Insights Into The News

LAND FOR PEACE ?!?

Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” “Israel Hayom”, January 22, 2016, US Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro believes in “Land for Peace” and echoes the US Administration pressure on Israel to retreat to the pre-1967 ceasefire lines: an 8-15 mile sliver along the Mediterranean, towered over by the mountain ridges of Judea … Read more

European liberal left leaves Europe in decay, Wallstrom-style

Barry Shaw Blaming the victim for failed policies is the typical leftist reaction to current migrant violence. Recent incidents highlighted the dangerously failed European left-wing politics that has draped itself in the false cloak of morality and judgment. Israel has been hit by over a thousand terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinian Arabs in a four … Read more

An Israeli in Paris

by Naomi Ragen A trip to France reveals how its citizens are learning to live in the shadow of terrorism. “So, you’re probably not coming…” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation. We were on the phone, I in Jerusalem, she in Paris, the day after the massive terrorist attacks in the … Read more

Eyewitness to Terror

by Reuven Schwartz ( in the picture At the scene: Revuven Schwartz, the author, with white beard at right.) Right in front of me, two Arabs stabbed a rabbi in cold blood. On Wednesday morning I visited my daughter, who lives in the Old City of Jerusalem. As I was leaving through Jaffa Gate I … Read more

Cool heads needed in the fight against Palestinian terror

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaacov Amidror Israel is facing a difficult security situation, but not an existential threat. Israel has had longer and harsher waves of terrorism. Israeli leaders must keep things in proportion, as “massive retaliation” could make things worse. The security situation is complex. Israel’s decision to outlaw the Islamic Movement’s Northern Branch may … Read more

The Psalm of Protection

Psalm 91 The whole text of psalm 91 engraved on stailnless steel pendant. Within the text is the verse “He shall charge angels to watch over you in all your ways”( psalm 91:11) This very popular exclusive Shorashim design has been recreated in honor of the young men and women of the Israel Defense Forces. … Read more