Jerusalem Post, February 28, 2010 http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=169785 Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, Executive Director of “Second Thought” The findings of the February 19, 2010 Gallup poll put President Obama at odds with the US public, when it comes to attitudes toward the Jewish State, the Arab-Israeli conflict, Arabs, Muslims and Islamic terrorism. For example, Israel maintains its […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) ‘The Israeli Initiative,’ an Israeli non-governmental organization, called this week to close down refugee camps in Jerusalem. A recent decision regarding refugees living in South Africa sets a precedent allowing cities to shut down camps whose residents refuse to resettle, the group argues. City officials in Cape Town plan to clear […]

MEMRI Special Dispatch | No. 2825 | February 25, 2010 Syria/Iran On the eve of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Syria, set for February 25, 2010, during which he is to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash’al, the Syrian government daily Teshreen published […]

By: Editorial Board The tragic news of the deaths of Afghan civilians in the course of U.S. and NATO operations in Taliban strongholds brings into sharp focus the current controversy over the role of Israeli NGOs funded by the U.S.-based New Israel Fund. On Monday, a NATO air strike against suspected insurgents resulted in the […]

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israelnationalnews.com) A small group of left-wing Americans, some of whom call themselves Zionists, have launched a “Breaking the Law of Return” campaign, branding as “racist” the Israeli law that guarantees citizenship to Jews. More than 1,000 American Jews have backed the movement. American Jewry traditionally had been pro-Israel until peace movements […]

by Maayana Miskin (Israelnationalnews.com) Jewish and human rights groups are gearing up to counter “Israel Apartheid Week” events next week. “Apartheid Week” is an annual event organized on college campuses in the United States, Canada and elsewhere by extreme anti-Israel groups. The week-long event includes lectures and exhibits aimed at convincing students that Israel is […]

The latest “uproar” comes over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent claim that The Cave of Machpela in Hevron and Rachel’s Tomb outside Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) are part of Jewish Heritage. Oh…My…Gd!!!! How could he have done such a thing, just as we are on the verge of Peace with the “Palestinian Authority? Threat of a Religious […]

By CAROLINE GLICK 26/02/2010 To avoid Europe’s encroaching fate, Israel must abandon its current course. There is something pathetic about what passes as European foreign policy these days. Quite simply, more often than not, the concerted positions of the EU member nations have nothing to do with any of their national interests. Take the EU’s […]

The Global Islamic population is approximately 1,200,000,000; that is ONE BILLION TWO HUNDRED MILLION or 20% of the world’s population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1988 – Najib Mahfooz Peace: 1978 – Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1990 – Elias James Corey 1994 – Yaser Arafat: 1999 – Ahmed Zewai Economics: (zero) Physics: (zero) […]

Yoram Ettinger, February 25, 2010 Assembled from various Jewish Sages 1. Purim is the holiday of contradictions and tenacity-driven-optimism: Grief replaced by joy, Esther’s concealment replaced by the disclosure of her national/religious identity, Haman’s intended genocide of Jews replaced by redemption, Haman replaced by Mordechai, national and personal pessimism replaced by optimism. One of Purim’s […]