The left which deploys names like Israel Firsters is certainly not calling for neutrality in the conflict, rather it would like us to side with the Muslim Brotherhood and the assorted Islamic terrorists scattered throughout the region. Arguably the United States has been doing this for some time already.
In The Audacity of Hope, a book title taken from a sermon of his vilely Anti-Semitic former Black Muslim mentor, Obama wrote, "I will stand with the Muslims." And he has done it. More
Syrian officers visit Russian aircraft carrier in Tartus portIn confidential conversations with his advisers, Syrian President Bashar Assad is reported by Persian Gulf sources Tuesday, Jan. 31 to have threatened to start up armed hostilities in the region if the UN Security Council Tuesday night endorses the Arab League proposal for him to step down and hand power to his deputy.
Those sources told DEBKAfile that the heads of the Syrian armed forces and intelligence have been given their orders and some units are on the ready. Other Middle East sources reported that the Lebanese Hizballah has also shown signs of military preparations in the last few hours. And the Russian flotilla berthed at the Syrian port of Tartus, led by the Admiral Kutznetsov aircraft carrier, also appears to be on the alert for ructions in the wake of the Security Council Syria session. More
To date, the Republican presidential primary race has been the only place to have generated any useful contributions to America's collective understanding of current events in the Middle East. Last month, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich became the first major political figure in more than a generation to pour cold water over the Palestinian myth of indigenous peoplehood by stating the truth, that the Palestinians are an "invented people."
As Gingrich explained, their invention came in response to Zionism, the Jewish national liberation movement. Since they were created somewhere around 1920, the Palestinians' main purpose has not been the establishment of a Palestinian state but the obliteration of the Jewish state. More
Israel does not demand sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and for all practical purposes cedes this sovereignty, according to a report in the daily Maariv about ongoing talks in Jordan between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA).
According to the paper's senior political writer, Ben Kaspit, the Prime Minister's emissary, Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, said at the talks that Israel does not demand sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and will be content with strict security arrangements along the Jordan River.
In a speech in the Knesset last year, Netanyahu laid out his principles for peace and security and did not include the traditional Israeli demand for sovereignty along the Jordan River. More
Netanyahu needs to be replaced with someone who does not want to divide the land and give away Judea and Samaria.
Primary could be marred by political deals; Netanyahu allied concerned Feiglin supporters could outnumber the rest of Capitals' Likud members
No Manhigut Yehudit members from Jerusalem were elected to the central committee the last time an election was held for the committee nearly a decade ago, due to deals that were made and broken. This time, Feiglin’s supporters have made sure they will be well represented. More
Netanyahu needs competition for wanting to destroy Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria. He is turning more and more to the left.
We must hope that world Jewry will recognize today that the fate of the Jewish people in Israel and throughout the world is indivisible and rally to Israel’s side whatever the social cost of doing so. But even if they do not recognize this basic truth, the imperatives of Zionism, of the Jewish people, remain in place.
In a speech this week at the Knesset, Netanyahu explained the different lessons the Holocaust teaches the international community on the one hand, and the Jews on the other.
As far as its universal lessons are concerned, Netanyahu said, “The lesson is that the countries of the world must be woken up, as much as possible, so that they can organize against such crimes.
The lesson is that the broadest possible alliances must be forged in order to act against this threat before it is too late.” More
Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal arrived in Jordan on Sunday accompanied by the Qatari heir-apparent Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The two were met at the Amman airport by an official Jordanian delegation headed by Crown Prince Hussein, King Abdullah II's son. Mashaal later met the King in his palace.
This is Mashaal's first official visit in Jordan as leader of the Hamas organization, which was banished from the Hashemite Kingdom in 1999. He escaped a Mossad assassination attempt in 1997. His recent trips to Jordan were under personal circumstances. More
Feiglin noting that while Netanyahu publicly promised to protect the settlements, he was busy intimidating fellow Likud ministers to vote against a new law that would make it illegal to uproot most Jewish communities.
Authored by minister Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home Party), the "Outpost Law" would prevent the forced evacuation of any Jewish settlement that had been in existence for at least four years and was inhabited by at least 20 families. Those conditions would retroactively legalize a large number of "illegal outposts" - small Jewish communities, many of which were established with government backing, but which lacked official authorization by the Defense Ministry. More
A hurried decision not to de-commission the USS Ponce helicopter marine carrier after duty in Libya - but to refit it for deployment by May in the Persian Gulf as a floating base for commando teams - was confirmed by the US Pentagon and Navy Sunday, Dec. 29. This transportable floating base will expand the commandos' range in coastal areas, support counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats. DEBKAfile reports Tehran operates four different kinds of these craft in the Persian Gulf: More
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem Ps. 122:6 “The road map to peace
only moves in one direction and that direction is from the West Bank to
the Mediterranean Sea. The only thing in the way is Israel.” Anyone who doesn't recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel does not recognize the State of Israel.
