Via The Times of Israel: The earliest stone inscription bearing the full spelling of the modern Hebrew word for Jerusalem was unveiled on Tuesday at the Israel Museum, in the capital. While any inscription dating from the Second Temple period is of note, the 2,000-year-old three-line inscription on a waist-high column — reading “Hananiah son of Dodalos of Jerusalem” — is exceptional, as it is the...
The Great Refugee Scam
The story of the Arabs who left the coastal areas of Palestine in the spring of 1948 encapsulates one of the great international frauds of the 20th century. The Arabs are the only declared “refugees” who became refugees by the initiative of their own leaders. The concoction of the monstrous charge that it was the Jews who had driven out the Arabs of Palestine was a strategic decision...
Acknowledging the Plight of Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries
From Acknowledging the Plight of Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries: This week, before an audience of peers and MPs, an 80-year-old Jewish refugee named Sarah told the story of her traumatic departure from Egypt in 1956 in the wake of the Suez crisis. She departed with nothing – along with 25,000 other Jews expelled by Nasser and forced to sign a document pledging that they would never...
Why Has Israel Succeeded Where the Arab States Have Failed?
It’s all about choices, Mohammedans. It’s all about choices. From Why Has Israel Succeeded Where the Arab States Have Failed?: The return of half the Jews dispersed in the world to Israel is unprecedented, and the revival of an antique prayer language, Hebrew, is no less revolutionary. Add to these the realization of the essential conditions of serious democracies: civilian primacy...
The evolving Palestinian narrative: Arabs caused the refugee problem
There is truth trickling out of the Palestinian Arab narrative. Via Palestinian Media Watch: PA daily: Arabs left homes on their own to facilitate destruction of Israel — and thus became refugees The Arabs who became refugees in 1948 were not expelled by Israel but left on their own to facilitate the destruction of Israel, according to a senior Palestinian journalist writing in a...