Yesterday we reported on Israel’s High Court rejecting the petition by Ofra residents not to demolish nine homes slated for demolition. The judges did not accept the request of the residents to seal the nine houses rather than demolish them, and also clarified that the recently approved Regulation Law did not apply to them. Continue reading
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UNlikely Happenings?
Four New Israeli Supreme Court Justices: Righting A Leftward Tilt?
Inside the Israeli Supreme Court
AFSI welcomes the announcement earlier this week of four new appointments to Israel’s Supreme Court, who will replace justices due to retire in the coming year. The four are: Continue reading
MSNBC’s Brzezinski: “Controlling What People Think is Our Job”
Today’s Jerusalem Post contains an insightful article about America: American Society Headed Toward A Breaking Point. Here, the author Michael Laitman posits that America is on the way to becoming a totalitarian, fascistic society. The author claims that although liberalism in itself may be a noble idea, in practice, “a society cannot be vital and vibrant unless many different views vie against one another and in the process become polished and refined,” and America has become a society where contrary views are barely tolerated anymore. Continue reading
Marco Rubio Gets It
Throughout his career, Senator Marco Rubio has been a consistent and good friend of Israel. He gets it. Most recently, during the latest confirmation hearings for David Friedman as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and in the midst of the anti-Trump frenzy, Marco Rubio spoke eloquently, passionately, and accurately, about Israel. Here is a summary of what he said: Continue reading
Keeping Our Eye On The (Nuclear) Ball
Lately, the predominant focus of many has been internal U.S. politics, specifically the ongoing and growing assault on President Trump’s legitimacy. While this continues to garner the headlines, the BIG story is at risk of getting swept under the rug. Continue reading
State of the Union: Rotting From The Left
Is this man sabotaging Donald Trump’s presidency?
In a vast understatement, President Trump has had his fill of challenges since he won the presidency last November, and continuing since he took office just a few weeks ago. Continue reading
What A Week It Has Been
This past week was filled with action-packed political drama, most of it taking place in Washington, D.C. We witnessed: Continue reading
One State, Two States, Three States, Four
The infamous Oslo Accords handshake, 1993 Continue reading
The Wicked Witch is Dead – The “two-state solution” is buried
In an atmosphere of friendship and warmth, Prime MInister Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump met today, re-establishing the genuine friendship that had traditionally existed between Israel and America, until the deep freeze of the Obama administration. Continue reading