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Opinion
As tensions with Iran and Hezbollah rise and a massive rocket assault becomes a question of when and not if, we must look with an open mind at the country’s level of readiness for conflict; listening to experts’ warnings could save many billions of dollars and many lives
Hamas, the Iranian-backed terrorist movement controlling the Gaza Strip, is often one of the first Palestinian groups to condemn Israel for demolishing homes of terrorists or Palestinian-owned houses built illegally in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
President Trump’s recent remark about Henry Ford’s “good bloodlines” has aroused curiosity and controversy.
That he remains in power despite the bitter campaign waged by the state prosecution, his political opposition and the media, speaks volumes about the public’s faith in their prime minister and lack of trust in the justice system.
Speaking under the pseudonym of “Ella,” a British woman reveals in graphic detail her story of being abducted by Muslim rapists.
Regardless of what our president thinks, “safety first” is challenging our habits, including that timeless habit of getting choice tickets for those crowded High Holiday services.
HRW has felt always uneasy addressing the issue from the left, reassured in the mistaken belief that once the Israeli “occupation” ends, then Muslim anti-Semitism will disappear as well.
By insincerely again declaring that he is withdrawing from agreements with Israel, the Palestinian Authority leader is helping to perpetuate the conflict.
Egyptian-Israeli relations are at their best level since the peace treaty was signed, mostly based on common security interests. But something can always go wrong.
The Palestinian president’s hollow rhetoric is hardly a reason to bury the government’s plan to apply Israeli law to the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria and to the Jordan Valley.
I am a very proud Jew who believes deeply in the mission and unique destiny of the Jewish People.
Calculating the benefits and risks of extending sovereignty to parts of the West Bank.
This generation’s major challenge is, how the Jewish people will achieve full integration of Judea and Samaria (the Biblical Heartland), into the modern State of Israel.
The obligation to return to the holy mountain is not only possible but demands to be fulfilled and rebuilt.
