The West Bank

Ayalon Challenges PA to a Duel

"Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon reacted Monday (July 25) to condemnation by the Palestinian Authority over his video titled 'The Truth About the West Bank'.

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The UN's hostile obsession with Israel

The UN's hostile obsession with Israel

"This September two important events, both dangerous to Israel, will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.'.

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ISRAEL INSIDE

How A Small Nation Makes A Big Difference

Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference is a new feature-length documentary that explores the positive characteristics of Israeli society from a humanistic, psychological, and emotional perspective. This insightful and uplifting documentary sidesteps the usual conversation of politics, conflict and violence, and tells the story of the Israeli people – whose resilience has propelled Israel to the forefront of world innovation and progress.

Despite daily challenges ranging from limited resources to security needs, Israeli creativity and inventiveness help make the world a better place. Israel has made significant advancements in the fields of science, environment, medicine and technology, and has shared these developments with the rest of the world.

How did this happen? What underlying growth factors have given rise to this small nation’s triumph over adversity?

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Proto-Zionists

Proto-Zionists - This term describes all those who advocated a restoration of the Jews before the Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischerfoundation of political Zionism in the late 19th century. It includes such figures as Rabbi Yehudah Alkalai and Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Kalischer. Moses Hess, Leon Pinsker, the BILU organization, Chovevei Tzion and others who advocated the return of the Jews to Israel and carried it out. Inasmuch as some Jews had been settling in the land of Israel almost continuously since the exile, the term could be applied to medieval figures like Yehuda Halevi and the false Messiah Shabettai Tzvi, as well as to early Christian Zionists, but it is usually restricted to nineteenth century figures. Mordecai Manual Noah was a noted American proto-Zionist.

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