Kiddush Hashem in the Streets of Jerusalem
Last Wednesday, we experienced an extraordinary Kiddush Hashem (sanctification of G-d's name) when an Arab murderer armed with a huge bulldozer went on a rampage on the streets of Jerusalem. He flattened occupied cars,...
Iran’s War: A Prelude to the Spanish Civil War
Think again.
"This is more like the Spanish Civil War," says Daniel Seaman, an Israeli government spokesman. "What we are seeing is a series of conflicts that foreshadow a future world conflict, just as the...
Sderot Challenge
Many countries' responses and reactions to the current fighting of the Arab-Israeli conflict are more or less to condemn Israel's military actions inside the Gaza Strip. These responses paint the picture that the only...
Our World: Tzipi Livni and us
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is an interesting case study in how a public image can trump professional competence in Israeli politics.
Livni was brought into politics by then prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in 1999. The...
The Million Person Gap: A Critical Look at Palestinian Demography
Executive Summary: Population statistics and predictions of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) are unreliable. A BESA study that subjects Palestinian demography to rigorous analysis shows that the 2004 Palestinian population of the...
Official PLO news agency features study denying Jewish right to Western Wall
With thanks to imra@netvision.net.il for locating this source
"Nor can any Muslim or Arab or Palestinian, and for whatever reason, give up
a single stone or corn dust from the Wailing Wall or other holy places,
because...
Financing the flames from a mobile home in Florida
http://www.timesofisrael.com/financing-the-flames-from-a-mobile-home-in-florida/
Illustrative photo of Palestinian and foreign activists during a 2010 protest against the security barrier at the West Bank village of Bil'in, near Ramallah (photo credit: Issam Rimawi / Flash90)
A regular feature of West...
Al-Ahram: Netanyahu, Negotiations, and More
The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly, during July, 1998
Why is Netanyahu So Popular
by Mohamed Sid-Ahmed
Excerpts
A nagging question that refuses to go away is...
Young Jews Turning On Israel Again?
In a continuation of a small but troubling trend that was revealed last year, young diaspora Jews again are using popular youth programs like birthright israel and college fellowships as a vehicle to volunteer...
Terrorist Incidents against Jewish Communities and Israeli Citizens Abroad, 1968-2010
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=3&DBID=
1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=624&PID=0&IID=8920&TTL=Terrorist_Incidents_
against_Jewish_Communities_and_Israeli_Citizens_Abroad,_1968-2010
â— The phenomenon of terrorism against Jewish communities and Israeli targets abroad represents the most violent aspect of contemporary anti-Semitism, and the greatest physical danger to Diaspora Jewish communities. The rational calculations of political...