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Jeez, Ain’t That Nice?
I mean, all that balanced moral equivalence and stuff. I just get goosebumps.
I recently received my Jerusalem Online Updates on the computer and, sure enough, there’s President Obama’s Mid East envoy, George Mitchell, stating that the U.S. won’t turn its back on Palestinians.
As if Washington ever [...]

President Barack Obama’s long-awaited speech to the Muslim World in Cairo had some important, positive elements in it. He is to be commended for that.
Among other things, he spelled out the need for Arabs and other Muslims to get a handle on their own extremists; defined, then stressed, [...]

At the time of the Tower of Babylon - people could not understand each other. Yet, as we have mastered the power of the word, the confusion is even greater. The word is like a knife , in the hands of a surgeon it heals, in the hands of a murderer it kills.
Israel is attacked [...]

The story of Passover and the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt is abundant with wondrous miracles and fascinating happenings. Some of the remarkable, underlying events leading up to the Exodus are not recounted in the Hagada. Following highlights just a few of the alluring and spectacular aspects of the story of the [...]

Nauseating…but I’ll get to that later.
Israel has finally opened up its collective eyes and once again elected leaders who are willing to assert that Israel is indeed a sovereign nation and will act like one. The last Israeli leadership virtually relinquished Israel’s sovereignty to the wishes of an American [...]

While The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof is no stranger to these positions throughout the year, he frequently comes out with his gems of Middle East wisdom right around Bike Week here in Daytona Beach, Florida, when tens of thousands of Harley enthusiasts arrive to also spread their hot air exhaust around town. This year [...]

It was a moment in time never to be forgotten…July 4, 1976.
And there I was, alongside the bay in Brooklyn, watching those spectacular tall sailing ships from numerous countries passing under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in salute to America’s two hundredth birthday. Tears of pride [...]

Talk about close!
The Israelis are rivaling America’s Bush-Gore race of 2000 in their recent election. As this article goes to print, either Tzipora Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu may wind up the next Israeli Prime Minister.
Both now seek the support of an important third party to form a viable government, that of Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu.
Lieberman’s [...]

Ah, Parades…When Will Israel Finally Learn To Appreciate Them?
How can you not like parades?
I mean, just think of all those folks in all of their nice, fancy costumes or uniforms, showing off their prowess and wares of one kind or another. And all of that great music…
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