The opening paragraph of the Israeli Declaration of Independence not only references the connection of Jewish people to the Land … More
Category: Israel
Jacob’s deception of his father Isaac
Jacob, later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites and so is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. … More
Esau – Edom and Idumea
Edom was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of … More
Stuxnet – cyberweapon built by the US and Israel
Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm, first uncovered in 2010, thought to have been in development since at least 2005. Stuxnet targets supervisory control … More
Jim Stone’s Fukushima report
It took them three hundred years and trillions of dollars to build a theatre of darkness, yet the light of … More
Law Promoting New EXXON Gas Pipeline
In a bitterly divided Congress, lawmakers still managed to come together to help Exxon Mobil pass major legislation that could … More
pomegranate buds, lulavs, etrogs
The Judean provisional government was a short-lived de facto governing entity of Judea, which was established in the year 66 by Judean rebel … More
Bonastruc ça Porta – “Mazel Tov near the Gate”
Moses ben Nahman (1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides, and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc … More
“The Steal of the Century” – Trump’s anti-peace plan
Trump has unveiled his vision for Middle East peace in a White House launch that gifted Israel a wishlist of its … More
‘Like A Prisoner Being Let Free’
The White House has invited Israeli leaders to visit next week to discuss the administration’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. … More
Trump is wrong about the Islamic State
President Donald Trump has made several incorrect or misleading statements about the five-year battle against the Islamic State group as … More
Hamas
Hamas [Islamic Resistance Movement]) is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam … More
Fatah
Fatah, formerly the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, is a Palestinian nationalist social democratic political party and the largest faction of the confederated multi-party Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the second-largest … More
The Samaritan Pentateuch
The Samaritan Pentateuch, also known as the Samaritan Torah (torah shomronit), is a text of the first five books of the Hebrew … More
Hasmonean dynasty
The Hasmonean dynasty was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE the dynasty ruled Judea semi-autonomously from the Seleucids. From 110 BCE, … More
Why the Hatred Between the Jews and Samaritans?
I have been perplexed by the rift between the Samaritans and the Jews and their hatred mentioned in the New … More
Rawabi (“The Hills”) – the beginning of a Palestine
Rawabi (“The Hills”) is the first planned city built for and by Palestinians in the West Bank, and is hailed as a “flagship Palestinian enterprise.” Rawabi … More
Mezuzah (“doorpost”)
A mezuzah (“doorpost”) is a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21). These verses … More
Jerusalem was renamed “Aelia Capitolina”
Aelia Capitolina was a Roman colony, built under the emperor Hadrian on the site of Jerusalem, which was in ruins following the siege of 70 … More
First Crusade (1095–1099)
The First Crusade (1095–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Land, called for by Pope Urban II at the Council … More
