The Middle East and Current Events


Dr. Harold Rhode: Israel ‘On Its Own’ When It Comes to Obama

By Eliran Aharon  First Publish: 7/6/2015, 11:07 PM On a visit to Israel this week, Dr. Harold Rhode, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at New York’s Gatestone Institute discussed several of the burning issues in the Middle East today. Dr. Rhode is well qualified to comment on these matters; a former Advisor on Islamic Affairs in the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense, Rhode traces his career in […]


Eulogy by Dr. Yagil Henkin, Military Historian and Lecturer at the IDF Command and Staff College, for his brother Rabbi Eitam Henkin

I want to tell you a little bit about Eitam. Eitam was a jokester. I know it’s surprising to say this at a funeral, and all the more so, about a rabbi and scholar who was headed for greatness, but he was a jokester, and that’s a good thing. If you want to be serious, you should also be able from time to time to make fun of […]


Fatah unit claims responsibility for murder of Israeli couple

(Over the years, JTA has hesitated to report what the Palestinian Authority conveys . Not this time.- David Bedein) A cell affiliated with Fatah’s armed wing assumed responsibility for the murder of an Israeli couple near the West Bank settlement of Itamar. The Abdel Qader al-Husseini Brigades, a group affiliated with Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, announced on Friday that its men on Thursday night opened fire on the […]


North Korea says main nuclear complex operational; warns U.S.

World | Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:44pm EDT SEOUL | BY JACK KIM AND JU-MIN PARK North Korea said on Tuesday its main nuclear complex was operating and it was working to improve the “quality and quantity” of weapons which it could use against the United States at “any time.” The comments on North Korea’s official news agency came after its space agency said late Monday it was […]


Confronting Violence in the Name of God

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks gives a most incisive psychological analysis of the mind of the Terrorist, in every generation.  Understanding a phenomenon is the first step to being able to  effectively deal with it.   GP: This lecture is based on Rabbi Sacks’ new book, Not in God’s Name. It is an important book and should be studied.  Rabbi Sacks, shlit’a, is probably one of the most eloquent spokesmen […]