Tisha B’Av And Today’s Politics
We know we are closer than ever to saying goodbye to Tisha B'Av mourning and greeting our Redemption
How To Keep Jerusalem United And Jewish
All Zionist parties must demonstrate that a united Jewish Yerushalayim is an absolute imperative
Dividing Jerusalem: Simply Dangerous
How many times does PA chieftain Mahmoud Abbas have to repeat that the Israelis are planning to rebuild the Holy Temple atop the most volatile spot in the world before the world begins to accept it as true?
A Tale Of Two Headlines
The story in a nutshell: The terrorists (Arabs) act, and the victim (Israel) ignores and pretends.
Even Half-Hearted Claims To Jerusalem Arouse Ire
The Levy Report's conclusive findings: Israel is not an occupier, and the settlements are not illegal.
We all know that history repeats itself, but of late it seems that even the repetitions are repeating themselves.
Rabbi Chanan Porat – The Shofar is Silent
Rabbi Porat oncesaid that his proudest parliamentary achievement was having sponsored and ensured the passage of a law entitled “Do Not Stand by Your Neighbor’s Blood”—rendering it a legal duty to offer assistance to someone in mortal danger. Based on a verse in Vayikra, Rabbi Porat’s law ensures that sanctity of life is a national value not only in word, but in deed.
A Tale Of Two Countries: America And Australia
It is critical to note the solid legal basis for the position that no part of Jerusalem is actually "occupied."
Jerusalem: Centerpiece Of The Israeli Elections
Israel's full sovereignty over a united Jerusalem is the only path for true peace in the region.
Banish UNRWA From Jerusalem
Today, UNRWA maintains extensive office facilities in Jerusalem, including its local headquarters as well as the UNRWA Microfinance Department on Shlomo Zalman Shragai Street between Ramat Eshkol and Maalot Dafna, even as UNWRA does not recognize this area as Israeli Jerusalem.
Quiet For Quiet’ Solves Nothing – In Gaza And Jerusalem
Our capital was not arbitrarily chosen, as capitals of some other nations were.
Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the new unity Government on Jerusalem
For decades, Arabs in eastern Jerusalem have been building illegally, with the government and municipality barely contesting them (unlike the much stricter enforcement in the Jewish sections).
Haaretz Claims Right-Wing Voters Support Division Of Jerusalem
We came across this startling headline in Haaretz:"Most Right-Wing Voters Support Establishment of Palestinian State and Division of Jerusalem." But Haaretz, as dovish and radical as it is, surely wouldn't lie straight out, would they? So how did they come up with such a headline?
New Strategic National Park in Eastern Jerusalem
National park status is, unfortunately, not an ironclad guarantee against Arab encroachment.
Jerusalem Spreads Slowly To The East
Historically, and in 1967, when the Old City and environs were liberated, the same trend continued: new neighborhoods to the west, north, and south. What of the east? Today, we go East!
The Temple Mount, Behind The Scenes
hTe end goal of these Temple Mount terrorists: to detach the Jewish People from the source of their national strength and history.
The Temple Mount Today: Center Of Political And Religious Divide
When Islam conquered the Holy Land, it made its capital in Ramle of all places, not in Jerusalem.
New Mall Exposes Fatah’s True Colors
The mall, however, has already drawn Fatah boycott calls as well as several Arab-hurled firebombs.
The Modern-Day Siege Of Jerusalem And How We Can Overcome It
Over the past 30-plus years, there has been a massive wave of illegal building in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, for the express purpose of creating geographic contiguity from Ramallah in the north to Bethlehem in the south.
Israel Passes One PA Obstacle, But It Won’t Be The Last
The EU wants to replace the US with an increased role for the UN and its built-in anti-Israel stance
Temple Mount: Police at Breaking Point
While the Temple Mount evokes such strong Muslim emotions, it is no longer clear that it does the same for most Jews.
Release of Murderers Leads To Important Consolation Prize
Yes, Israel made a sickening decision to release high-profile terrorist murderers in exchange for the PA's consent to sit at a table and insist that Israel's generous concessions do not suffice. However, it seems to have come together with a consolation prize of sorts: The announcement by Housing Minister Uri Ariel of tenders for the construction of nearly 400 new housing units in Judea and Samaria, and another close to 800 in three of Jerusalem's post-'67 neighborhoods.
Int’l Jerusalem Alliance To UN: Don’t Touch Jerusalem!
An international non-Jewish pro-Israel organization has declared: The UN must "reject any resolutions and actions that would violate Israel's legitimate sovereignty over all of Jerusalem."
Bibi Said He Would Expand Jerusalem – And Then Came The Elections
The truth must be told. Had Netanyahu actually taken the steps he has so often outlined to build up the Jewish presence in Yerushalayim, Israel would not now be under the gun not to take the steps so necessary to ensuring full Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.
An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
Under the plan, a person who was not a citizen of either the Jewish or Arab state was to be appointed governor to administer Jerusalem and to conduct external affairs...
Northern Jerusalem: Atarot Must Be Rebuilt
Northern Jerusalem is a critical front in the Arab drive to take over parts of Jerusalem and then form yet another Arab country in the Land of Israel.
Israel’s Jerusalem Sovereignty Again In Danger?
A brief review of Jerusalem's police blotter for recent days looks like this:
* April 2: Haredi man, 55, is axed by Arab terrorist near Shaar Shechem (Damascus Gate); lightly wounded.
* April 15: Seven Molotov cocktails are hurled at Jewish homes in Maaleh Zeitim, causing a fire in one of them.
* April 19: Young worshipper on his way from Shimon HaTzaddik to Meah She'arim is stabbed by two Palestinian terrorists (moderate wound).
Post-Election Construction: Will It Happen?
Gilo, Har Homa and Ramat Shlomo – among the Jerusalem neighborhoods liberated from Jordanian control during the Six-Day War – are scheduled to gain hundreds of apartments.
Congressmen In Jerusalem: ‘Capital Must Remain United, Israeli’
JERUSALEM – Four U.S. congressmen took a Friday tour of eastern Jerusalem earlier this month and received a strategic briefing, courtesy of the Im Eshkachech-Keep Jerusalem organization.
Marching On Toward Full Unification
Despite British assuring the Jews would be allowed to return "shortly" it's only happening now
Trump, King Darius, And Jerusalem
President Trump has not yet given his "permission" to build the Third Temple, but he seems to have gone a fair ways towards taking his place in Jewish history.