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Category Archives: Israel
More Christians Support Israel Than Do Jews
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed writes: In recent times we have witnessed increasing support for Israel on the part of evangelical Christians. They view the establishment of the State of Israel as the miraculous fulfillment of the vision of the biblical prophets. … Continue reading
Should We Execute Terrorists On The Spot?
Steven Plaut writes for The Jewish Press: It is perhaps the ultimate irony that the Bus 300 affair recently popped up again in the Israeli media just days after the al-Qaeda terrorist with the U.S. passport, Anwar al-Awlaki, was liquidated … Continue reading
Gilad Shalit Is Not Free
Rabbi Rabbs posts on his FB: Gilad Shalit is not free. His release cost the steep price of 1000 murderers, and taught terrorists a valuable lesson that kidnapping pays well, and that future kidnappings should be encouraged. In the words … Continue reading
Is Israel A Racist State?
A caller to Dennis Prager’s radio show Friday said that Israel has more than a million Arab citizens while the Palestinian prime minister wants to establish a state with not one Jew allowed. Why isn’t this guy called a racist? … Continue reading
VIDEO: Zuhdi Jasser on how to separate mosque and state in the Arab Spring
Stephen Steinlight emails: See video. This is the courageous man all Americans, especially Americans who are Jews, need to support in the battle against the Jihadists within the United States. The fact is the “problem” we confront is Islam, classic … Continue reading
Israel Important To American Voters
Stephen Steinlight emails: Thank God for the American people. Ordinary American Christians are Israel’s firewall. Politically correct Jews (at least the shrinking cohort that retains a scintilla of concern for Israel) and who enjoy caricaturing Evangelicals and other people of … Continue reading
Who’s Isolated? Israel or Turkey?
Stephen Steinlight emails: An obstreperous Turkey aching for lost Ottoman glory led by the power-mad, dyspeptic and obnoxious big mouth Erdogan and his Islamist party fantasize about regional hegemony and see Israel as “isolated.” But who is really isolated? Take … Continue reading
A Palestinian State
Stephen Steinlight emails: I recommend this piece. The truth, as anyone with even a smidgeon of historical knowledge of the conflict knows, is for the Palestinian leadership the goal has never been primarily a Palestinian state. The goal has been … Continue reading