It was 1929 when British archaeologist Leonard Woolley made a sensational discovery in Nineveh, Iraq's province. He commanded an Arab worker to dig a pit to test the archaeological layers of the biblical Ur of the Chaldeans, the birthplace of Abraham. They found broken bricks and other items that indicated an ancient human settlement.
The Middle Eastern Emirate of Qatar is a country ruled, in part, by Sharia law. One of the world’s wealthiest countries, it hast a questionable human rights record - Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami was sentenced to 15 years in prison for writing a poem against the country’s emir. Sodomy is punishable by 5 years
On September 21, 2014, Muslims Facing Tomorrow held a public rally in Queen’s Park, Toronto, on the steps of the Legislature, “in Support for minority Christians and other religious communities in the Middle East and the Muslim World.” Approximately 125 people turned out for this Muslim-initiated rally against “ISIS…and for the minority communities of Christians
Winning the war against Islamic State would only be the beginning. In recent weeks, the media are filled with reports on the international preparations for a war against the "Islamic State" and an International Conference was even convened in Paris in an attempt to enlist the cooperation of as many nations as possible in
I am very sad. Because a little beautiful Israeli child named Daniel Tregerman has been killed by mortars. He froze in fear when the siren sounded. His legs were too short to get to the shelter on time. During the Holocaust, over a million Jewish children were gassed for the same reason he
The abduction of three Israeli teenagers - 16-year-old classmates Gilad Sha'ar and Naftali Frenkel, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrah - has struck a chord here in Israel. Almost everyone in this country is practically glued to their computer screens, searching with bated breath for information, almost as if they themselves were playing a part in the
As an American Jew whose life was changed by growing up in the Betar Zionist youth movement of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, I do not believe that Pro-Israel education is enough today for Jews in the Diaspora. Pro-Israel organizations are simply not enough for American Jews. As important as it is for American Jews to support Israel,
A few weeks ago shocking news arrived from Israel regarding the kidnapping of three young men. As news first circulated around the world, Israelis braced for the worst and prayed prayers for the safe delivery of the Israeli captives. How would this menacing action unfold for the victims and the country? Finally, we learned of
This military morality, which Jews call "purity of arms", ultimately is a form of surrender, of saying that IDF soldiers' lives are worth less than enemy civilians. Is the Israeli army more Christian than the Christians themselves? After all, it has, in fact, adopted the maxim of turning the other cheek. In Hebrew it
Some would say Egypt now leads the world in the war against terror, and Egyptians are relieved to see punishment for Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood backers. Concerned with Egypt’s “overall stability” during his June visit to Cairo, John Kerry cautioned President Al-Sisi about the recent death sentences for MB members (theguardian.com, June 22), emphasizing tactical errors
