Just days ahead of Netanyahu-Obama meeting, builders start 20 Jewish homes in east Jerusalem Ronen Medzini Construction in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah began Sunday, just a few days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with the US president. The controversial construction plans, set at the site of the Shepherd […]

by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) Arabs in Shiloach (Silwan) near the Kotel in Jerusalem went on a rampage Sunday evening. At least two hundred Arabs hurled fire bombs, fireworks and rocks at security guards stationed at Beit HaDvash in the neighborhood, and at dozens of policemen and Border Police who came to restore order. Three homes […]

by Dexter Van Zile The Methodist Church of Great Britain is currently holding its annual conference in Portsmouth, England. At the conference, which began on June 24, 2010, delegates will vote on a report about the Arab-Israeli conflict titled “Justice for Palestine and Israel.” The 50-plus page report calls on Methodists in Great Britain to […]

Anger over Gaza is a distraction. We cannot forget that Israel is the West’s best ally in a turbulent region By Jose Maria Aznar For far too long now it has been unfashionable in Europe to speak up for Israel. In the wake of the recent incident on board a ship full of anti-Israeli activists […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) A Jewish dance group was attacked in Germany last Saturday while performing during a street festival in Hanover. The incident led to discussion this week of the phenomenon of anti-Semitism among immigrant youth. Members of the Haverim dance group were pelted with stones as they took the stage. One dancer was […]

Yale historian Kagan: Appeasement always fails Although the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) understands the enormous international pressure placed on the Israeli government, we nonetheless voice our concern over an Israeli government decision to engage in appeasement by easing its legal blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. The ZOA sees such concessions to international pressure as rewarding […]

By: Aaron Klein The U.S. extracted concessions from Israel in exchange for American opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel’s commando raid of a flotilla earlier this month that resulted in the deaths of nine violent activists, this column has learned. Separately, an official from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) A demographic study in Israel analyzing the past 15 years shows a dramatic drop in Arab births per woman, a rise in births among secular Jewish women, and a continued very high rate among religious Jewish women. Dr. Adam Reuter, writing on Arutz-7’s Hebrew site, presents a set of statistics showing […]

By GIL HOFFMAN The Jerusalem Post 06/22/2010 22:01 www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=179209 Michael Oren claims Pollard didn’t act as Israeli agent. Jonathan Pollard acted as an agent of the State of Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in reaction to a comment from Israeli ambassador to Washington Michael Oren that was interpreted as suggesting otherwise. Pollard is […]

by Malkah Fleisher (Israelnationalnews.com) In an attempt to reverse a worrying trend of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the Netherlands, Dutch police may begin going undercover as Jews. Amsterdam and Rotterdam have become hotbeds of anti-Semitic activity, with members of the Jewish communities there being verbally attacked, bombarded with anti-Semitic e-mail, and confronted with Hitler salutes. […]