Did Jews Abandon the Temple Mount?
http://www.meforum.org/3556/temple-mount
Stones from the destroyed temple can be seen here. Contrary to what many believe, Jews did not abandon the Temple Mount after the temple's actual destruction in 70 C.E. There is even evidence that...
U.S. Vote on Palestinian Refugees Raises Discomfort in Israel
The United States' vote to abstain earlier this month on a draft United Nations resolution involving Palestinian refugees and their descendants set off discomfort in Israel over Washington's policy regarding one of the most sensitive topics...
US State Department Official William Burns
Assistant Secretary of State William Burns, under fire from conservatives for recent remarks in Jerusalem that disparaged the president and his supporters, has a history of cozying up to radical Muslims who oppose peaceful...
“If I were 25, I’d be in Gaza with a gun in the IDF”
International jurist and veteran and highly esteemed law professor Alan Dershowitz has already seen some tough cases in his life. As an expert in criminal law, he has acted for the defense in some...
Actual facts about Israel and Gaza
"My mind is made up--don't confuse me with facts."
I know that's the way antisocial media works, but it you're interested in facts about the Israel-Gaza situation, read on. If not, well, you can also...
The Geography of Iranian Power by Robert D. Kaplan
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/geography-iranian-power-robert-d-kaplan
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Robert D. Kaplan's new book, The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate , which will be...
Rights Spelled Clear
http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/2012/12/6/december-6-2012-rights-spelled-clear.html
As promised, a different sort of posting here: legal and historical background that is essential to understanding Jewish rights in the land.
This review will be succinct, with links to informational sites for those who...
What Wingate Wrought
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-wingate-wrought_690836.html?nopager=1
Everyone still remembers T. E. Lawrence, if only because of David Lean’s magnificent movieLawrence of Arabia and Lawrence’s own literary masterpiece,Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet far fewer remember Lawrence’s distant cousin, the British Army officer...
HU Armenian Studies Department Holds Armenian Genocide Memorial Event
Professor Michael E. Stone, head of the Hebrew University Armenian Studies Program, chaired a somber event at The Hebrew University to mark 89 years since the genocide of the Armenian people in Turkey. The...
The launching of IED balloons from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory
During the first half of January 2020 a decision was made in the Gaza Strip to renew the launching of balloons, which had stopped in March 2019. Since the decision was put into practice...