Entries Tagged as 'muslim'

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Palestinian Leaders Deny Jerusalem’s Past

But Sheik Tamimi doesn’t need to take the Jews’ word for any of this, or that of legions of world-class scholars. For proof of the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, he need only look at writings from his own religious tradition.
The Koran, which references many biblical stories and claims figures like Abraham as Islamic prophets, also […]

Monday, September 7th, 2009

“If you don’t restore the Jewish synagogues, you lose a part of your history”

“CAIRO — Egyptians generally do not make any distinction between Jewish people and Israelis. Israelis are seen as the enemy, so Jews are, too. Khalid Badr, 40, is pretty typical in that regard, living in a neighborhood of winding, rutted roads in Old Cairo, selling snacks from a kiosk while listening to the Koran on […]

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Palestinian women knit Jewish skullcaps

“DEIR ABU MESHAL, West Bank (Reuters) - Of all the cottage industries you might expect to find in the Israeli- occupied West Bank, the crocheting of Jewish skullcaps by Palestinian hands seems one of the oddest. But creating the colourful cap, known in Hebrew as a “kippah”, keeps hundreds of women busy in villages like […]

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Thousands in Hebron for New Month Prayers

n estimated 20,000 Jews made their way to Hebron Wednesday to participate in evening prayers to greet the new month of Elul, which begins with sunset. The group includes several Hasidic leaders and Jewish visitors from the United States and France, Arutz-7 (Hebrew) reported. “Jewish support for Hebron and the land of Israel always has […]

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Hamas Celebrates 100th Israeli Degree

“The Hamas terrorist’s “Al Kassam” brigades had a unique reason to celebrate this week, as the one hundredth terrorist affiliated with the group earned an academic diploma at Israel’s expense. The occasion was publicized on Hamas’ PS Al-Kassam website. The milestone was reached by Mahmoud Abu-Sarur, of Bethlehem, who is serving a life sentence for […]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Jerusalem Hotel Divides US, Israel

“As a result, a ring has been placed around East Jerusalem that is intended to impede partition of the Israeli capital — one of the political objectives of the American multimillionaire’s acts of charity. Moskowitz makes no secret of his motives. He has compared the Oslo Accords, which were intended to encourage accommodation between Israelis […]

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

“Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: A Mother, Son, and Daughter”Harav Ginsburgh


Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Rinat Gutman: Religious, Radiant and…a Rapper?

“The Observer: When did you start rapping?
Rinat: I first started to write regular songs. I wrote my first song about eight years ago in response to the murder of my cousin, Elazar Leibowitz (may God avenge his blood), from the holy city of Hevron. He was a special person, and he returned his soul to […]

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Muslim shrines bear witness to Iraq’s Jews

“KIFL, Iraq (AFP) — Nearly everyone who could read the Hebrew verses carved into the walls of Ezekiel’s tomb left Iraq almost 60 years ago, but their memory is preserved in what is today a revered Muslim shrine. Between 1948 and 1951 nearly all of Iraq’s 2,500-year-old Jewish community fled amid a region-wide outbreak of […]

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Action Boycott Israel Aulnay


Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Israel-bound flights banned from new Munich terminal

“The Ministry of Transportation will be asked to appeal a recent decision by the German authorities not to allow Lufthansa flights to Israel to leave from a newly-built terminal, and have them take off from an old terminal instead. Lufthansa recently inaugurated a new private terminal at Munich’s airport. A spokesman for the German airline […]

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Caravan Carrying Rav Moshe Shternbuch Stoned by Arabs

“Rock attacks by Arabs have escalated over the past few days of Pesach. Today, Monday, rock attacks targeted Yidden as well as vehicles belonging to the Palestinian Authority. This morning, the fourth day of Chol Hamoed in Eretz Yisroel, large rocks and other unidentified items were hurled at a vehicle carrying Harav Moshe Shternbuch shlit”a, […]