The Associated Press reported yesterday that “cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.” The article goes on to report that while the rest of the public is still subject to either a […]
American pro-Israel activists are planning a massive national “Buy Israel Goods (BIG)” campaign next Tuesday and hope it will continue every day. The www.BuyIsraelGoods.org website includes a locator for finding stores in different areas that carry Israeli products. Previous “buy-cotts” in the United States and Canada have been highly successful, leaving many stores with empty […]
Once again, the issue of Israeli building in Jerusalem is making headlines threatening a full-blown crisis. But just how accurate are those headlines? Settlements are not a consensus issue both within and outside of Israel. However, it is incumbent upon the media to present the facts and the necessary context in order for readers to […]
The United States says the new Golan-Jerusalem referndum law is an Israeli issue, and it declined to comment on it despite criticism from the Arab world . The law blocks any surrender of United Jerusalem or the strategic Golan Heights without approval by the public in a referendum. Asked if the Obama administration is “concerned” […]
Jews finally moved into a home in Jerusalem on Tuesday with help from the police after a court ordered Arab squatters to leave. The building is located in Jabal Mukaber, located near the Old City that is already home to several Jewish families and in part of the capital where the Palestinian Authority claims sovereignty. […]
The United States may have created a Frankenstein in the Palestinian Authority, which human rights groups fear is using U.S.-trained forces to build a police state. “I feel real concern that we are reaching the level of a police state,” according to Ramallah-based human rights group director Shawan Jabarin, quoted by the Financial Times. The […]
The United Nations Human Rights Council this month adopted nine resolutions against Israel. The United States opposed nothing. The Council, engaged in a “universal periodic review” of human rights protection in Lebanon, was examining a report by that country which expressed its objections to “the establishment of the Zionist entity on Palestinian territory.” Every United […]
The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo prisoner ended as a failure Wednesday with the stunning acquittal of an accused Al Qaeda terrorist on all but a single count, he was one count away from being let free to walk. A federal jury convicted Ahmed Ghailani, 36, on one count of conspiring to destroy U.S. […]
It’s a case of history repeating itself – at least partially. Archaeologists who have been helping to prepare an area in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City for construction of a mikveh (ritual bath) were stunned to discover that the exact same spot had been used for bathing purposes thousands of years ago. They uncovered […]
by Elad Benari Following last week’s midterm elections in the United States in which his Democratic party lost its majority in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama seems to be once again reaching out to the Muslim community. In a speech he gave on Wednesday during his official visit to Indonesia, Obama emphasized that […]
