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The real "pro-Palestinian" groups are those who are willing to raise their voices against the mistreatment of Palestinians at the hands of their Arab brothers. The real "pro-Palestinian" groups are those that are prepared to advocate for democracy and free speech for Palestinians living under the repressive regimes of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.. Where are they? Do they even exist?

This is the true meaning of the time of Sefirah: when one good Jew can be tempted into smearing another good Jew in the heat of the moment.

Even as the media tries to elicit details about the shooting from the rabbi, he insists on continuing to spread the transformative message that a little light dispels much darkness. Rarely do we see such an overt demonstration of positivity and broad vision; such an incredibly awesome expression of Kiddush Hashem.

The heart of the problem, is not this one cartoon, The problem is that the mainstream American left – including many on the Jewish left – have chosen to turn a blind eye to anti-Semitism

Many in the Gulf are beginning to grasp that their support for the Palestinians is detrimental to their own interests. In addition to practical considerations, the fact that the Palestinians have grown closer to Iran has sparked ire in many Gulf states, which see the Islamist regime as an enemy and the Palestinians’ increasingly close ties with Tehran as a betrayal.

Where does Sanders stand on the issue of Israel?

Churches in France are empty. The number of priests is decreasing and the priests that are active in France are either very old or come from Africa or Latin America. The dominant religion in France is now Islam. Every year, churches are demolished to make way for parking lots or shopping centers. Mosques are being built all over, and they are full.

Prof. Alan Dershowitz: When anybody ever challenges Jewish power and influence, remind them that Jewish power is the best road to peace - it should be a source of pride.

The Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka -- which in its death toll eclipses all previous Muslim attacks on Christians during Easter -- is a reminder that if the Islamic State is on the retreat in the Middle East, the hate-filled ideology to which it and like-minded Muslims adhere continues to spread, finding new recruits and new victims around the globe.

A PR firm was hired to change attitudes rooted in three millennia of halachic Judaism, calling traditional Orthodoxy misogynistic for denying women the same opportunities as men.

"It couldn't possibly happen here" is probably the most notorious comforting line spoken by Jews since the first Pharaonic policeman entered the first Israelite hut demanding to be handed the newborn Jewish male child to be drowned in the Nile.

Kahane hated how Reform and Conservative (and some Orthodox) leaders were destroying the neshamos of young Jews. He wanted to wake up sleeping Jews. He wanted to rouse us out of our apathy, laziness, and irresponsibility to stand up for other Jews. He was a Jew who loved other Jews with every fiber of his being and could not stand what was being done to them, most often by their fellow Jews.

There are several reasons why we should not. It might have been different had the cathedral tumbled shortly after its opening when the Church was at the height of its powers of oppression. But it burned last week.

Whereas other legitimate national movements can point to heroic leaders of the past—emperors, kings, presidents—Palestinian Arabs cannot go much further back than Yasser Arafat, a murderous terror boss who never ruled anything more than a gang of killers. Arafat wasn’t even a native Palestinian Arab.

To choose freedom, you have to have the courage to take risks.

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Terrorists being released from prison is unsettling. Terrorists getting let out early is mind boggling.

Two weeks had not yet passed from the day Abu Laila murdered two Israelis, and the PA and Fatah had turned him into the newest Palestinian symbol and role model by naming a street, a square and a mosque after him and erecting a monument in his honor!

Those seeking support to oppose Zionism, found fertile ground in the sewers of global antisemitism. And the best part about antisemites? You can say whatever you like about the Jews and it will be believed.

Israel is keeping mum on a recent U.S. proposal to solve the land and maritime border disputes between it and Lebanon. Meanwhile, the proposal has sparked conflict within Israel's northern neighbor.

European leaders condescendingly believe that they know better how the Jewish nation should run its affairs. A sovereign and independent Jewish state is, once again, condemned for being strong and unapologetic.

“Politics is the art of the possible” Bismarck used to say. 150 years later, the image of Israel today as a major power, seems to be a direct consequence of a similar policy of its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.

If you've never heard an Arab calling out “alter zachen” (“old things”) in Yiddish, then you've never experienced pre-Passover preparations in Jerusalem. It's part of the clean-up mania that grips the city in the run-up to the holiday.

The drafting or exemption of haredi men from military service is back as the super-stumbling block before Netanyahu’s new government. Here are two possible solutions...

In virtually every instance of church attacks, authorities and media obfuscate the identity of the vandals. In those rare instances when the Muslim (or "migrant") identity of the destroyers is leaked, the desecraters are then presented as suffering from mental health issues.

you pick up each item you’ve set aside and ask yourself, “Does this spark joy”? If it does, you keep it. If it doesn’t, you look at the item, thank it for its service, and toss it or give it away.

What are these Leftist-Jewish organizations really doing? The answer is evident, political, and ominous. Far from representing the interests of Jews, these organizations serve an ascendant progressive movement growing more aggressive in its anti-Semitism.

The Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas from April 5-7 had me baffled. The program was held on Saturday. As in, Shabbos. But who can respect us if we don’t respect ourselves? Defying the sanctity of what keeps us who we are – Shabbos – was not only a Chillul Hashem but broadcast disrespect for our own religion to millions of people.

But where is the backbone of the IDF? Is it possible that the “containment theory” that has spread amongst the army's top ranks has eradicated their ability to face the enemy? Has it confused them to the point where there is no clear distinction between good and evil?

The Left's over half-century monopoly of power is almost entirely gone. This is a transition of truly historic dimensions.