The Temple Mount in the CrossHairs!
Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, went up to the Temple Mount this Tuesday, January 3rd. This happens to be the fast of Tevet remembering the commencement of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in 588 BCE. Whether Itamar Ben Gvir intended it or not, his ascent to the Mount sent […]
Continue readingThe Abraham Accords are a joke!
Every Arab signatory to the Abraham Accords, consisting of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco, voted unanimously to condemn Israel for occupying Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. The resolution was taken on December 30, 2022, requesting the International Court of Justice to investigate the so-called occupation. This vote followed an earlier resolution […]
Continue readingIsrael has a new government. Where to from here?
Israel’s new government was sworn in this Thursday, 29th of December, to the howls of illegitimacy from the spurned left. Media, politicians and interest groups made their feelings loud and clear. They will never accept the legitimate democratic handover of power to the most authentic Jewish government in the last 74 years. Every calumny has […]
Continue readingBiden administration threatens Netanyahu over the new government.
President Biden has made it clear that his administration will hold Israel’s Prime Minister-elect, Binyamin Netanyahu, personally responsible for his ministers’ actions, particularly when they may infringe on a future Palestinian State. On the surface, rational thought would demand Israel exercise a single fixed objective of its own preservation while not cultivating enemies and irritating […]
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When the Dreamers take control, the Realists show contempt.
In this Shabbat, we will read Parshat Vayeshev, where we see Yosef’s brothers mock him for dreaming of realities they could not comprehend in their worldview. “And they said one unto the other, ‘Behold the dreamer cometh….’ ” Bereshit (Genesis) 37:19. It strikes me that today we see the same inability of some Jews to […]
Continue readingHow much Blood is too much Blood?
The Jewish State has lost 27 Israeli civilians to Arab nationalist violence so far in 2022, not counting the three soldiers and one police officer murdered defending Israel. They join the other 28,000+ Jews killed in Israel since the restoration of the Jewish Commonwealth in 1948. The question that needs to be asked is how […]
Continue readingDonald Trump is right about one thing America’s Jewish Leaders do lack Loyalty.
For the second time, Donald Trump accused America’s Jewish leaders of disloyalty. The first time was in 2019, during the last days of his Presidency, when he said US Jews were disloyal to Israel and that any Jew who votes for a Democrat shows “a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.” Now he has […]
Continue readingThe Temple Mount a Question of Sovereignty.
As the new Netanyahu government moves one more step towards taking over the reins of power, the Left and its fellow travellers are beating the drum over perceived or imagined tensions on the Temple Mount. They accuse the Religious Zionists within the incoming government of fermenting violence and discord amongst the Arab nationalists by threatening […]
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