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The shameless abandonment of Gilad Schalit

I was returning home after dropping my children off at school a couple of days ago when a bumper sticker on the car ahead caught my eye and sent my blood pressure climbing.
“Gilad Schalit Chai” - it read. “Gilad Schalit lives.”
Gilad is the slight-framed, bespectacled Israeli army corporal who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in [...]

2009 and the battle for the Land

Around the world, as this year fades away, almost all eyes are on the economy. And when people worry about their pocket books they care a lot less about other issues “out there.” As far as the global situation goes, top economists in America and Europe warned this week that “we ain’t seen nothing yet.”
It [...]

Christmas in Israel, and rockets fall like the rain

I’m sorry to disturb your Christmas celebrations, but something is happening in the land in which Jesus was born, and to the people God chose to send Him to, that I really believe you should know about..
In the past few hours, as millions of Christians have been gearing up for Christmas, many turning their attention [...]

Who’s afraid of Obama’s team?

I am neither troubled nor dismayed as I watch, from Jerusalem, the growing line-up of officials selected to fill the powerful posts of the soon-to-be invested Obama administration.
I did not gasp at the news that Hillary Clinton was en route to becoming the new Secretary of State. The thought of her motorcade tying up traffic [...]

Israel, when you go out to battle

Is Israel finally poised to blow apart the aggressive, anti-West Iranian nuclear program? After months of speculation and counter speculation, and after years of appealing for effective international intervention, there are signs this morning suggesting the Jewish state may well be preparing to go to the wire on its own.
The Jerusalem Post (December 4) said [...]

Where terror brings traffic jams

Two traffic jams brought commuters to a stop in Israel today (Tuesday, December 2).
The first, a massive snarl-up, began building in the early hours of the morning on the ring roads around Tel Aviv. Tens of thousands of people on their way to work in the “White City” found themselves at a standstill. Israel’s Internal [...]