by Gil Ronen (Israelnationalnews.com) The US is considering abstaining if the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution against Israeli construction in eastern Jerusalem, the BBC reported Sunday. For decades, Israel has depended on the US to veto UNSC resolutions aimed against it. A change in this US policy could be very perilous for […]

Tell Nordstorm to Continue Selling Beauty Products from the Holy Land The radical group CODEPINK: Women for Peace (sic) has targeted Nordstrom, and is asking people to send e-mails calling for Nordstrom to boycott Ahava products. You can e-mail the same people at Nordstrom saying how disappointed you would be if they listened to these […]

By Caroline B. Glick The Jerusalem Post www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=171861 As the local and international press corps converged on Jerusalem’s Old City to cover the Arab riots at the Temple Mount two weeks ago, little mention was made of the fact that Jerusalem was not the only flashpoint. In Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israeli Arab rioters supported by far-left […]

A piece of paper will not bring peace to the Middle East BY Elliott Abrams, Weekly Standard Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration. Since the Oslo Accords of 1993, 17 years of efforts under three American presidents and six Israeli prime […]

by David Lev (Israelnationalnews.com) The home of Major Eliraz Peretz, who was killed Friday when his IDF unit pursued a gang of terrorists into the Gaza region, is set to be demolished by May 1 at the latest, thanks to an order by the High Court which gave the state a deadline for carrying out […]

Netanyahu Can Say “No,” by Prof. Efraim Inbar The Israeli interest in keeping Jerusalem united is more intense than the Obama desire for a foreign policy success. Efraim Inbar BESA Center Perspectives Papers No. 103, March 25, 2010 www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/perspectives103.html EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Obama administration’s attempt to force Israel to accept the division of Jerusalem as […]

Letter to the Editor The Wall Street Journal Charles Levinson’s article, “Israeli Plans Add to Tension With U.S” (March 25) makes a serious error in referring to “Palestinian East Jerusalem” and the “Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem. ” Jerusalem is NOT a divided city, but was unified in 1967 when Israel won its defensive war […]

Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought” Ynet, March 25, 2010 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3867836,00.html Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, exposed worrisome aspects of President Obama’s policy toward Jerusalem in particular and toward Israel in general, during her March 22, 2010 AIPAC speech. Clinton ignored the Texas colloquialism: “The first thing to do, if you find yourself in a deep hole, […]

J Post blog Posted by Ed Koch I consider the Obama administration’s recent actions against the Israeli government to be outrageous and a breach of trust. I refer to the denunciations by Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other administration officials. The world knows what happened; nevertheless, I will try to […]

by Hillel Fendel (Israelnationalnews.com) The three prize-winners of the annual Moskowitz Prize for Zionism have been announced: Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, Anita Tucker, and Brig.-Gen. (res.) Aharon Davidi. The Moskowitz Prize for Zionism, founded by Dr. Irving Moskowitz and Cherna Moskowitz, was first awarded in 2008. It was established in recognition of the people who put […]