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- "A fight over the regulation of settlements becomes a fight over the character of Israel"
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- DePaul Professor Kwall: "We need our houses of worship to be a refuge from strife and political discord, and not a source of such conflict"
- In failing to stop the Islamic State, U.S. ignores the lessons of Auschwitz
- "To hear the news media tell it, Israel’s Knesset has approved extreme right-wing legislation that will steal Palestinian land by legalizing illegal outposts and thereby demolish the last hopes for Middle East peace"
- “Zeldin, who is Jewish, and Omar, who is Muslim, might be the most controversial members of the kumbaya clique”
- "The fact that a large number of Palestinians are desperate to work in Israel is a sign of the failure of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority to improve the living conditions of their people"
Tag Archives: Haredim
“Violence began after inspector issuing parking ticket was attacked by two young men, apparently draft-dodgers, who threatened to ‘slaughter’ him; Rioters also attack bus with soldiers”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 13 cops hurt as ultra-Orthodox riot in Jerusalem; police use tear gas, arrest four Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol December 18, 2025 Hundreds of young Haredi men clashed with police in Jerusalem Thursday, injuring 13 officers and … Continue reading
Today’s protest “was contrasted by another ultra-Orthodox event in the city just hours earlier, when reservists of the IDF’s new Haredi brigade stood for a ceremony at the Western Wall after completing their training”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 200,000 ultra-Orthodox men block entry to Jerusalem in protest against serving in IDF Charlie Summers October 30, 2025 Some 200,000 ultra-Orthodox men blocked the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for a “million man” protest against military … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Boaz Bismuth, Haredi, Haredim, IDF
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Defense minister says ultra-Orthodox must share military burden; announcement welcomed by Gantz, met by vague Haredi threats that issue could bring down the government
TIMES OF ISRAEL Gallant says no Haredi draft bill without centrist support, risking coalition crisis Emanuel Fabian and Jeremy Sharon February 28, 2024 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called for an end to military draft exemptions for members of the ultra-Orthodox … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Haredi, Haredim, Tal Law, Yoav Galant
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“Nachal Haredi, an army unit made up entirely of former yeshiva students, is growing and is a highly trained and successful combat unit”
MOMENT What Will It Take to Get the Haredim to Enlist? by Naomi Ragen November/December 2018 …Ever since the nascent State of Israel agreed in 1948 in return for Orthodox support not to draft 400 yeshiva students—a number that by … Continue reading
“For those who are filled with fury…I agree with you about how disgusting it is that the haredim have wormed their way into power so that they can distort Jewish laws and control Jewish holy sites, making life miserable for the rest of us, including Orthodox Jewish women like myself”
ISRAPUNDIT A Good Relationship Gone Bad by Naomi Ragen July 5, 2017 …There was a time when American Jews not only put their pennies in their pushkas to help the struggling Jewish homeland. They put their lives on the line. … Continue reading
“This willingness to facilitate integration without assimilation is what enables most Israeli Arabs to feel “comfortable” in Israel” [VIDEO]
COMMENTARY Israel’s Internal Rapprochement by Evelyn Gordon May 4, 2017 Speaking at official ceremonies marking Israel’s Independence Day, both President Reuven Rivlin and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein warned of the dangers of internal rifts in Israeli society. Yet, in fact, … Continue reading
Jews Against Themselves, by Edward Alexander [EXCERPT]
ALGEMEINER by Edward Alexander June 22, 2015 Jews Against Themselves is about the new forms taken by Jewish apostasy in an age when Jewish existence is threatened more starkly and immediately than at any time since the Hitler era. I have not … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Haredim, J Street, JBIG, Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews Against Themselves, MESA
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The police spy who found his ‘brothers’ in Mea Shearim
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Abraham Rabinovich October 3, 2014 Veteran reporter Abraham Rabinovich’s new book ‘Jerusalem on Earth’ deals with the evolution of the city in the decades after the 1967 Six Day War. This exclusive excerpt tells the story … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Abraham Rabinovich, Hanan, Haredim, Jerusalem, Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox
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