My special connection to Mama Rachel
It all started from the time I was a little girl riding the bus back and forth from my hometown Efrat to Jerusalem and back. The days were pre Oslo Accords and the only...
Why the US really wants a Palestinian consulate in J’lem
The Biden administration is trying to partially undo one of Israel's greatest diplomatic achievements of recent decades – the recognition of Israel's sovereignty over all of Jerusalem by the US, followed by numerous other...
Yair Lapid’s foreign-policy follies
(JNS) When Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid received the mandate from then-President Reuven Rivlin to form a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was once again unable to form a parliamentary majority, he succeeded...
Movie review; Damascus cover at Netflix
The film, "Damascus Cover" represents a unique venture into the world of Middle East cinema reality,
Set as a spy thriller in Syria, with an Israeli agent on a mission for the Mossad. you cannot...
Somewhere over the rainbow
As we read in the Torah portion, Noach, the rainbow became a symbol that God would not destroy the world by flood again.
These days it has come to represent the kaleidoscope of humanity. For...
Two Arabs who beat rabbi in Jaffa riots handed community service sentences
Two Arabs convicted of beating a rabbi and a yeshiva director in an anti-Semitic attack will not spend any time in jail, but instead have been handed community service sentences of less than one...
Stockholm Syndrome Influences Academics
In 1995, Dr. Assaf David, a political scientist at the Hebrew University, then a soldier in the Israeli army, traveled to reach his military base on a bus in Jerusalem. Near Rene Cassin High...
Mainstream Democrats Introduce Bill Endangering Israel
This is not an "occupation." It is legitimate and entirely lawful self-defense. It would be a lie — a blood libel — for the United States to declare Gaza to be occupied territory.
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Democrats from the US at war with Israel
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) in his victorious campaign against incumbent Elliot Engle, Bowman, blasted Engel for his close relationship with Israel. In May 2021, he called for more restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel
Rep....