Middle East

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Is the current wave of terror in Israel, particularly around the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the result of the frustration and the sense of hopelessness on the part of Palestinians, particularly the young? Or is it the outcome of the incitement orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority taking advantage of

Report: Israeli ‘spy vulture’ caught in Lebanon (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A vulture that was recently released from the Gamla wildlife preserve in northern Israel has been caught in southern Lebanon and is being held on suspicion of spying for Israel. A local news website in Lebanon published a photograph of the vulture, bound by

  Jonathan Pollard cancels speech to avoid risk of being sent back to prison (JNS.org) Jonathan Pollard, who was released in November after serving 30 years in a U.S. prison for spying on America for Israel, canceled a speech he was scheduled to give at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American

By Rabbi Ben Kamin TEL AVIV –Coming upon the final hours of my journey and renewal here, it is impossible for me not to offer thanks and reflections to and for my churning birth-land. Israel, you remain, in all your national schizophrenia and commotion, decidedly yourself.  A thorny Hebraic cacophony of compassion and self-righteousness, a

20% of West’s donations to PA go to terrorists’ families, Israeli minister says (JNS.org) The stipends paid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to terrorists’ families amounts to some $75 million a year—about 20 percent of the donations funneled to the PA from Western nations and bodies, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said Sunday in

By Rabbi Dow Marmur SAN DIEGO — Some journalists in Israel speculate about a possible replacement for Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister. I’m not in a position to judge if their ideas are realistic or if it’s only wishful thinking, but the fact that the matter is under discussion is noteworthy. It’s obvious that there’s