The world received an unexpected headline last week when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad decided to give a reportedly public speech in the capital of Damascus and presented his own peace plan for the bloody Syrian civil war. Assad, whose whereabouts…
The 2013 Israeli elections are set to be held on January 22 and the party that has surprised the most is Habayit Hayehudi, or The Jewish Home in English. The Jewish Home has surged from an unimportant three seats in…
There are a host of issues facing the next Israeli government, from Middle East conflicts and terrorism to the economy. With elections just a week away, now is the time to discuss the challenges in depth. The Mideast Update spoke…
The 2013 Israeli elections are set to be held on January 22 and the party that has surprised the most is Habayit Hayehudi, or The Jewish Home in English. The Jewish Home has surged from an unimportant three seats in…
With the 2013 Israeli elections just a little more than a week away, The Mideast Update spoke with Jeremy Gimpel, a candidate from The Jewish Home party—or Habayit Hayehudi in Hebrew. Here is part one of excerpts from the interview:
Recently a warning was issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the instability of governments in the Middle East, in which the political leader cited from Judaism’s Biblical reading for that week. It was from the beginning of the…