Posts Tagged: History of Israel
Here’s the Truth About Palestinian National Identity
Of the steady stream of Palestinian Authority (PA) lies, possibly the most farcical is its claim to be a 6,000-year-old nation -- combined with its...
Do the Jewish People Know That Our People Never Actually Left the Land of Israel?
Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, describes how anti-Zionists in academia have systematically challenged the moral basis of the Jewish/Zionist story....
Israel’s Hostage Dilemma: In Search of the World’s Understanding and Respect
"As soon as you settle in America, gather your children, and go to Israel. Then, once you see that land, I want a letter from...
Palestinian Authority Claims That Ancient Jews and Pagans Were All ‘Palestinians’
One of the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s biggest problems is its identity complex. It knows that the Jewish people have been in the Land of Israel...
A Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2024
Here are eight things you should know ahead of this year's celebration of Passover: 1. Passover (April 22-30, 2024) is a Jewish national liberation holiday, highlighting...
Jewish Diversity, Israeli Politics, and the Rules of the Game
The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote about Jews, that “No small people is more diverse, ethnically, culturally, attitudinally and religiously.” Nowhere is this more evident...
Israeli Archaeological Treasures Align with Hebrew Bible Accounts
Nothing helps us better understand the lives of the people who have lived in Israel than the archaeological artifacts that are dug up here. The...
The World Supported the Balfour Declaration — and the Creation of Israel
Tuesday was the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, where Great Britain announced its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people"...
Media Erase Jewish Connection to Newly Uncovered Ancient Winery in Israel
The Israeli and Jewish media recently reported on the discovery in Yavne of a 1,500-year-old complex capable of producing some two million liters of wine...
Israel: From Tribal Politics to a Territorial Democracy
The State of Israel is in a political crisis that reflects deep social rifts. At the Herzliya Conference in 2015, then-president Reuven Rivlin noted that...
Ah, Jerusalem!
I’ve read what the Talmud says: “10 measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Yerushalayim, one by the rest of the...
Israel at 73
Modern Israel celebrates its 73rd birthday this week. Let me put my cards on the table: I’m not dispassionate when it comes to the country. For...
A Bicentennial to Mark Modern Zionism
Not many Jews today recall a 19th-century Jewish leader who wrote a booklet that inspired young Jews to move to the Land of Israel. The man...
Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land’
JNS.org - I have never criticized former US president Barack Obama publicly — neither during my time in the Knesset nor anywhere else — despite...
