Israel said to confiscate 1,600 online orders sent to Gaza, fearing military use

Packages intercepted in past year due to concern over items’ potential use for attacks; intended recipients are informed and can appeal By TOI staff 27 July 2019, 9:15 pm Israel is increasingly scrutinizing packages headed through the post to the Gaza Strip, concerned that seemingly innocuous items are intended for military use against the Jewish […]

Spitting in the face of cooperation with Israel

Unlike Israel, which has a burgeoning understanding with many of its Arab neighbors based on a shared interest to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons, the Palestinians have been kissing up to Tehran. (July 23, 2019 / JNS) If further proof were needed to illustrate the futility of diplomatic overtures to the Palestinian […]

Large 3,500-year-old staircase hints at conquered Canaanite kingdom’s grandeur

The largest biblical-era site in Israel with an estimated population of 20,000, Hazor was razed by the Israelites, according to the Book of Joshua By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN Today, 5:17 am   Stunning 8th century BCE staircase and paved entrance hall at Tel Hazor. (The Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin) Seven stunning large […]

Erekat slams senior Hamas official’s ‘repugnant’ remarks about killing Jews

Top PLO official says Fathi Hammad’s comments made him want ‘to vomit’; UN envoy Nikolay Mladenov calls them ‘dangerous’ and says they must be condemned by all By ADAM RASGON Today, 12:37 pm  1 4shares Saeb Erekat, speaks at the Haaretz and New Israel Fund conference at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York on December 13, 2015. […]

The Truth about Jerusalem’s City of David – The Lies about Silwan

July 10, 2019 Nachshon Zenton, one of the directors of the street excavation, holds a catapult ball that apparently was used in battle during the Great Revolt. (Shai Halawi, Antiquities Authority) Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation No. 624     July 2019 The ancient Pilgrimage Road in the City […]

After Israel visit, UN official spearheads anti-terrorism conference

After a visit to Israel, the UN Deputy Secretary General for Counter Terrorism decided those harmed by terror must make their voice heard. JERUSALEM POST STAFF July 10, 2019 17:17 The U.N. announced an up-and-coming conference that will focus on those victimized by terrorism around the world, a Wednesday press release reported. The idea emerged […]

Why Trump was right to not hit Iran

Opinion editorial Share this: Facebook Twitter Flipboard WhatsApp Email Copy Why Trump was right to not hit Iran By Post Editorial Board View author archive Get author RSS feed Most Popular Today 1 Two more Americans reported dead after DR vacations 2 Queens mom latest fatality reported at Dominican Republic resort 3 What could be […]

Rocket launched from Gaza hits Yeshiva in Sderot

It was later found that a rocket directly impacted a building in Sderot, Maariv reported. There were no injuries. Ilanit Chernick, Anna Ahronheim June 13, 2019 23:46 A rocket struck Sderot late on Thursday night as sirens wailed along border communities in the South. Following the sirens, residents reported hearing explosions. It was later found […]

B-Team Doing One Thing, Trump Saying Another: Zarif

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to the US president’s recent tweet that Iran “doesn’t know what to think”, saying it is Washington that is confused not Tehran as the B team – Bolton, Bin Salman, Bin Zayed and “Bibi” – is doing one thing and Trump is saying another May, 18, […]

Facebook is finally banning anti-Semites like David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones

For critics of how the largest social media platforms have handled anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric, it has been a long time coming: David Duke, Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, and their ilk are no longer welcome on Facebook. A statement from a Facebook spokesperson confirmed that several bigoted public figures have been removed from the social […]

Jews Must Never Be Afraid to Use Their Well-Earned Power

by Alan M. Dershowitz March 27, 2019 at 5:00 am https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13960/dershowitz-jews-power No other group is ever accused of having too much power and influence. That false claim – dating back to times and places where Jews had little or no influence – is an anti-Semitic trope that tells us more about the anti-Semites who invoke […]