Majority of Israelis fear October 7-style attack from Judea and Samaria, new poll shows
The number has climbed steadily for over two years, and it now sits alongside a defense establishment warning that the threat is not theoretical.
Rosh Hashanah 5787: A Historic Jump Toward Redemption
For those watching the process of Geula unfold before our eyes, there are times when its significance is impossible to miss. Rosh Hashanah 5787 was one of those times.
For the first time in thousands of years, the shofar sounds on the Temple Mount
Hundreds of Jews stood on the Temple Mount before dawn on the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, and something had happened there that Rabbi Josh Wander believes had not happened in thousands of years: the shofar sounded on the Mount together with the silver Temple trumpets.
As Israel’s population nears 10.3 million, the ingathering of the exiles advances toward a Messianic threshold
To a demographer, 10.3 million is a number in a government spreadsheet. To anyone who reads the Hebrew Bible as a living document rather than an ancient artifact, it is something closer to a milestone in a redemption already underway.
Betting on the outcome of an election that will never happen
The fact that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently issued a decree calling for elections this coming November is the first red flag that the elections will probably not happen. If they do, there will be no semblance of democracy.
The pattern is in the data: New York Times, BBC studies confirm anti-Israel media bias
The New York Times’ coverage of the Israel-Hamas war was grossly skewed toward the Palestinian side and against Israel, according to a study. Israeli casualties were consistently omitted or minimized, while Palestinian suffering was amplified and given far greater prominence throughout.
As the third anniversary of Oct. 7 nears, the world gets two very different portraits on screen
“Naza” relies on anonymous, unverifiable testimony that accuses the IDF of running a policy of mass civilian killing in Gaza. “Fauda,” though fictional, tracks the documented record of Oct. 7 so closely that one reviewer said it actually understates what happened.
The only Jewish girl on the team: Remembering Nancy Morgenstern 25 years later
A quarter of a century has passed since September 11th 2001. Yet for anyone who has actually lost someone, the number on the calendar barely matters. The ache a mother feels for her daughter is the same whether it has been five years or a hundred.
Huckabee reverses course: Samaria attack “a daily occurrence” for Israelis that “won’t get international attention”
That was a strikingly different Huckabee than the one who, six days earlier, stood in the Arab town of Turmus Ayya and pronounced Jewish residents of the region terrorists.
Christian lawmakers conclude eight-day delegation to Galilee and Golan Heights, call on American Christians to visit
Leaders with the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) concluded an eight-day delegation to Israel’s north on September 5, meeting with mayors, Druze leaders, farmers, bereaved families, and residents rebuilding communities battered by Hezbollah attacks.