Archive for June, 2007

Parashat Balak: World War, Impossible Tasks

Rabbi Nachman Kahana
Part One: Yalkut Shimoni - Iran will destroy the world
Part Two: Avraham's Disciples
Part Three: Building Walls, Closing Doors
Part One: Yalkut Shimoni, "Iran will destroy the world"
HaShem appoints strange messengers to do His bidding. At times it is a talking donkey or an arch-evil anti-semite, like Bilam, who...
Read more »

Posted in Israel News | No Comments »

The Destiny of Free Will

Early afternoon found me in one of my favorite places in Israel - a cab - returning from my very favorite place in Israel - the Western Wall. As we wove through Jerusalem's diverse neighborhoods, we passed ancient buildings with centuries of history adjacent to modern commercial buildings, yet, somehow, the scene was not incongruous at all. I...
Read more »

Posted in Israel News | No Comments »

Was there ever a Palestinian 'nation'?

Palestinians lack true national identity as theirs mostly characterized by hatred towards Israel
Ofir Haivry Published:
The growing political and cultural rift between the Arabs of the Gaza Strip and those residing in Judea and Samaria has stirred debate about the possibility of establishing two separate political entities and the future of Palestinian nationalism in general....
Read more »

Posted in Israel News | No Comments »

CNN puts Jerusalem back on the map

Following an inquiry from The Jerusalem Post, CNN has corrected a feature on its Web site that failed to identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital and which had instead listed it as "Jerusalem, null."
The change was made on Wednesday, after the Post contacted a CNN spokesman in Atlanta, where the company is based, and asked why...
Read more »

Posted in Israel News | No Comments »

PM planning to evacuate West Bank outposts in coming months

By Aluf Benn,
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is planning to initiate the evacuation of illegal outposts in the West Bank in the coming months, political sources in the capital said Wednesday.
"This year we will see the evacuation of outposts," the sources said, and the appointment of Ehud Barak to the Defense Ministry will bolster Olmert's ability...
Read more »

Posted in Israel News | No Comments »

Mexico President: Senate Made Grave Error

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Senate made a grave error by failing to pass legislation that would have led to the legalization of millions of unlawful immigrants, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Thursday.
The bill’s collapse will close the door to legal immigration, encourage continued illegal immigration and human rights violations and decrease security on both sides...
Read more »

Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

Putin's Arctic invasion: Russia lays claim to the North Pole – and all its gas, oil, and diamonds

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
His scientists claim an underwater ridge near the North Pole is really part of Russia's continental shelf.
One newspaper printed a map of the "new...
Read more »

Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

Globalist Study Says Citizens Want A World Government

An "in depth" study by a core globalist body and also funded in part by all manner of elitist groups and corporations, including the Rockefellers and the Ford Foundation, has found that the people of the world want a global government with a standing army to police the planet.
The study (PDF link) has been jointly released...
Read more »

Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

46-53, immigration bill goes down in defeat

By Klaus Marre  
June 28, 2007  
The comprehensive immigration reform bill that has dodged attacks from the left and right for weeks, survived “poison pill” amendments, and was once pulled from the Senate schedule failed its most important test Thursday. Passage of the legislation now appears unlikely.
The bipartisan coalition that had shepherded the...
Read more »

Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

Hindu prayer to open US Senate

History will be created when a Hindu prayer will be recited at the opening of the US Senate in Washington DC on July 12.
Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain, said that he had been officially asked to say the prayer. He said he believes this may be the first time any Hindu prayer is delivered in...
Read more »

Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »

American Sites of interest

Israel