THE JEWISH VOICE AND OPINION Promoting Classical Judaism
January 2015
Vol. 28 • No. 4
Tevet 5775
The ICC: Sufficiently PC and Just Anti-Israel; or a Real Court That Will Indict the Terrorists and Destroy the PA? After its failure to convince
the UN Security Council (UNSC) to adopt the Jordanian draft resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood and demanding that Israel vacate all of Judea and Samaria, including the Old City of Jerusalem, by 2017, the Palestinian Authority lashed out at the two countries it held responsible for its disappointment. PA president Mahmoud Abbas applied immediately to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the intention of su-
On the Fatah Website, the PA celebrates its application to join the ICC: the International Court’s logo and photo of Benjamin Netanyahu next to a noose with the word “Soon” in Arabic and Hebrew
ing Israeli officials, including soldiers, for “war crimes.” And Abbas Zaki, a member of the Fatah Central Committee and a former representative of the PLO to Lebanon, went on the Russian news network, RT, to threaten the US. In addition, the PA made immediate plans to resubmit its bid to the UNSC, hoping that the pro-Palestinian views of the nations holding the nonpermanent seats in 2015 might shame the US into withholding
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Israeli Elections: No “Centrists” —Just a Right Wing and a Left Wing with Nothing in the Middle With new elections scheduled
in Israel for March 17, Israeli voters and their supporters abroad need a scorecard to keep the candidates and their parties straight. It is generally recognized that Likud is head of the right-wing nationalist bloc and Labor leads the leftwing liberals. But except for Jewish Home led by Naftali Bennett, which is clearly on the Right, and Meretz, which is far-left, the ideology of most of the other half-dozen parties is not clear-cut.
Women In Green launch campaign to vote for MKs who support sovereignty in Judea-Samaria
Holy Name’s Jewish Hospice.................3 Kol Ami: Mike Huckabee?................... 6 The Current Crisis............................... 7 Financial Advice at Bruriah...........10 Passover Resorts in Valencia.........11 A Mendy Vim Pesach..............................12
Inside the Voice Kosher Diet Fantasy................................14 The Log..........................................................24 New Classes........................................29 Mazal Tov.............................................30 Chesed Ops.................................................32 Ess Gezint: Kids’ Activities......................38
The Arab factions have never served as part of an Israeli government coalition, but most of the smaller parties may be able to see their way clear to join a government headed by either Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu or Labor’s Yitzhak Herzog. For most of last month, ever since the current government decided to dissolve itself at the beginning of December, polls have shown Labor and Likud running neck and neck,
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Children’s Kosher Vitamins............39 Index of Advertisers ........................41 Honor the Professional...................43 Letters to the Editor ........................44 Club Kosher Pesach.........................46 Lasko Miami Beach or Orlando...47