Hand o nkotel by Dinu MandreaIt has been few years now since my first and last visit to Jerusalem. As I sat across the Western Wall on that warm summer evening and watched my  surroundings with mixed emotions, one thing has become clear: This was a special moment in my life, one I would always remember and cherish...

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Theodor Herzl"Der Judenstaat"  or "The Jewish State" is a small book published in 1986 in Vienna, Austria. The author of the book was the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl. In the book he outlined his reasoning for the need to reestablish the historic Jewish state. This book is still very much relevant today...

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Current Events

Unprecedented third election in a year leaves Israeli public cold 

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By Debka File - 12/12/2019   

Trump's anti-Semitism order is a Rorschach test for Jews

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By Jonathan S. Tobin - Israel Hayom - 12/12/2019   

Lebanese officials protest Iranian threat to attack Israel from Lebanon

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By Tzvi Joffre - The Jerusalem Post - 12/12/2019   

‘Jews are dead? That’s great’: Bystanders spew anti-Semitic hate...

Less than 24 hours after assailants killed multiple victims in a kosher grocery in Jersey City, New Jersey, former New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, founder of Americans Against Anti-Semitism, posted online chilling footage captured in the hours after the attack. In one of the clips, a young man >>>

By World Israel News Staff  - 12/11/2019   

Opinion

Jerusalem, Trump & Future of the Peace Process

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Right of Return & a Just Solution

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2334 - The Misguided Resolution

UN Security Coucil MeetingOn December 23rd, 2016 the UN Security Council has adopted a non binding resolution 2334 concerning the Israeli settlements. The language of the resolution states that: "establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law." Resolution was passed by 14-0 vote. U.S. who has abstained. >>>

 

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