Tag: "Terrorism"

Israeli military checkpoint

The Unseen Shield

The Shin Bet (motto = “the unseen shield”) operates with transparency, providing personnel with legal propriety as they fulfill the responsibility of keeping Israelis out of harm’s way. An look at the organization and its history.

Martyr in Waiting: End of a Hunger Strike

Martyr in Waiting: End of a Hunger Strike

If Palestinian operative Adnan was a significant figure in the West Bank and was detained because of his danger to Israelis, was it ethical for Israel to capitulate to his demands and agree to release him?

The Fascinating, Inspiring, Unfathomable Life of a Boy Named Gilad

The Fascinating, Inspiring, Unfathomable Life of a Boy Named Gilad

Gilad Shalit was released 18 October, 2011. You knew that, but what don’t you know?

A decade after 9/11

A decade after 9/11

Mordecai Specktor relives September 11, 2001, and what we’ve learned – or haven’t.

In Memory of the 93 Dead in Norway

In Memory of the 93 Dead in Norway

We should travel around the world, so as to walk in someone else’s shoes, which … will, eventually, I hope, lead to less hatred.

Now that's one good lookin' Jew.  May her memory be a blessing.

What the Bleep!? This Week’s Hot Jewish News

Don’t miss: Egypt Air’s map without Israel, the Jewish Elizabeth Taylor, “Miral” movie sends shockwaves, and more.

The Bitter Pill: Or Conversations with Hashem About Terror in Israel

The Bitter Pill: Or Conversations with Hashem About Terror in Israel

AISH Rabbi Da-vid ponders how God wants us to respond to terror in Israel.

On Her Way to the Holy Land....

What the Bleep?! This Week’s Hot Jewish News

Don’t miss: another terrorist public square naming, Palin in Israel, Helen Thomas in playboy, and Jesus in the MN Senate.

The murdered Fogel family

Looking at Itamar: Slaughter of a Young Family

If good is to triumph, we must be committed to it. AISH MN Rabbi Da-vid Rosenthal asks, “What values are you willing to die for?”

NPR's "Watergate"

What the Bleep?! NPR Execs Get Nailed & Murder in Israel

Don’t miss: NPR Execs get nailed by a fake Muslim Extremist group (we have the video), & a devastating quintuple murder in Israel.

Shooting Massacre on the Eve of Peace Talks

Shooting Massacre on the Eve of Peace Talks

On the eve of peace talks, violent forces in the Middle East will have their say, like it or no. And their words will be written in blood.

A Little Law and Politics: Should We Deny U.S. Visas to Gaza Flotilla Activists?

A Little Law and Politics: Should We Deny U.S. Visas to Gaza Flotilla Activists?

California Congressman calls for prosecution of Americans involved with Gaza flotilla. When you set out to help a terrorist organization – should the law get involved?

On Gilad Shalit’s birthday: three years of captivity

On Gilad Shalit’s birthday: three years of captivity

This is a Guest Column by Jenna Zark, a Jewish playwright and Twin Cities freelance writer. Wednesday night I attended an event at the Sabes JCC in honor of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian terrorists in June 2006. I heard about it through a friend, who also sent me a news story [...]

Iran nominates internationally wanted terrorist for defense minister

Iran nominates internationally wanted terrorist for defense minister

Exactly fifteen years and one month after Ahmad Vahidi and other Iranian terrorists masterminded the destruction of Argentina’s Jewish Community Center in a murderous attack that killed 85 and wounded 240 innocent Argentinian civilians, Iran’s “re-elected” President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has nominated the man for Defense Minister.

Egyptians foil plot to assassinate Israeli ambassador

Egyptians foil plot to assassinate Israeli ambassador

The Egyptian government has just uncovered a plot by members of the Zeitun terrorist cell to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Shalom Cohen, and blow up his home as well as the heavily-guarded Israeli Embassy in Egypt.