By Giulio Meotti.. The Vatican has taken off its gloves, and is welcoming the Society of St Pius.
The controversy began on Jan. 21, 2009, when Pope Benedict revoked the excommunication of four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. “I think that 200,000 to 300,000 Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but that none of them via gas chambers,” one of the Bishops, Richard Williamson, declared a few days later. (more…)
I attended ECI (European Coalition for Israel) conference held in Brussels in January 2010. These are my notes of the meeting. They are even more relevant today, so I thought it would be a good idea to republish them. Islam is threatening not only Israel but the whole Western world. The main message that stuck in my mind is the need to pour out our hearts and lives in love for all Muslims, while at the same time fighting a spiritual battle against the religion of Islam. (more…)
By Giulio Meotti.. The United Methodist Church is the major mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Rick Perry, to name just a few, are all Methodists.
During its General Conference in late April in Tampa, Florida, the Church will discuss some divestment proposals targeting companies that profit from Israel’s “occupation”, such as Motorola, Caterpillar and Hewlett Packard. The Methodists boycott no other country. But they loudly proclaim a radical anti-Israel policy. (more…)
By Shalom TV.. As world attention remains focused on a possible Israeli military strike against Iran, Jerusalem Post Columnist Isi Leibler reflects upon how Israelis feel about launching a pre-emptive strike and discuses whether Israel needs prior US consent. Rabbi Mark Golub, the head of Shalom TV, skillfully covers the complexities and high stakes of an Israeli attack on Iran. (more…)
By Mark D. Tooley.. British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks visited with Pope Benedict XVI last month in Rome and defended Europe’s Judeo-Christian heritage, including the “religious roots of the market economy and of democratic capitalism.” In a speech there, he urged that Jews and Christians to work together to “help Europe recover its soul.” (more…)
What is the significance of the State of Israel for a Jew today? We talked about this with Rabbi David Brodman and asked him about his vision of Israel, the people, the land and the state. Brodman is a rabbi in Savion, near Tel Aviv. This is a region which itself has strong ties to Zionist and Biblical history. (more…)
By John Perazzo.. At first blush, the suggestion that a Nobel Peace Prize winner would have anything in common with a pack of unabashed, poison-tongued Jew-haters seems preposterous. But Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, who in 1984 won the coveted Nobel award for his campaign against apartheid in that country, is today one of the most celebrated supporters of the “Divest from Israel” movement. Particularly widespread on university campuses across America, this movement routinely offers a high-visibility propaganda forum for some of the most rabid, combative anti-Semites of our time. (more…)
By Yochanan Visser.. The Israeli sea resort Eilat has always been an oasis of rest in a turbulent area. However, after Egyptians staged multiplied terror attacks in August last year, the situation in the area of Eilat has changed dramatically. This report deals with the fall out of that terror attack, together with the additional problem of the continuous influx of African refugees or infiltrators into Eilat. Most of those refugees are from Sudan and many have been subject to torture and robbery in Egypt, whilst on their journey to Israel. There they found out that life is not easy but at least safer and better than at home. (more…)
The textbooks used to educate Palestinian children who live in refugee camps came under fire at a briefing on Wednesday on Capitol Hill where experts said lessons of intolerance and hatred toward Jews and Israel fill the books’ pages. (more…)
By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik.. The PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein repeatedly denied yesterday that he intended to teach Palestinians that their destiny is to kill Jews when he spoke at a Fatah celebration that was broadcast on PA TV earlier this month. (more…)
