Hamas Takes Advantage of Unrest in Jerusalem to Attack Israel
The absurdity of calling on the Jewish state to avoid escalation.
May 11, 2021
Rare Color Photos of Jerusalem during the Siege in 1948
Half a loaf of bread in exchange for water.
In the early days of Israel’s War of Independence, Arab forces managed to cut off Jerusalem, then home to about 100,000 Jews, from the rest of the country. Moshe Levin—a recent immigrant from the U.S. working as a correspondent for United Press and the Palestine Post—took a number of color photographs of everyday life in the city during the subsequent siege, which can now be found at the National Library of Israel. As in biblical sieges of Jerusalem, the residents faced shortages of food and water. In this photograph, Marlin’s wife Betty and another woman give half a loaf of bread to a monk in exchange for water.
May 11, 2021
How Four Decades of Rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia Have Shaped the Modern Middle East
And given rise to jihadism from Lebanon to Pakistan.
With Anti-Semitic Attacks on the Rise, the U.S. Government Should Take Action to Make Jews Safer
Fund the police!
Religious Liberty Encourages Economic Liberty
Property rights are of little use without freedom to believe what one wishes and to practice what one believes.
Rare Color Photos of Jerusalem during the Siege in 1948
Half a loaf of bread in exchange for water.