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Iran Responds with Dozens of Missiles: No American Casualties, but 80 Americans Dead. What?

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The feared Iranian response to the targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s Quds Force, has passed with hardly a whimper. Dozens of missiles were fired at an America base in Iraq with no casualties. But if you ask the Iranian regime or its media, eighty Americans were killed and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard took responsibility. What actually happened in those attacks, why are we getting sharply conflicting reports, and what is … Read more

Trump Hits Back: Iran’s Soleimani is Assassinated

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Iranian threats are flying after Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s Quds Force, was killed in a daring American airstrike at Baghdad International Airport. As pointed out by the US State Department, Soleimani was responsible for the death of hundreds, and wounding of thousands of Americans, as well as planning future attacks. Just who was Qassem Soleimani? The Washington Examiner described him as the man who waged “an explosive campaign that killed hundreds of … Read more

Gaza Rocket Fire Forces Netanyahu Off Stage at Campaign Event: Israel Responds

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Israel launched multiple air strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza after rocket attacks from Islamic Jihad forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a bomb shelter during a campaign speech in the city of Ashkelon. After returning to the stage on this, the eve of his Likud party’s primary election, Netanyahu threatened to assassinate Khalil Batanai, the new leader of Islamic Jihad. The previous leader of Islamic Jihad was assassinated by Israel … Read more

Trump Blames Iran for US Embassy Attack: How Will He Respond?

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After the attack by Muslim mobs on the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, President Trump accused Iran of masterminding the attack, in which fires were set and serious damage was done to security equipment surrounding the embassy building. The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack. What kind of Trump response can we expect after this latest provocation from the self-defined Islamic Republic? Speaking to us from Jerusalem is Middle East expert … Read more

Machete-Wielding Man Attacks NY Hanukkah Party

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A machete-wielding man attacked a Hanukkah party in a rabbi’s home in suburban New York City Saturday night, sending five Hasidic Jews to the hospital to be treated for stab wounds, according to CBS channel 2 reporter Tony Aiello. New York Governor Cuomo has directed his Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the attack that left two in critical condition. This is no isolated incident. Anti-Semitism has been increasingly rearing its ugly head in a … Read more

Jersey City Shooting and the Rise of Anti-Semitism

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Is anti-Semitism rearing its ugly head again? It seems that way, as it has now been discovered that the recent Jersey City shooting suspect had published anti-Semitic posts prior to the shooting.   Ordinarily, news of such an apparent hate crime at a kosher supermarket would shock people into speaking out against anti-Semitism. However, with congresswomen like Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib spewing out periodic anti-Jewish vitriol, and an increasing number of national leaders calling for … Read more

Impeachment Double Standard

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It seems that whenever President Trump does something wrong, real or imagined, his base still supports him. And conversely, regardless of what the President does right, be it record low unemployment, a booming economy or a sky-high stock market, his detractors stay united in their disapproval and disdain. Never has this been on display more than during the current Impeachment process. Pro-Trumpers say impeachment is a blatant attempt to reverse the results of the 2016 … Read more

Palestinians Enraged As Israel Greenlights New Jewish Neighborhood in Hotbed Hebron

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In a controversial move sure to stoke the flames of tension in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has given his approval for a new Jewish neighborhood in the old Arab marketplace in Hebron. The restoring of the marketplace to Israeli control has Palestinian authorities enraged, with senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat complaining that the new project is a result of “the U.S. decision to legitimize colonization”, referring to the … Read more

Trump’s Impeachment and Netanyahu’s Indictment: Tale of Two Witch Hunts?

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In Washington and Jerusalem, the contrast and comparison is unavoidable. We see the convergence of the two investigations of Trump and Netanyahu, with guilty verdicts boldly predicted in advance by elite politicians of the left. We also hear the self-righteous condemnations of the alleged corruption, loudly proclaimed by the left-dominated media on both sides of the ocean. Is the similarity merely coincidental, or is it a case of two simultaneous witch hunts? Suggested Q&A: Are … Read more

Amid Coalition Gridlock, PM Netanyahu to be Indicted for Bribery: What’s Next for Israel?

