Did the Vice President condemn the Palestinian Authority for inciting its children to violence against Israel? Did the Vice President condemn Abbas for refusing to take out of the Palestinian Covenant the destruction of the State of Israel? Did the Vice President condemn Hamas for brutalizing its own people? No. The Vice President of the...

Welcome to Jerusalem, the undivided, eternal capital of the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Your presence here today represents a profound transformation in the relationship between Christians and Jews.  This transformation has its roots in the 19th century when the early Christian Zionists came to the Land Israel and when they began exploring the...

A few days ago, Israel's Prime Minister asked Jerusalem's Mayor Barkat to delay granting building permits to Jews interested in developing property in Jerusalem. The Prime Minister reportedly told the Mayor that the issuance of building permits at this time would cause an international stir.Undoubtedly, the Prime Minister had received "advice" from Washington as the...

There are news reports that Jordan's King told the Palestinian Authority's Abbas that Israel is threatening the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and that some unspecified action should be taken to protect Muslim sites in East Jerusalem.With these statements, the King earned himself the Chutzpah Man of the Year Award. You see Jordan, is the...

As recently as 2005, when the respected Gallup organization asked Americans if their sympathies lay with Israel or the Palestinians, 52% said Israel while 30% preferred the Palestinians. In February 2010, in answer to the same question: 63% chose Israel while only 15% said the Palestinians. Gallup concluded that Israel's support is "the highest level...

Watch this new, 5-minute video clip about Anti-Semitism on college campuses....

At a ceremony by the River Jordan, Rowan Williams leader of the world-wide Anglican Church expressed profound concern about dwindling number of Christians in the Holy Land.Mr. Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury, does not appear to have identified the primary reason why Christians are leaving the Holy Land. The official position of his Church is...

For those of us who prayed that Obama's Muslim outreach would be limited to his Turkey and Egypt speeches in which he praised Muslims and gave them credit for contributions to American culture that are non-existent, I am sorry to report that the President's words are only one part of his courtship of problematic Muslims.In...

Most people will not know the name Rabbi Chaskel Besser, but his passing has brought sadness to the many who knew this wonderful man who touched the lives of thousands of people.For the facts of his life, which includes the upheaval of the Holocaust and the rebuilding of the Jewish nation in the aftermath of...

The One Jerusalem family is pleased to announce that our good friend Dore Gold has launched a new web-site where his insights into the most important issues of the day will be on display 24 hours a day.Dore Gold is one of our side's most articulate and persuasive voices on security and international matters. He...

When the Iranian Islamic Revolution succeeded in deposing the Shah and declared an aggressive campaign to spread its ideology in the Arab world and beyond, the rulers of Saudi Arabia responded to the challenge by dedicating billions of dollars to spread their poisonous Wahhabi ideology around the world. This campaign has taken many forms. For instance, the Saudis...

The Left is up in arms over a recent visit to Jerusalem by Senator's Lieberman and McCain. The Senators used their trip to chastise Obama's envoy for threatening to cut off military loans to Israel if it did not capitulate to demands made by the Obama Administration. The Senators are accused of not seeing the real...

For years, we have reported on and urged action against academic boycotts of Israel in the United Kingdom. Now we are troubled to report that the latest assault on Israel has jumped across the Atlantic and has targeted the American store Costco. According to these anti-Semites, Costco is guilty of selling Israeli grown clementines. The boycott...

For nearly two weeks, Israel's old line media has been orchestrating a coordinated personal attack on Sara Netanyahu. We will not dignify these deliberate attacks by reciting the charges and counter-charges. We set the stage with this fact: The old line media in Israel is desperately trying to maintain its monopoly over news and it...

For the last month or two, there appears to be another concerted campaign to challenge Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem and to establish Palestinian rights in the holy city. In December the European Union proclaimed that Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian State. This month the Palestinian Authority officially hosted Norway's Foreign Minister in Jerusalem. Make...

Watch this brilliant four minute speech by Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch. ...

During Israel's defensive action against Hamas in Gaza, Israel provided documentary evidence that Hamas deliberately used civilian and United Nations buildings as safe havens and military outposts from which they launched attacks. Therefore Israel rightfully ended up launching actions against Hamas fighters who took cover in these facilities. Israel went through extensive efforts to warn...

Since the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack over Detroit the United States and Europe have been openly debating how to address the persistent problem of terrorist acts in the skies. While policymakers have shied away from recommending a security regime that uses the profiling of would-be passengers, Israel's successful profiling based system has received a great...

Israel's supposed negotiating partners are busy confiscating Israeli products from store owners in the West Bank and destroying these Israeli produced goods. These strong armed tactics are hurting the Arab residents of the West Bank. They are being used as political pawns in Fayyad's plan to declare a Palestinian State "without settlements." Fayyad,represents Abbas'  Fatah...

We have been skeptical and critical of Israel's stated position of coming to a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Our skepticism begins with the belief that there is no one on the Palestinian side who can reach an agreement and impose it on his people. Abbas speaks only for his isolated inner circle. And Hamas refuses to recognize...

Immediately after the formation of the Netanyahu government, One Jerusalem learned of Arab states that had been adversaries of Israel's since the creation of the Jewish State, who were anxious to join with Israel in the battle against a nuclear Iran. These Arab states had been urging the Bush and then the Obama Administrations to...

Caroline Glick has published an essay that every friend of Israel should read and memorize its lessons. Entitled, "a low and dishonest decade" Caroline documents Israel's adoption of appeasement as the center-piece of Israel's relations with its neighbors, adversaries, and allies and the disastrous consequence of this policy decision. She writes: The past decade's major...

This week, The European Union's Foreign Policy chief referred to Jerusalem as "occupied territory." Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister responded, "just as the Romans failed to sever Israel's ties with Jerusalem, so will the EU's and UN's diplomats." One Jerusalem has repeatedly warned that Jerusalem is at the heart of the conflict between Israel and its...

Why should a secular non-Jew support the Jewish State of Israel? Foreign policy expert, Robin Shepherd convincingly answers this and related questions in his important new book, A State Beyond the Pale: Europe's Problem With Israel. Shepherd is a non-Jew whose defense of Israel led to his dismissal from a prominent British policy institute. But despite this set...

As we have reported, the European Union's movement against a free and united Jerusalem has resulted in a formal declaration that Jerusalem should be divided. The EU states, "The Council recalls that it has never recognized the annexation of East Jerusalem. If there is to be a genuine peace, a way must be found through...