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I can’t think of any pro-Israel advocate who wouldn’t love to have Woody Allen make his next film in Israel. Can you? I didn’t think so. Especially, after Allen has time and time again said there’s no good reason to leave Manhattan yet he’s made four films in London, one in Spain, one in Rome [...]
Jerusalem has been in the news even more than usual this past week, beginning with a US Supreme Court ruling that clearly repudiated a State Department claim of sweeping power over foreign policy and Jerusalem, and ending with the latest attempt to stir up global sentiment against Israel, this time not with a flotilla or [...]
By Gal Sitty The Old City of Jerusalem might be the most contested piece of real estate in the history of World. Since it’s founding thousands of years ago many wars have been fought over it and many kingdoms and empires have sought to control it. Walking through it now, under the sovereignty of the democratic [...]
By Gal Sitty This weekend, Israel welcomed record setting numbers of Christian tourists to the Holy Land to celebrate Christmas. All told by the end of the year Israel will have warmly hosted over 2.5 million Christian tourists. To facilitate and accommodate the many faithful Israel provided free shuttles to Bethlehem’s Manger Square, outside the Church [...]
By Gal Sitty Speaking to a European conference as an official representative of the US Government Ambassador Howard Gutman made the following remarks legitimizing Muslim anti-Semitism while minimizing other forms of anti-Semitism: “A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned, and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between [...]
Claire Berlinski is one of the bloggers on our Media Fellowship trip to Israel. Here’s her overview of the schedule… So those of you who follow me on Ricochet will know that this week, Ricochet is going on a Holy Land Press Junket. That’s right, your Turkey correspondent’s been invited on a press junket to [...]
Image via Wikipedia In a recent article on Aish.com entitled “Airbrushing Jewish History,” author Yvette Alt Miller presents a compelling discussion on how Jewish archaeological history in Israel is being systematically destroyed. Miller suggests that at a time when demonstration of Jewish presence in Israel is more important than ever, the Muslim Waqf – the [...]
