Middle East

By Rabbi Dow Marmur   JERUSALEM — As much as I try to tell myself that Israel and the United States will make sure that Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons won’t reach Hezbollah or any other terrorist organization and thus threaten Israel, nevertheless last Sunday I went to pick up our gas masks from the

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — References to peace with the Palestinians have returned to the rhetoric of Binyamin Netanyahu. During the election campaign he tended to talk about the threat from Iran and its stooges, not about opportunities for peace. But in his acceptance speech in response to the request by President Peres that

   By Evelyn Gordon    SAN DIEGO — It was an election whose results stunned pundits both in Israel and abroad, a “wide and deep repudiation” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as some hastened to claim. And elections, as we know, have consequences. So are major changes expected in Israel’s foreign and defense policy? In a

By David P. Goldman        Synopsis: While it is relatively easy to find the right rhetoric for disengagement from Egypt, the fact of the matter is that the Obama administration has put all of its eggs in Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s basket. If the authority of the Morsi government were to fail, American planners

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –I suspect that one reason why Israel is so preoccupied with Yair Lapid is because he seems to be the only real winner in last week’s elections. A few others did hold their own, but many more lost heavily. Here’s a list. Binyamin Netanyahu, though still the likely prime minister,

  By Shlomo Cesana and Daniel Siryoti/JNS.org Israel is continuing to warn the world of the potentially devastating outcome if Syria’s chemical arsenal falls into the hands of rebels, or worse, Hezbollah, as Lebanese media outlets reported that the Lebanese terror group had already obtained some chemical weapons and long-range missiles. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

By Alan Eisner WASHINGTON, D.C. – When I was 16, I fell in love – not with a girl but with Israel. That summer, my family and I visited for the first time, a three-week trip that left me entranced. On the last day, August 29, 1970, I wrote in my diary: “As soon as I

Explosion at Iran’s underground nuclear site? (JNS.org) Conflicting reports have emerged over news of an explosion at Iran’s underground nuclear site at Fordow last week. The news website WND first reported the alleged blast, quoting a defected Iranian intelligence officer who claimed a massive explosion occurred at the facility at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 21,