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Haley's "comet" at the UN will be sorely missed by all who value democracy and truth

Recently an Egyptian Muslim posted a YouTube videotape of himself cursing Islam and its holy book, the Koran; then tearing it to pieces and throwing it in the garbage. On a talk show guests called for the man's death. Already under President Morsi's first two months, Islamists have become more emboldened—whether by pressuring women to wear the hijab, by killing a Muslim youth for publicly holding hands with his fiancée, or by disseminating flyers that call for the total genocide of Egypt's Christian Copts.

The subject of Judge Richard Goldstone came up quite frequently during my recent lecture tour in South Africa - at a dinner in Johannesburg at the home of Chabad head Rabbi David Masinter, where acquaintances of the judge were in attendance; at Sea Point Synagogue, South Africa's largest, where I lectured and whose rabbi, Dovid Weinberg, had officiated at Goldstone's grandson's bar mitzvah; at my speech for Chabad of Cape Town and later in Pretoria.

Today, we have no extreme right or far-right parties in Europe; we only have "populist" parties that have established themselves as parties of government in more than half of the European Union.

How DID Hamas Obtain Its Weapons?

let free speech not become weaponized as a partisan issue.

Religious Jews have been getting more than their usual share of negative press lately. The papers have been full of allegations of sexual abuse...

Our emotional response to events has much to do with how we process events.

Erdogan once said that "Democracy is like a tram. You ride it until you arrive at your destination, then you step off." It appears he has reached his destination.

“The illegal building that's taking place by the Arabs has increased so dramatically in the last year that it's out of control. If we judge according to where these activities are happening, they’re definitely in places which you can see they’re trying to create facts on the ground,” says Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi.

Should a woman, and her supporters, negotiate with a recalcitrant spouse in order to gain her freedom? In essence, should we negotiate with a terrorist?

On the very day that the prince was in Ramallah, the PA repeated its pledge to continue funding terrorists and their families. One hopes that Prince William enjoyed his visit to Ramallah and that he asks his advisors to translate for him what Palestinian leaders are saying to their own people in Arabic.

The contrast between a Dem pretending to love Israel & a Dem who truly loves Israel is CRYSTAL CLEAR

Abbas has found a way to make his elections even more divisive than the Israeli ones: Instead of just calling for elections, he has called for 3 elections!

[F]ortunately, many members of the new Washington team have impressive academic and practical resumes. It is in everyone's interest to hope that they will see themselves not as figures in a game of ethnic tokenism but the servants of the American demos at a difficult time.

the first successful experiment to extract power from controlled fusion

No danger of the Jews becoming a minority in the combined area of Judea, Samaria and the pre-1967 Israel.

This has become a terrifying looking-glass world where morality has been turned back to front. It’s where in the minds of millions—particularly, the young—venality, disloyalty and spite register as evidence of moral worth.

HRW “investigations” reflect anti-Israel bias, lack of research, and flat-out fabrications.

No longer the simple sidekick to a cup of coffee, its magical spell transports you back into Bubby’s loving embrace, back to a time when you were the center of the universe, a princess, a diamond, sheer perfection in a tiny human form.

An overwhelming majority of American people reportedly do not trust President Joe Biden on Iran's nuclear deal.

The morning after last week’s vice presidential debate, Democrats were delighted. Vice President Joe Biden’s obnoxious display was exactly what was needed to cheer them up after a week of morose speculation about why President Obama was so passive and uninspired during the first presidential debate with Mitt Romney.

The Iranian people rose up against their oppressive government in June 2009. Now we are again seeing that this regime rules by brute force, is widely despised.

Killing tests to protect educational racism. “Affirmative action now, affirmative action tomorrow, affirmative action forever.”

Israeli politicians are beginning to recognize that the exponential growth of the Haredi community presents many challenges for the future of the state

Israel’s leaders wax poetic about accepting the narrative of the “other” and pat each other on the back for their “courage” in effecting change, but here on the ground, the tensions between sectors of Israeli society are only getting worse.

Good people cannot accept the evil and sick deeds that are done by some in our community.

It will take a major change of mindset in the religious world before we are able to face down the extremists and not merely be silent in the face of such desecration of the Torah and God’s holy name.

A week before I departed on a solidarity mission with my mother to Gush Katif with new York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind, I was sitting in a restaurant in Brooklyn and told an Israeli waitress where I was going.

It would have been impossible to carry out the Holocaust without the complicity of so many governments, groups, and individuals.