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The Middle East ‘Peace Process’ Meme: WHAT Peace Process?
There is no Middle East “peace process” and there has not been a “Middle East peace process” for decades. It is a sham. For the Arab Muslim world, “Palestine” is Israel. One need not be fluent in Hebrew nor in Arabic to grasp this, simply capable of looking at four pictures.
Rabbis Applaud Trump Moves on Jerusalem
President Trump’s decision is correct politically and pragmatically. It is previous Presidents, European and Arab leaders who should be questioned regarding their double standard applied uniquely to Israel.
Israel Natl News: ‘Reform leaders organized ‘lynch’ against Hotovely’
“What happened with [Deputy] Minister Hotovely is disgraceful,” Rabbi Schonfeld said in an interview with Arutz Sheva. “She made a statement which I believe is correct.”
CBN: Religious Liberty Case Hits Supreme Court: Why This Man’s Fight Has Huge Implications for Christians and Jews
Yaakov Menken, director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, said Phillips’ case is particularly important for Jews because so much their religious observance is based on their actions.
Israel Natl News: The disappointing Orthodox response to Hotovely
In the USA, only the Coalition for Jewish Values, a newcomer on the American Orthodox scene, spoke up in Hotovely’s defense. A CJV spokesman said, correctly, that “She held up a mirror to much of American Jewry, and some of their self-appointed leaders do not like what they see.”
The Forward: Are Orthodox Jews Abandoning The Separation Of Church And State?
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, president of CJV, explained in an email, “The separation of church and state means that there is no state religion; it does not mean that citizens’ views on moral issues are disqualified when their positions stem from their personal religious beliefs.”
Tzipi Hotovely has finally been discovered
With her celebrity in the US because of the Princeton Hillel boycott, comes a new price to pay — dealing with the hatchets swung by the “Gotcha!” crowd. They hate her because, without a fight, she defeated the rabid leftist rabbis of Hillel.
Anatomy of a Smear
It would be edifying if Israelis truly understood what is happening in American Jewish life and paid less attention to the instigators of insincere indignation, such as those who smeared Hotovely. Netanyahu should have supported her.
American Greatness: Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Chris Buskirk Discuss Religious Liberty
Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values joined American Greatness Publisher, Chris Buskirk, on the Seth and Chris Show to discuss developments on questions of religious liberty since the election of President Trump.
Rabbi Lerner in A7 interview: Hotovely is right
Lerner said that there is already a schism with US Jewry since liberal Jews don’t understand the situation in Israel and think they know what is good for it.