Why Lifting the Israeli ‘Occupation’ Won’t Stop Violence


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A commonsense consensus is emerging in the Jewish State.

The Anti-War/Anti-Semitic Defense Chief


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The disastrous nomination of Chuck Hagel.

The Naftali Bennett Phenomenon


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Changing the face of Israeli politics — and the future of the Mideast conflict.

National Jewish Democratic Council Refuses to Endorse Hagel


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The shorter version is, “Hagel may hate Jews, but put your faith in Barack Obama.” A question however arises. If Obama’s support for Israel is so unrivaled, why did he nominate a man that even the NJDC can’t bring itself to support?

No Hebrew, Please — This Is Europe


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Across a continent, Jews are being terrorized into hiding their identity.

The Real Mohamed Morsi


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A regime awaiting U.S. weapons has an Islamist leader who calls Israelis “bloodsuckers” and “the descendants of apes and pigs.”

A Rising Star in Israeli Politics


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Naftali Bennett gives anti-Oslo Israelis a voice.

Palestinian Authority Opens Special Housing Project for Terrorist Families


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It was generally considered to be a bad thing when Saddam Hussein made special payments to the families of terrorists. But Abbas does it all the time, even paying salaries to Hamas terrorists in prison, using American and European aid. But now the Palestinian Authority is rolling out a special housing project for them.

Young Israelis Increasingly Turning Right


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Current polling shows that the conservative Likud (think Republicans or Tories) has the support of 16 percent of Israelis aged 18-34. Bayit Yehudi/Jewish Home (think third party conservative split, e.g. Tea Party/UKIP) is close behind with 15 percent. And the Labor Party, (think Democrats/Labour) is a distant third with nine percent.

President Morsi Called for the Destruction of Israel and Terrorist Attacks on Jews Around the World


Egypt's Islamist President-elect Mohamed Mursi delivers a speech while surrounded by his body guards in Cairo's Tahrir Square

Morsi calls Jews the “descendants of apes and pigs”, a racist way that the Koran refers to Jews, taking this out of the realm of a foreign policy difference and into old-fashioned racism. This is not even about Israel, it’s about Jews, as becomes obvious when Morsi says, “They have been fanning the flames of civil strife wherever they were throughout history.”