Lessons in Unity: Knesset Bill Mandates Arabic Classes from First Grade

November 2, 2015 Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill this past Wednesday that mandates spoken Arabic instruction for Israeli students. The bill is intended to build bridges among Jewish and Arab Israelis.

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Facebook Faces Class-Action Lawsuit by 20,000 Israelis

November 2, 2015 About 20,000 Israelis are suing Facebook for its failure to take tough action against online incitement by Palestinian extremists: “Facebook is fanning the flames of the current Palestinian intifada,” said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, the group’s Tel Aviv-based lawyer, after filing the lawsuit with the New York State Court.

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Abbas Asks UN for Protection from Israel

November 2, 2015 Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas called for "international protection" against Israel while accusing Israel of "extrajudicial killings against unarmed civilians."

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Netanyahu Upholds Status Quo on the Temple Mount

October 26, 2015 In a move largely considered a concession to Arab demands and pressure from the Obama regime and US Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Saturday evening that the status quo of the Temple Mount would remain.

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UNESCO Claims Jewish Sites are Muslim

October 26, 2015 On Wednesday, a UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) resolution classified the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem as Muslim sites and an integral part of Palestine. The resolution was approved after last-minute removal of the Palestinian request to also declare the Western Wall to be a Muslim holy site.

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Media Downplays Palestinian Violence

October 26, 2015 In a recent opinion piece, Yair Lapid, an Israeli MK (member of parliament) and former Israeli Treasury Minister, warned of two separate intifadas: Palestinian violence on the ground within Israel and one in the international media. Calling the current Palestinian knife, axe, gun, and car attacks against Jewish Israelis “persecution,” Lapid said, “They no longer pretend this is about foreign policy, or even about settlements. It is religious fanaticism which knows no limits. In their own words – and I see no reason not to believe them – they want to murder Jews because they are Jews.”

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Palestinians to UNESCO: Western Wall Part of Al-Aqsa

October 19, 2015 The Palestinian Authority (PA) will take another step in its initiative to deprive the Jewish People of their holy places this week by seeking Islamic authority over the holiest site of Jewish prayer: the Kotel (Western Wall), which is considered holy because it was part of the First and Second Temple.

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Israelis Suit Up for Self-Defense in Response to Palestinian Terror

October 19, 2015 The recent wave of terror against Israeli civilians has left many realizing that they cannot wait for official help — they must be the help.

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Netanyahu Tackles Abbas’ Lies about Ahmed Manasrah

October 19, 2015 The 13-year-old Palestinian who stabbed a 13-year-old Jewish boy while he was riding a bicycle is healing up at a Jerusalem hospital, despite claims by Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinians that the very-much-alive Ahmed Manasrah is a victim, murdered by Israel.

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UN Discusses Terrorism After Arsonists Set Fire to Joseph’s Tomb

October 19, 2015 The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the intensifying Palestinian violence in Israel, which includes the burning of Joseph’s Tomb on Thursday night.

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