Thought on Israel and the World

Israel, Trump, and the End of the Neoconservative Agenda

August 9, 2016

Whether Trump wins or loses, his focus on neutering what has become a foreign policy dedicated to interventionism and regime change maybe the Donald's lasting accomplishment. No where else has Trump succeeded i...

Israel is No More Mr. Nice Guy

Judith Bergman

August 9, 2016

Politics, Thought

(Originally published on Israel Hayom) Israel always plays nice. For decades, we have been allowing those who demonize and delegitimize Israel to cross our borders and do their dirty work against us on our own...

Jews Living In a Palestinian-Arab State. What?!?

Martin Sherman

August 7, 2016

Politics, Thought

“There is no reason, concretely and in principle, why Jews should not be able to live in a future Palestinian state”– Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, July 28, 2016. Only two things are...

REDEMPTION WATCH: Rav Eliezer Schick about the war of Gog U’Magog

Yissachar Dov Berg

August 4, 2016

Frontlines, The Society, Thought

Rav Eliezer Schick, ZTL, shares some of Rebbe Nachman’s ‘Hidden Scroll’ which explains what will happen before Moshiach comes For around 200 years’, the Megillat Setorim, or hidden scroll, written by Rebbe...

Jewish Sovereignty Over the Land of Israel, Zionism and Our Indigeneity

Yehuda HaKohen

August 4, 2016

Blogs, Thought

This week's Torah portion is the Parsha of Mas'ei. “You shall possess the land and you shall dwell in it, for to you have I given the land to possess it.” (BAMIDBAR 33:53) The Ramban offers a lengthy expl...

Has Israel Asked for Too Much Aid from the USA?

David Mark

August 1, 2016

Frontlines, Politics, Regional Analysis, The Society, Thought

Glenn Greenwald once again goes on another anti-Israel diatribe at the Intercept. His articlelaunches the typical vacuous attacks on Israel's "occupation" of Judea and Samaria, where Arab Palestinians were enco...

Israel’s Kingdom: Rectifying Evil and Lifting Holy Sparks

Yehuda HaKohen

July 28, 2016

Thought

This week's Torah portion is called "Matot:" “HaShem spoke to Moshe, saying, ‘Take vengeance for the Children of Israel against the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered unto your people.’” (BAMIDBAR 31...

Bruce Mayrock and the Hebrew Roots of the Free Biafra Movement

David Mark

July 27, 2016

The Society, Thought

When 20-year-old Bruce Mayrock set himself on fire in front of the UN Building on the 30th of May 1969 to protest the world's silence in relation to the Biafran genocide, little did he know he would be the most...

Potential Payoffs and Pitfalls for Israel if the GOP Wins

Martin Sherman

July 24, 2016

Politics, Thought

(Originally published on Arutz Sheva) Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian confl...

Brexit, Sadiq Khan, and Lessons from the Igbo on Radical Islam

Osita Ebiem

July 24, 2016

The Society, Thought

Dogs at play The Igbo believe that there is a standard rule of play which dogs observe when two of them are at play: When one dog falls on its back the other dog knows without any other prompting that the next...