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Now that it’s official, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be tried for corruption charges including bribery, what is next for an Israel that has a gridlocked political system and may soon be facing the third round of elections in less than a year? Can Netanyahu continue to lead while under indictment, and if not him, then whom? Here to answer these and other questions, is David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh (in … Read more

ISRAEL FACES UNPRECEDENTED THIRD ELECTION IN ONE YEAR After Netanyahu and Gantz Fail to Form Governing Coalition

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The results of the September 17, 2019 elections in Israel were a statistical tie, throwing the decision of who would be the new Prime Minister to Israel President Reuven Rivlin who gave first dibs to Benjamin Netanyahu. Try as he may, try as he might, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed. Next President Rivlin handed the mantle to Benny Gantz who also failed to form a government by the November 20 deadline. Now Israel faces the … Read more

Israel carries out ‘wide-scale strikes’ on Iranian forces in Syria

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Intro:  As reported by the BBC, Israel says it has hit dozens of targets in Syria belonging to the government and allied Iranian forces. The Israeli military says the “wide-scale strikes” responded to rockets fired by an Iranian unit into Israel. Syria says two civilians died and that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles over Damascus. Other reports say the death toll was higher. Local reports said loud explosions were heard in … Read more

Trump Administration: Israeli Settlements Not Illegal

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Intro: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a ground-breaking announcement, has declared a sharp reversal of State Department policy, stating that Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) are not illegal. The long-standing State Department policy has long been a thorn in the US-Israel relationship and the announcement is already receiving praise in Israel. David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh (in Samaria), and author of the book “Trump and the Jews”, is calling this … Read more

Considering Ilhan Omar’s Comment: Does it Matter to Jewish Voters that Michael Bloomberg is Jewish?

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Intro: After Congresswoman Ilhan Omar insinuated that businessman Leon Cooperman is only backing Michael Bloomberg because they are both Jewish, there was controversy over this latest seemingly anti-Semitic attack. But according to a former New Yorker and Israeli Mayor David Rubin, who is the author of the book, “Trump and the Jews”, Omar’s obsession with Jews is problematic, but it does hit on a question about whether Jews would or should support the former New … Read more

Ilhan Omar Rallies for Bernie in Jewish-Muslim ‘Unity’ But on Behalf of What?

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Intro: In a rousing intro to candidate Bernie Sanders at a lively Minnesota rally, Rep. Ilan Omar (D-MN) touted their mutual credentials as fighters for “asylum-seekers” and “the working-class”. Despite Omar’s record as a hater of Israel and her numerous anti-Semitic statements, the Jewish-American Sanders seems happy to have her support, since they share the Socialist agenda. How can we explain this odd couple, and doesn’t Sanders care about anti-Semitism? Mayor David Rubin, of Shiloh … Read more

WAS THE CORNER OF GOD’S ALTAR FOUND IN SHILOH, WEST BANK?

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Jerusalem Post article/ Oct. 31, 2019: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Was-the-corner-of-Gods-altar-found-in-Shiloh-West-Bank-606477 The discovery, said Dr. Scott Stripling, is consistent with what he expected to find in the fields of the ancient city where the tabernacle for the Ark of the Covenant once stood. BY MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN OCTOBER 31, 2019 20:58 “When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the … Read more

Netanyahu/Pompeo Meet on Syria/Iran

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The Ceasefire Agreement between the Trump administration and Turkey has raised many questions and the Dems are pouncing on it as a harsh betrayal, not just of our ISIS fighting partner, the Kurds, but also of our strong and reliable ally, Israel. Do Israelis agree? As former mayor of Shiloh, Israel and author of “Trump and the Jews”, David Rubin has the answer to that question, as well as his sharp analysis of the situation … Read more

German Synagogue Attack

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A German man attempted to carry out an attack yesterday in Germany on a Synagogue. The assailant had 9 pounds of explosives in his car and planned a massacre. The attacker was unable to get into the Synagogue and ended up shooting two people. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the most holy day in Judaism. The attack was preceded by shouts of ‘Allah Hu Akhbar’ (Allah is greater)” This comes after Angela Merkel had … Read more

Is AOC Right that Trump’s ‘Shifty Schiff’ Comment was Anti-Semitic?

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has launched a scathing attack on President Trump, calling the president’s criticism of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) “deliberate, targeted anti-Semitism” and evidence of “white supremacism”. This, after Trump labeled the Jewish chairman of the House Intelligence Committee ‘Shifty Schiff’, alluding to what Trump calls Schiff’s “dishonest, shifty” behavior in pushing forward the House impeachment inquiry. Does Trump’s criticism of impeachment honchos who happen to be Jewish, like Schiff and chairman of … Read more

Israel Election Results: Bibi and Beni Deadlocked

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Both Willing to Make a Deal with Liberman to Win But Would it be a Government Without God? The results of the September 17 elections in Israel are a statistical tie. Both Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz are tied within the margin of error constituting a tie. Each leader is now looking to make a deal with minority vote-getting Avigdor Liberman to form a coalition government with the needed 61-Knesset seat minimum. Weighing in on the likely … Read more

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