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Records show conclusively that all of the anti-Semitic attacks committed in France for more than two decades came from Muslims and Islamists.The French authorities know this, but choose to hide it and look in another direction.

Critics of Israel almost never cite comparable data from other military encounters. This omission creates the false impression that the civilian death tolls in Gaza are among the highest in history, when they are in fact among the lowest.

The same government that caved to the media and the Schalit Task Force by releasing 1,027 terrorists from prison last year has caved yet again—this time despite the fact that Hamas violated red lines by shooting missiles at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Today all those who care about the state of Israel need to stand up and say “Thank You President Trump.”

The early morning air drifting off the port of Haifa passed through the tents housing the sleeping new recruits secretly based at Kibbutz Ein Shofat.

Yishai Fleisher, managing editor of JewishPress.com, appeared on L’Chaim, a show that has been running on ShalomTV for years. “Fear is everywhere,” he told the interviewer, Rabbi Mark Golub. “People go silent when I talk about fear because they realize how much fear they live with…we need to be proud.”

The Jordan Valley, in its full scope and broadest definition, is essential to Israel’s national security. Its retention by Israel requires not only military deployment but a comprehensive development plan—i.e., the construction of housing, roads, and infrastructure—that will establish this territory as Israel’s eastern wing.

Zaida’s presence follows me on my early morning walks to the park. Sometimes I imagine indulging in conversation, asking him what happened to those wondrous days following the Six-Day War, when the entire country belonged to us and our biggest problem was how to fill the vast areas that had fallen into our hands with Jews.

Neither Secretary of State Kerry nor the president he serves seem to understand Russia's goals in the Middle East.

And yet, Major League Baseball placed the BLM logo on the pitchers’ mounds on Opening Day.

Liberal American Jews are free to disagree with President Trump. Yet, if they still consider themselves Jews, they owe Trump a measure of respect for his support for the Jewish state of Israel and cracking down on its enemies.

Hamas is working around the clock to recruit Israeli (Arab) citizens for intelligence gathering that would enable it to conduct terror attacks inside Israel

If there is a hell, then you can bet that Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is roasting there now.

We do not need to question whether radioactive decay or the speed of light remained constant throughout history. We do not need to extrapolate from an idea broached by the Rambam that was rejected by others.

We should pay more respect to those who display moral courage and clear-headed moral principles.

What Tzipi Hotovely said is absolutely true. It is not her but what she stands for that irritates those engaged in smearing her, like Rick Jacobs , head of the Reform movement. She is a constant reminder of what they too could have if only they would return to the honest study of Torah and the true observance of mitzvot

Fans of the late Yasir Arafat started a Facebook page called “Yasir’s Girls.” Its goal: Make Palestinian girls feel proud of these 'heroines' of Palestinian history, championing them as role-models.

What really happened at Deir Yassin? The evidence is clear: No massacre occurred, no rape was committed. But the subsequent propaganda and lies has created a vicious myth.

A week and a half ago, Hamas organized its weekly confrontation on the Gaza fence in honor of World Jerusalem Day, an event inaugurated by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 and celebrated since then primarily by Iran and its Hezbollah proxy. This move reflects the organization’s defiance of the Sunni Arab states, especially those who plan to attend the Trump-sponsored conference in Bahrain.

By embracing the release of the U.S. peace plan ahead of Israel’s March 2 elections, Netanyahu believes he can expose his political challengers while reaping large dividends for himself and the Jewish state.

The morning of November 8 (11 Cheshvan) was an unusual one for me. I had awakened early in preparation for a flight out of town to deliver a presentation at a teacher in-service program in the New York area. I scrolled through my inbox only to learn that Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, rosh yeshiva of Mir Jerusalem, had passed away hours before.

The principle is obvious: no person should be forced to use his or her creative abilities to promote something they deem abhorrent.

Primaries are not classic elections to fill an office; their purpose is to select a slate of delegates who then function as part of a large nominating committee.

Jews should be excited and participate in their culture and faith from a place of enthusiasm and love.

IDF Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi’s January 26 speech conveyed important messages to multiple audiences. The most notable was that the IDF is preparing for action against Iran’s nuclear program even if it has to do it on its own.

The greatest myth of them all – the foundation on which every pro-Palestinian lie is based: The Jews are building settlements on Palestine.

“Instead of denying [the new video’s] validity,” says Bedein, “UNRWA should bring it to the attention of donor nations that they are funding war curriculum education within a U.N. organization, so that the situation can be rectified.”

Officials in the Obama administration have decided they will be cutting the guest list in half for this year’s White House Chanukah party.

Counter-terror expert Dr. Nancy Kobrin claims that when the terrorist is a woman, while nationalism and incitement is a factor in their terror attacks it is a secondary reason. The abuse these women experienced in their society is the primary. cause

My father, Dr. Isaac Lewin, z”l, was 37 years old in January 1943 when B’nai B’rith held a conference in Pittsburgh to which it invited 34 national Jewish organizations. It announced that the purpose of the meeting was “to consider what steps should be taken to bring about some agreement on the part of the American Jewish community with respect to the post-war status of Jews and the upbuilding of a Jewish Palestine.”