Running for cover

Pick one of these definitions, and you will have a perfect explanation of current developments. “Attempt to guard yourself from a bad situation or from being criticised.” “Attempt to avoid the fallout from some negative outcome...

A Nigun in My heart

Writing this  a few days after the yaarzeit of my friend and teacher Elchonon Devor.  Sitting  at my desk in Jerusalem , in  awe of a man whose modesty encompassed him. There is a smile on...

Between the lines

The definition of reading between the lines is “to understand what someone really means or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly.” The ability to discern what someone...

Terrorists trained by Israel unleashed against Israel

This week, the PSF unleashed terrorists trained by Israel, against Israel.   Our study of the PSF, commissioned in 2009  by the Middle East Forum, warned of this  scenario.   For 13 years, COGAT has refused to discuss the...

From Iran to teachers on strike: A week of deals concerning Israel

Yaakov and Lahav discuss all the deals that are concerning Israel right now, from the teachers union striking and concerns that the will not reach an agreement with the Education Ministry before September 1,...

A mass murderer of Jews goes to Berlin

Eighty-one years after the Mufti of Jerusalem visited Hitler and asked him to kill all the Jews, Mahmoud Abbas, his current successor as leader of the Palestinian cause, arrived in Berlin. At a press conference...

Preparedness for land warfare remains crucial, think tank tells president

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs on Thursday presented President Isaac Herzog with a treatise on threats posed to Israel. "The latest Israeli clashes in the Gaza Strip with Palestinian terror organizations have created an...

PFLP Ties of the Six Designated Terror NGOs

On October 22, 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Defense designated six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations.  According to the Ministry of Defense, Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Al-Haq, Addameer, Union...

Interfaith peace dialogue is branded a ‘Zionist plot’ by anti-Israel group

A group that organises popular anti-Israel demonstrations has attacked interfaith dialogue, claiming it is a covert Zionist strategy to cover up Israeli “apartheid”, the JC has learned. The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) — which...

Blowin’ in the wind

Readers of a certain vintage will remember this popular song released in 1963 and top of the hit parade for some time. One definition I came across explained that “blowing in the wind” means “to...