Posts Tagged: Judea and Samaria
Israeli Settlement Facts and Falsehoods
1. Judea and Samaria (Jewish roots) or West Bank (Arab roots)? "Judea" (יהודה) is the origin of the term "Jew" (יהודי). Its Hebrew spelling combines...
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday which commemorates a Land of Israel national liberation struggle, unlike Passover (the Exodus from Egypt), Sukkot/Tabernacles & Shavouot/Pentacost...
Middle Eastern Tunnel Vision
Imagine: until the Holland Tunnel was completed in 1927 New York and New Jersey had not been contiguous (defined in Webster's as "have contact with")....
Annexation and Withdrawal: A Modest Proposal
When is enough really enough? For the State of Israel, apparently, still not yet. Israeli military occupation over the "West Bank" is a 45-year-old mistake and...
Netanyahu Slams “Venomous” Abbas Speech at United Nations
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted strongly to the speech delivered today by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas before the United Nations General Assembly prior to...
Ehud Barak’s Tangled Legacy
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak - heroic military commander, failed politician, and bane of Jewish settlers - has announced his intention to resign from public...
Netanyahu Seeks to Adopt Report that States Legal Case for Judea and Samaria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to adopt some conclusions of the Report on the Legal Status of Building in Judea and Samaria by retired Supreme...
MK Danny Danon: We Have a Strong Majority Who do not Believe There Should be a Palestinian State (INTERVIEW Part 4)
One of Israel's rising political stars, MK Danny Danon is Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of Prime Minister Netanyahu's governing Likud...
Why Does Bibi Stand up to Iran at the UN and Give in to Iran in Judea and Samaria?
Two days before Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu flew to the UN to fight the lethal challenge posed by Iran, Netanyahu's Defense Minister, Ehud Barak,...
Israeli Defense Minister Barak Calls for Unilateral West Bank Pullout
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke out in favor of a unilateral withdrawal from portions of Judea and Samaria in an interview with Israel Hayom. Under Barak's...
IDF’s Central Command Chief is Bracing for Possible Escalation
The Commander of the IDF's Central Command, Major General Nitzan Alon, addressed the current security situation in Judea and Samaria during a recent ceremony held in...
Romney’s Realism on the Palestinians
Governor Romney's Sept. 18, 2012 assessments of the Palestinian issue — opposing the "two state solution" — highlight the battle between data-driven realism and desire-driven wishful...
The Attacks on Israelis You Won’t Read About Anywhere Else, September 14-20
Using resources from across Israel, The Algemeiner regularly publishes details of attacks on Israeli civilians and military ...
Stone Barriers: The New Form of Arab Terror on Roads in Judea and Samaria
A new form of terrorist activity has recently begun to plague the communities of Judea and Samaria. These attacks take the form of piles of...
