Monthly Archives: February 2016

At a time of deadlock in political negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the US, which donates $400 million to UNRWA each year- 33% of the UNRWA budget, can use its leverage to...

Over the past year the BBC has devoted considerable multi-platform coverage to the topic of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip with the main recurrent theme being the shortage of construction materials. Time and time...

Spread the Word! Israel Knesset Leader Dr. Aliza Lavie Interview Tuesday February 16, 2016 A.D. with Dr. Harper of the InterMountain Christian News regarding terrorism and other issues affecting Israel! Please see link below or...

For Abbas and the Palestinian leadership, the death of more than 170 Palestinians and 26 Israelis in the past five months occurred in the context of a "popular and peaceful uprising." One can only...

Current Middle East negotiations are based on "PLO principles", as elucidated in the US State Department link from February 2016:. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/02/252441.htm   Since the PLO has never changed its covenant of commitment for a full scale...

US Ambassador to the UN Dear Ambassador Power, Welcome to Jerusalem! At a time of continued deadlock in political negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, you can use thie leverage of the US, which donates $400...

On January 17, Morad Adais, a fifteen-year-old Palestinian, entered the settlement of Otniel, and stabbed to death Dafna Meir, Hy'd, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of four and foster mother of two other children under five....

As the Trudeau government continues to reverse foreign policy decisions of the Harper administration, questions are being raised whether that will include the resumption of funding for UNRWA, the UN agency that provides services...

Since 2002, I have been intimately involved with newolim, or new immigrants to Israel, from all over the world. Being a rabbi, I am naturally interested in their Jewish identity and spirituality. There are...

Head of the Israeli news agency "Makor Yisraeli", David Bedein, fiercely attacked the IDF Civil Administration as well as the Ministry of Education for allowing the distribution of schoolbooks that contain incitement against Jews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnP8fC3XyK0 "For...