hypocritical and insulting when they warn Israel against a military strike. Telling Israel that it should not defend itself is like saying “just die, but don’t make a mess.” When have Jews heard this before? It’s become a cliché, but one that still resonates. The difference is that then they had no choice because they had no power to defend themselves. Today there is a Jewish state, which should not be expected to act as though it is as powerless as the European Jews of WWII. All this is part of the “Israel is expected to…” syndrome.

Business/Finance / SciTech

Is It A Car? Is It A Network? No -- It’s Both

By Brian of London

If Israeli electric car company, Better Place, only gave the world an electric car that could switch an empty battery for a full one in five minutes that would have been enough! But Better Place is also the key to making renewable energy production practical all over the world. Dai aynu!

Israel / Middle East / Levant

As IAEA Fails, Lieberman Says: Israel Will Decide Whether to Bomb Iran

By Malkah Fleisher

As atomic energy watchdogs reported being denied access to critical Iranian nuclear facilities, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told reporters that Israel alone would make the decisions necessary for the security of its citizens.

Potpourri

Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation: Women Bettering The World For Other Women

By Sandy Eller

“Our goal is not to provide social services,” said Sara Gorfinkel, Director of Tikkun Olam and its only full time employee. “We focus on social change, so that women don’t get to the point where they require social services. We don’t want to fund programs that deal with victims of domestic abuse. We want to prevent domestic abuse before it ever happens.”

Analysis

Before The Deluge: Jews Of The Mediterranean Islands

By Ezra James Nollet

The stories in this column are translations by Mr. Nollet from Die Juden In Der Welt (The Jews in the World) by Mark Wischnitzer, a long out-of-print book published more than seven decades ago in Germany. The book examines Jewish communities, one country at a time, as they existed in 1935.

Moshe Feiglin

Moshe Feiglin: The Hay, The Straw, And The Redemption

By Moshe Feiglin

To my fellow Israelis, I say this: The door is open. Just start marching toward leadership, toward liberty, toward destiny. It is not easy, but it is doable. That is what we proved in these elections. The nation is waiting. It is yearning for a life of national meaning and anticipates your leadership.

Louis Rene Beres

Israel And A Palestinian State: A Look Behind The News (Second of Two Parts)

By Louis Rene Beres

In the strict Islamic view, not merely in the more narrowly Jihadi or Islamist perspectives, Israel must be seen as the individual Jew in macrocosm. The Jewish state must be despised on account of this relationship – that is, because of the allegedly “innate evil” of each individual Jew.

Op-Eds

New NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Tips Her Hand

By Jonathan S. Tobin

Incoming New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren has been exhibiting not only questionable judgment but also an overt bias against Israel even before she’s landed in the country.

Editorial

Division Over Iran?

By Editorial Board

It seems like only yesterday that the Obama administration missed no opportunity to declare its solidarity with Israel regarding the threat of a nuclear Iran.

News Briefs

Israel, UN, Worried about Growing Hizbollah Base in West Africa

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor warned the UN Security Council Tuesday that Hizbollah was increasing its power base in western Africa. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his own concern about dangerous ties between the Lebanese terror group and African crime organizations. Ambassador Prosor added: "Israel is particularly concerned over Hezbollah's use of the […]

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