Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Wikimedia, Jonathan Rashad Protesters in Egypt’s Tahrir Square celebrate upon hearing of President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, February 2011. {Originally posted to the JCPA website} The Disintegration of the Middle East Nation-States In a few weeks, the so-called “Arab Spring” will be entering its tenth year, bringing with it a factionalized Middle East, a […]

Photo Credit: Leon Charney Resolution Center on YouTube, Screenshot Professor Amiram Goldblum The first petition with Israel’s High Court of Justice in 2020 was filed last week by Im Tirtzu, which calls itself a “Zionist watchdog,” against Hebrew University chemistry professor Amiram Goldblum, who, back in May 2019, called their activists “Nazi dogs.” He also […]

Photo Credit: Amir Levy/Flash90 Saeb Erekat Over 130 “Palestinian NGOs” have refused to sign a grant request from the European Union (EU) which stipulates that beneficiaries must refrain from transferring any aid from the EU to terrorist groups, a demand a top Palestinian Authority official says “directly affect the Palestinian right to self-determination.” Saeb Erekat, […]

Photo Credit: Dimitri Rodriguez via FlickrDimitri Rodriguez via Flickr Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is laboring to position herself at the helm of the anti-war against Iran forces, and this weekend responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to level 52 Iranian sites should the Islamic Republic attack American assets in the Middle […]

Photo Credit: Pinterest Jews like Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (pictured above with the beard) marched with Martin Luther King Jr. on the road to civil rights. Rev.King marched with the Jews on the road to a secure Israel. {Originally posted to The Lid website} Many of the recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New […]

Photo Credit: Flash90 Blue&White chairman Benny Gantz, January 1, 2020. MK Avi Nissenkorn (Blue&White), chairman of the Arrangements Committee, is meeting with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) at noon Wednesday to obtain his consent to form the Knesset Committee, despite the fact that the Knesset was dispersed last month. The move is intended to allow […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I just acquired a pair of extraordinarily rare prayer books published in New York in 1860 that offer insight on the wave of change that overcame American Jewry at this time. Titled Seder Tephilah: The Order of Prayer for Divine Service, and based on Leo Merzbacher’s German siddurim, it was the […]

Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Guerra President Donald J. Trump {Originally posted to the BESA website} “Trumpism” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Trumpism is a phenomenon of unprecedented populist presidential behavior. Trump is the least presidential president in modern history. […]

Photo Credit: Mass Comm. Spec. 2nd Class Zachary A. Anderson / US Navy USS Bataan amphibious assault ship sails the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 23 2019 President Donald Trump may be losing his patience, or at the very least, becoming somewhat exasperated with the attitude of the Iranian government, which has turned away two separate attempts […]

Photo Credit: Peter Rimar / Wikimedia Sign in Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraq (April 2004) The Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia has warned Iraqi military personnel to stay away from Americans, beginning on Sunday evening. The militia told the Iraqis to remain at a minimum distance of one kilometer from US personnel stationed in Iraq, beginning from […]