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Another ‘anti-Zionist head-exploding’ moment occurred when the U.S. House and Senate overwhelmingly passed non-binding resolutions backing “Israel’s right to self-defense.”

If Hamas knows it cannot defeat the Israel Defense Forces and will get a bloody nose for its efforts, it obviously has motives other than victory in mind.

Over time, the incredible connection that began when they were within you stretches.

The reality of what is happening is much less poetic, but astonishing when you pause to think about it.

This is a video, taken yesterday by someone who was not very smart.

I can’t see any way to complete the operation against Hamas without a ground invasion.

We were walking to shul on Friday night when the siren went off. I had to quickly decide which was closer, running to shul, or running home...

These “civilians” are not “innocent.”

What do you say to your son as he waits on the outskirts of Gaza? This is the message that I sent him.

The only thing that can prevent Israel from winning this mini-war and neutering Hamas is outside intervention.

A miracle of sorts took place today at the Israeli Supreme court, which could be the sign of good things to come.

The IDF's use of twitter has been called perhaps the most meaningful change in our consumption of war in over 20 years.

The “Amud HaAnan” Operation which Tzahal has now undertaken is intended to protect our beleaguered citizens in the south. But it is much more than that.

Last night, the IDF eliminated Israel's Osama Bin Laden.

From personal messages received from family and friends, and from scanning the online sources - here are the rocket attacks, just in one hour this morning.

As massive as the fighting is, the count of dead on the Palestinian Arab side has three, perhaps two, civilians. Let's hope the effectiveness of the Israeli fighters continues at that exemplary level.

I quickly lost count of how many rockets were fired at my country. At one point, the reporter was counting - "one, two, three, four, five, no six, seven, eight.

Han Solo has nothing on the question as to who shot first.

On March 8, the Guardian published “International Women’s Day highlights hurdles obstructing women," (co-authored by 12 Guardian correspondents, including the paper’s Jerusalem correspondent, Harriet Sherwood), on the subjugation of women around the world. Harriet Sherwood not only ignored the egregious violation of womens’ rights in the Palestinian territories, but, instead, devoted 118 words to the alleged injustice meted out to a female Palestinian terrorist affiliated with Islamic Jihad held in an Israeli jail named Hana Shalabi.

Strolling around Tel Aviv and seeing how the words of our Prophets have come to pass in our generation, is as much of a spiritual experience as spending a day in the holy city of Tzfat.

In a small effort to correct that distortion, here is a status report from the Gaza NGO Safety Office.

So far, the only candidates that I am 100% certain about are from the list from Mattot Arim.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if instead of Hashkafic politics we could all be interested teaching Torah L’shma to anyone, anywhere without any Hashkafic pre-conditions?

If reality doesn't match our concepts, we can always move reality a few miles over to where it fits.

Greetings to all, my name is Nachalah, I am a 24-year-old student. I am studying communications and graphic designing at Sapir College… Sapir College in Southern Israel is under fire, situated near Sderot and the surrounding Kibbutzim, where the bravest children in the world live.

Last week, I drove with my wife toward the coastline to do a little seaside touring. As we were driving there, she mentioned that someone in her family was going for a vacation to Austria. “Austria?” I blurted, nearly losing control of the wheel. “Why would any Jew in Israel want to go to Austria?”

In what may appear as one of the more interesting ironies to some, the Forward has chosen Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel (pictured here with Senator Joseph Lieberman) as one of the top 5 most influential Jews in America. (They did not say which position he holds on that short list.)

Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom #171

I'm not a fan of Shimon Peres - I have to be honest. If I look back over his career as a politician...well, I'd rather not. But Peres has his moments. He is very supportive of women. I heard him speak a few months ago. He spoke of men as babies and says women run the world, ground it, nurture it.

An American orthodox rabbi in Monsey recently wrote a response on Facebook to a post about the importance of living in the Land of Israel. His response was as follows: "You're in exile, too. Last I checked, there is still a mosque on the temple mount, with Arabs shooting rockets [at you].” This is my response to him and to every orthodox Jew who shares that mistaken view.