CategoryIsrael

Only one question never seems to be addressed:

Who are the Palestinians?
Who are these people who claim the Holy Land as their own?
What is their history?
Where did they come from?
How did they arrive in the country they call Palestine?

The term “Palestine” came from the name that the conquering Roman Empire gave the ancient Land of Israel in an attempt to obliterate and de-legitimize the Jewish presence in the Holy Land. The name “Palestine” was invented in the year 135 C.E.  Before it was known as Judea, which was the southern kingdom of ancient Israel. The Roman Procurator in charge of the Judean...

Israel first became a nation in 1312 B.C.E., two thousand years before the rise of Islam. Seven hundred and twenty-six years later in 586 B.C.E.  these first ancient Jews in the Land of Israel [Judea] were overrun and its First Jewish Temple (on Jerusalem’s Old City Temple Mount) was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of ancient Babylon. Many of the Jews were killed or expelled; however many...

As the object, a carved spoon, was handed back at a ceremony in Bethlehem, officials said it was the first time the United States had repatriated an antiquity to the Palestinian government. Via NY Times: Jan. 5, 2023 American officials met with representatives of the Palestinian Authority in Bethlehem onThursday and handed back a 2,700-year-old looted item in what officials said was the firsttime...

Mahmoud Abbas’ 17-year hold on power can end any day because his health can fail and he is 87 years old, after all.  Abbas, the mass murderer, has designated a lieutenant, Hussein al Sheikh, to be his successor as Fatah party chief. Via the NY Sun: The West Bank could descend into chaos once Mr. Abbas is gone. Fears of the incoming right-wing Israeli government — which are intensified by dire...

Via FLAME: If Americans actually shared the Israeli experience every day, they might have sympathy for why Israeli voters—in a record turnout— overwhelming elected Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist Likud party and several further-right parties that are predicted to govern with him. Two Palestinian terrorists armed with a knife and an axe attacked seven religious Jews in Elad, Israel—three men...

Originally Published – Wayback Machine Many jihadists use pseudo-charitable organizations as fundraising vehicles to bankroll terrorist activities. This tactic is sometimes referred to as “financial jihad.” Shari’a (Islamic Law) and the Muslim Brotherhood have played a major role in developing a global ideological and political movement supported by a parallel...