I never met Mitchell “Mike” Flint, but before I had even heard of him, I knew about him and his legendary sense of being on the right side of history in the establishment of the State of Israel. When I read about Mitchell, Jewish and Israeli newspapers were filled with accounts of his life in obituaries that heaped praise on his heroism, and that of others like him. There’s a Jewish tradition to comfort the mourning surviving family members of one who dies and I was able to connect with one of Mitchell’s sons, to express my condolences and thanks,…
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Each year I try to think of how to depict Memorial Day in Israel in a way that’s meaningful and juxtapose it in relation to how it’s observed in the US. Many thoughts race through my head. And each year I see Memorial Day through a different prism. This year’s prism is through adopting a chayal boded, a lone soldier, who moved to Israel from the US alone. His home is our home, and while we don’t get to see him every day because he’s in the army, his experiences trickle down and provide a perspective through which we look…
Hamas has admitted to lying about the violent clashes last week along the border, IDF official Ronen Manelis wrote in a Wall Street Journal article. The terror organization orchestrated the riots by encouraging participation and paying for violent attempts to breach the border fence, and the world media fell for the lies and published fake news, Manelis claimed. Hamas is lying about the clashes that took place in the Gaza Strip on Nakba Day last week, IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis claimed in an article published by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. The terror organization orchestrated the violence along the…
A Palestinian who was planning to carry out a terror attack on Jerusalem Day was arrested at a checkpoint as he tried to enter the city on Sunday. He will likely be charged with attempted murder. It was cleared for publication on Thursday that Israel Border Police officers arrested a Palestinian man at the Qalandiya border crossing on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack. The arrest took place on Sunday, which was Jerusalem Day. The officers were suspicious of the Palestinian man when he presented an expired entry permit as he attempted to enter Jerusalem. When they…
Viewpoint Israel is bringing you a special treat! In honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary since its founding as a modern nation in 1948, we’re commemorating the occasion by sharing this special music video which captures the soul and beauty of this amazing land. Enjoy!
Hananya Naftali is a popular online advocate for Israel who served in the Armored Corps, fought Hamas in Operation Protective Edge, and calls himself a Jew who loves Jesus. Recently appointed as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new deputy social media adviser, Naftali also takes to YouTube to post videos of himself defending Israel’s policies. In this latest video, Naftali entreats all countries to follow in the footsteps of the United States by moving their embassies to Jerusalem.
In an incredible anti-Semitic tirade, Israel’s supposedly moderate peace partner, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, blamed the Jews for their own near-annihilation in the Nazi Holocaust. In a rambling address to the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah on Monday, Abbas insisted that the Holocaust was the result not of Nazi anti-Semitism, but rather the Jews’ “social behavior, [charging] interest, and financial matters.” It was classic anti-Semitism, through and through. Abbas’ goal was to convince his listeners that the Jewish people have no right to live in the Holy Land, and, apparently, no right to live at all. US Ambassador to Israel…
The Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center is seeking International Criminal Court action against Hamas over the terrorist group’s use of children as human shields in the riots that have taken place over the past month on the Israel-Gaza Strip border. The lawsuit is based on a clause in the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC’s work, which says that recruiting children under the age of 15 to any militant organization is a war crime. The suit names former Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, current deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri, and moneyman Zahar Jabarin as guilty of war crimes, saying that as all…
by Jonathan Feldstein Seeing trees blossom and grow fruit in the Land of Israel as I leave my house every late winter and early spring morning makes me realize another way in which I am grateful to be able to live and raise my family here. When we built our house, it was important not only to plant trees, which Jews have done for more than 100 years, and where Israel has become the only country in the world to enter the 21st-century with more trees than it had at the beginning of the 20th century, but also to realize…
In order to understand what’s happening in Gaza, you will need to know some background. Muslims believe that once they conquer a territory, it’s forever a part of the Islamic world. Israel has been conquered by many nations in the past including the Muslims and Turks. So, most Muslims believe that ALL of Israel is Islamic territory. In May of 1948, Arab leaders told the Arabs of then, “Palestine,” that they will have a war with the “New” Nation of Israel. They encouraged the Arabs to leave their homes until after the war, then they could return again. Israel offered…