Tag Archives: Waqf

More Israel bashing from the usual suspects

Posted on 1 March 2013 by

Remember Turkey? The country to whom everybody is urging Israel to apologize for defending itself against their terrorists who sent a flotilla to break Israel’s legal blockade against Hamas? Well, their outspoken Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan just went and … Continue reading →

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Destroying Jewish history

Posted on 14 January 2013 by

In the middle of the Six Day War in 1967, Motta Gur may famously have announced “The Temple Mount is in our hands“, but the truth is that this is far from evident today.  The ongoing destruction at the hands … Continue reading →

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Tisha Be’Av 5772 – 2012

Posted on 28 July 2012 by

It is the fast of Tisha Be’Av (9th of Av) today (OK, technically it is the 10th today, since we don’t fast on Shabbat besides on Yom Kippur), the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction … Continue reading →

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Is Israel neglecting its sovereignty in Jerusalem?

Posted on 28 February 2012 by

A shocking situation that has been chronicled by archeologists, historians and bloggers for a long while now has finally made it into the Israeli mainstream media, and not before time. Ynet, in a special report, asks: Is Israel losing the … Continue reading →

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Muslim worshippers hurl stones from Al Aqsa compound

Posted on 24 February 2012 by

It’s Friday, the Muslims’ day of rest. So where better to go to have some fun and excitement than the Temple Mount, or to be more precise, the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for some devoted prayer stone-throwing. Friday prayers … Continue reading →

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