By: Louis Rene Beres Current news about Israel’s interdiction of the Gaza flotilla centers entirely on more or less pertinent operational and legal details. It is also important, however, to look beyond this particular event and toward the more critical underlying issue of a Palestinian state. To be sure, once such a state was established, […]

Tammuz 10, 5770, 22 June 10 11:28 by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) Israel successfully launched the ”Ofek 9” military spy satellite late Tuesday night from the Palmakhim base in central Israel, and the Defense Ministry said all systems are working. “Right now, it’s giving a pulse, and we assume it has opened its solar panels, […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his colleagues are doing their best to put a pretty face on an ugly situation. After nearly three weeks of deliberations, Netanyahu and his government caved in to massive US pressure to ease, if not end, Israel’s blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. On Sunday the government announced that all economic sanctions […]

Recent developments highlight support for Israel in US Congress, public Yoram Ettinger The sweeping Capitol Hill support for the Jewish state is a rare bi-partisan consensus during the current US political polarization. The active role played by Democratic leaders in the pro-Israel display, exposes the significant gap between President Obama’s and Congress’ attitudes toward Israel. […]

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NationalCouncilofYou/90fd0080b3/bbdc42fbe4/25b4d47452/utm_content=danceordie53@aol.com&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Less than 10 Days before a Yeshiva Will Be Destroyed By Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President, National Council of Young Israel, execvp@youngisrael.org Dear Fellow Jews: We cannot let a yeshiva/shul in Israel be destroyed. Allow me to explain. The following article appeared on Arutz Sheva news on Sunday, May 9, 2010: The IDF’s Civilian […]

This year Tisha B’Av (July 19 and 20), when we commemorate the destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples in Jerusalem, we also mark another tragedy for Israel – the 5th year since the destruction of 21 Gush Katif/Gaza, and 4 northern Shomron communities. The destruction and expulsion of over 10,000 Jews from religious and […]

Senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath – considered a “moderate” – speaking on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah, which controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) last week said that Hamas, the genocide-seeking terrorist group that has controlled Gaza since violently seizing the territory in 2007, need not recognize Israel, nor stop murdering Jews in Israel, nor meet […]

In a powerful article in today’s Times of London, Jose Maria Aznar, the President of Spain from 1996-2004) provides a rousing and eloquent defense of the State of Israel. Aznar also uses this opportunity to announce the launch of his new organization “Friends of Israel” composed primarily on non-Jewish Europeans and Americans. President Aznar is […]

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor The trusty folks at CAMERA have assembled a handy guide to the falsehoods and facts surrounding the Gaza flotilla. Some salient excerpts: Falsehood: The purpose of the anti-Israel activists’ trip to Gaza was to deliver essential humanitarian aid to Palestinians. Fact: Organizers of the trip have themselves made clear this […]

[Pollard compares Jewish American efforts for Rubashkin and Grossman to those for Pollard] Hamodia Editorial: That None Be Forgotten Justice4JPnews – June 20, 2010 J4JP Prefacing Comment: The editorial below which recently ran in Hamodia is a deeply principled statement and a welcome change – albeit with one fatal flaw. While we applaud the editorial’s […]