Disneyland Theme Park… Coming Soon to Haifa, Israel
Haifa is poised to be the next home to a Disney amusement park. A 20-acre, $168 million entertainment complex including a 25-screen multiplex and a Disney amusement park is set to be built near the Carmel Tunnel. The Walt Disney Company’s investment arm Shamrock Holdings and the Israeli New Lineo cinema chain announced the plans […]
Netanyahu: Iran Has Been Unmasked
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu conducted on Tuesday his annual meeting with the international press. During his address, Netanyahu reviewed some of the main events which have taken place over the last year. He began by discussing Iran, describing 2009 as a year in which Iran was unmasked and adding that the unmasking continued in 2010. […]
The Links Between Economic Freedom and American Leadership in International Security
The 2011 Index of Economic Freedom is out, and the news is not good. For the second year in a row, America became less economically free. The U.S. is now just the ninth-freest economy in the world. The decline in the U.S. ranking was driven by skyrocketing government spending, new regulatory uncertainty associated with Obamacare, […]
No Debt Ceiling Raise Without Spending Cuts
On March 16, 2006, when our national debt stood at $8.27 trillion, a young Senator from Illinois announced his intention to vote against raising our nation’s debt ceiling to $9 trillion, explaining: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means that “the […]
Huckabee Leads in First GOP State Nominations for President
Solidly pro-Israel Mike Huckabee leads the polls for the Iowa caucus nomination of a Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election. A survey by Public Policy Polling (PPP), which has connections with national Democrats, released a poll Tuesday that shows the former Arkansas governor, now living in Florida, a clear favorite in the Iowa caucus, […]
Video: Soccer and Dirty Language on the Temple Mount
A new video which was recently posted to YouTube depicts Arabs playing soccer on the Temple Mount, the Jewish people’s holiest site as it is the place upon which stood the First and Second Holy Temples. The First Holy Temple was built by King Solomon as recounted in the Book of Kings and was destroyed […]
Analysis: Portugal the Next Financial Domino
Once upon a time there were five European PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) who were considered to be living in a financial structure made out of straw or wood. Along came the big bad credit markets that threatened to collapse that threatened financial structure by making debt refinancing too prohibitive. The more responsible […]
Debt-Ridden Spain Pays for PA’s ‘Boycott Israel’ Ads
The Palestinian Authority is running a television ad calling on Arab children to boycott all Israeli goods. The ad is the latest step in a campaign that began with a boycott of goods produced by Jews living in Judea and Samaria. In the PA ad, translated by Palestinian Media Watch, a young boy walks into […]
Half of All States Now Suing to Stop Obamacare
If it is allowed to be implemented, Obamacare will eventually do deep and irreparable harm to our nation’s budget deficit. But while Obamacare is more of a long-term threat to fiscal health at the federal level, it is a clear and present danger to the states. Of the 34 million Americans who gain health insurance […]
Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin
On November 5, 2009, Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire at a troop readiness center in Ft. Hood, Texas, killing 13 people. Within hours of the killings, the world knew that Hasan reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar!” before he began shooting, visited websites associated with Islamist violence, wrote Internet postings justifying Muslim suicide bombings, considered U.S. forces […]
Dont Give a Fig for Turkey on Tu B’Shvat
You bought from Turkey, you financed the next flotilla,” says a group that will launch a campaign on Thursday against buying fruits, especially figs, from Turkey for the upcoming Tu B’Shvat holiday. Almost all of the figs in Israel are imported, creating a problem for Jews who want to keep the holiday Zionist and also […]
