Ooopsydaisy. Two members of Hamas were killed in a mysterious explosion in a house in the densely-populated Zaitun quarter of Gaza City. It is believed they were preparing an explosive device that detonated — by mistake. They would have much rather preferred that Jews be blown up instead.
Read More +Provisional Government of Israel Official Gazette: Number 1; Tel Aviv, 5 Iyar 5708, 14.5. 1948 Page 1 The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books. After being forcibly exiled from their land, the people kept faith with it throughout their Dispersion and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it and
Read More +Arabists always accuse their critics of cultural insensitivity yet all I have heard is deafening silence in response to the reprehensible Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar’s comment that Israel must change its flag. “Israel must remove the two blue stripes from its national flag,” said Zahar. “The stripes on the flag are symbols of occupation. They signify Israel’s borders stretching from the Euphrates River to the Nile River.” The vicious Mahmoud Zahar reiterated that his movement Hamas would not ever recognize Israel’s right to exist, nor did he reveal any willingness to negotiate. “Negotiation is not our aim; negotiation is a
Read More +Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can make claim to the following: Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin – 109 per 10,000 people – as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed. In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the
Read More +Israel’s Untold Story by Lee Wolfe You probably heard about the suicide bombing that brutally claimed the lives of eleven Israeli bus passengers two weeks ago. One of the victims was a young woman with whom I worked until just a few weeks ago. Her name was Dana Itach. She was completely blown to pieces. They identified her by her teeth. There were dozens more who were pulverized, crushed, scalded and sliced open but who managed to survive. One of them is a friend with whom I only recently became acquainted. His is a story you may not have heard.
Read More +After weeks of terrorist fedayeen attacks on American forces, Allied troops managed to catch a large group of these militants in open battle. Casualty lists varied, with the official American toll listing 54 guerrillas killed. Iraqi sources listed 8 civilians dead, however. Think about this idea, from Voice of Judea. Imagine that instead of ‘American,’ or ‘Allied’ forces, the story listed ‘Israeli’ or ‘Jewish,’ and instead of Iraqis, the news item spoke of “Palestinian fatalities.” What would world reaction be? Would America be at all supportive of it? Doubtful. Would the UN and world community accept it with even a
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