By: Zalmi Unsdorfer Just like an office fire alarm, the Gaza flotilla affair sent thousands of Jews all over the word into a well-practiced drill. Stage One: rush to check out our own trusted websites for the truth. Stage Two: check e-mails incoming from friends, and all the links they’ve embedded to the precious few […]

A History of Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions By Erich Follath and Holger Stark Spiegel Online www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,701109,00.html In the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, the UN Security Council has imposed new sanctions. Is Iran truly building a nuclear bomb as Western countries claim? Or are countries playing up the dangers to bring Iran to its knees? SPIEGEL […]

Caroline Glick Israel is endangered today as it has never been before. The Turkish-Hamas flotilla two weeks ago precipitated a number of dangerous developments. Rather than attend to all of them, Israel’s leadership is devoting itself almost exclusively to contending with the least dangerous among them while ignoring the emerging threats with the potential to […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Hamas, Fatah, and the Islamic Movement are buying properties within Jerusalem city limits as part of the struggle for the future of Israel’s capital, says Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin. Diskin appeared at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee session this week to share his assessment. Fatah, Hamas, and the […]

By CAROLINE GLICK, The Jerusalem Post By backing the terrorist group against Israel, western countries are backing Hamas against Fatah and Islamist states against ME moderates. Since the navy’s May 31 takeover of the Turkish-Hamas flotilla, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his advisers have deliberated around the clock about how to contend with the US-led […]

By: Helen Freedman The May 9-17 AFSI Chizuk mission was another remarkable exploration into the enigmatic world of Israel. In that beautiful country live remarkable Jews who put their lives on the line every day. As Hizbullah in the north, Hamas in the south and the PA’s Fatah in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem threaten Israel, […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) The University of California at Irvine has suspended the Muslim Student Union for organizing a protest that stopped Michael Oren, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, from speaking in February. The Muslim group said it would appeal to the chancellor the decision by university officials, arguing that the punishment would […]

Knesset members submit bill that would see money owed to Palestinians handed over to Israelis hurt by settlement boycott Amnon Meranda Will Palestinian soon pay price for boycott? A new bill submitted by 25 Knesset members Wednesday would see money slated for transfer to the Palestinian Authority used to compensate Israelis hurt by the PA’s […]

By: Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis Date: Wednesday, June 09 2010 I am interrupting the sequence of my articles regarding questions posed by widows and widowers. B’Ezrat Hashem, I will continue that discussion in future columns. But for now, I feel compelled to address the tragic events that have once again unfolded in Eretz Yisrael. I would […]

By Louis René Beres After the Israeli Gaza Flotilla interdiction, it is difficult to understand the real difference between power and weakness. On the surface, at least in tangible military terms, Israel would appear to have had a determinative upper hand. In fact, the alleged plight of the flotilla passengers, however contrived, created an extended […]