by Dexter Van Zile. For the past year, audiences of Christians in the United States and Great Britain have been treated to an anti-Israel extravaganza, With God on Our Side. Produced by Rooftop Productions in 2010, this 82-minute movie purports to be a documentary about Christian Zionism and its impact on the prospects for peace between Israel and its adversaries in the Middle East. (more…)
By Giulio Meotti. The US president is abrogating the right of Jews to live wherever they want in Israel. By seeking to force Israel to cease building houses in Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem, Barack Obama is legitimizing the Islamist zeal for the eviction of 300,000 Jews who live in parts of Jerusalem that were illegally occupied by Jordan between 1948 and 1967. (more…)
By Yoel Meltzer. Last night I had the pleasure of attending a lecture in Jerusalem by British journalist Melanie Phillips. In a world turned upside down where right is wrong and wrong is right, it was a pleasure to listen to this courageous and intelligent woman. (more…)
In the run-up to the September UN meetings in New York, in which the Palestinians are likely to launch their UN bid for recognition of a Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza, it is good to reflect on who actually owns the West Bank. The Palestinian bid is based on the idea that the West Bank is illegally occupied by Israel. That presupposes a particular understanding of the historical and legal background. Unfortunately those presuppositions - which the international community and the media blindly buy into – are fatally flawed. (more…)
By Henk Vreekamp…Critics of Zionism have denounced it as just another form of 19th century nationalism with its mythical bond of ‘blood and soil’. And Christian Zionism has been reprobated as ‘blood and soil theology’. How is the bond between the people and the land of Israel to be understood? In this article, we explore the bond between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. (more…)
Two years ago, I publicly committed to a solution of two states for two peoples: A Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state. I recognize that in a genuine peace, we will be required to give up parts of the Jewish homeland. (more…)
The Israeli-Arab conflict is approaching a new, unprecedented climax. There is a growing momentum in the international community to recognize the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State in the West Bank, possibly as early as September this year. (more…)
Tamar Fogel, the 12-year-old girl from the Jewish settlement of Itamar who discovered the murders of her parents and three siblings when she came home last Friday night from her youth movement, speaks with Israel’s Channel 2 during her shiva for her family. Watch this incredibly inspiring and heart-wrenching interview. (more…)
Let us look at some of the important places in this part of the land of Israel. Although today, parts of the land are called the “occupied territories,” or the “West Bank,” these areas are part of the Promised Land. (more…)
There is a joke that is currently making the rounds about an Israeli going through passport control at JFK. The immigration officer asks: “Occupation?” The Israeli says: “No. I’m just visiting.”
