Monthly Archives: July 2014

The Civilian Charade [CLICK FOR RELATED VIDEO]

Rabbi Pruzansky Blog July 2014 I realize that one is supposed to grieve incessantly over the loss of civilian life in Gaza, over the deaths of innocent women and children, or over the mourning of mothers for their sons and … Continue reading

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Palestine Makes You Dumb

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens July 28, 2014 To argue the Palestinian side, in the Gaza war, is to make the case for barbarism. Of all the inane things that have been said about the war between Israel and … Continue reading

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New wound-closure tech helping to heal soldiers [CLICK FOR VIDEO]

ISRAEL 21C by Abigail Klein Leichman July 27, 2014 TopClosure, invented by an Israeli plastic surgeon, allows for quickly and temporarily closing skin over an open wound in an emergency setting. Some of the soldiers wounded in Operation Protective Edge … Continue reading

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Foiled Hamas tunnel plot would have had hundreds of fighters infiltrate Israel, attack thousands of Israelis

THE ISRAEL PROJECT July 25, 2014 Israeli Hebrew – and English – language media outlets reported early Friday that Hamas’s offensive tunnel network – which is now known to have been composed of over two dozen attack tunnels dug underneath … Continue reading

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John Kerry (and his boss): The betrayal

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz July 27, 2014 Astoundingly, the secretary’s intervention in the Hamas war empowers the Gaza terrorist government bent on destroying Israel When The Times of Israel’s Avi Issacharoff first reported the content of John Kerry’s … Continue reading

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How the Media is Helping Hamas

GATESTONE INSTITUTE by Bassam Tawil July 27, 2014 Hamas and its Palestinian and Western propagandists continue to insist that the Islamist movement does not use civilians in the Gaza Strip as human shields during war. But the truth is that … Continue reading

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Another response to Slate’s Blood Libel Against Birthright Israel

ALGEMEINER by Shmuley Boteach July 24, 2014 We Jews know what a blood libel is. It captures false accusations that Jews are culpable for deaths they did not commit or are in no way responsible for. So how should we … Continue reading

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Excellent YouTubes to post and share [CLICK FOR VIDEOS]

An open letter to critics of Israel Share this video, which outlines the differences between a moral democracy defending itself, and a murderous terrorist organization. Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer calls out CNN’s incompetent and misleading coverage of conflict A cartoon … Continue reading

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Monday in Chicago, a Community-wide JUF RALLY in solidarity with the people of Israel

#ChiStandsWithIsrael MONDAY, JULY 28 at 11:00am James R. Thompson Center 100 W. Randolph Street, Chicago As Israel perseveres amidst Hamas terror, our support endures and expands http://www.facebook.com/JUFChicago/photos/a.10150284459918426.353423.108091343425/10152531019988426/?type=1 http://lists.juf.org/t/346893/22497/19114/0/

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PICK-OF-THE-DAY…Want Proportionality? Give Israel 22 Countries. Spare us the pieties and righteous indignation of Europe.

ARUTZ SHEVA July 17, 2014 by Jack Engelhard Europe is in an uproar. Frankfurt, Germany is rioting, along with France, the UK and in other places where it’s Springtime for Hitler all over again. But even over here in America … Continue reading

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