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With the announcement of yet another round of negotiations that will be based on the flawed two-state paradigm, I immediately expressed my opposition. After hearing my opposition, many of my colleagues looked at me with puzzled expressions and asked: “Do you not have any hope for a better tomorrow?” I am a realist, and as such, I think our foreign policy should not be guided by “hope,” but by reality. However, characterizing those who oppose the creation of an enemy Palestinian state in the historical homeland of the Jewish people as not having “any hope for a better tomorrow” is...

The Arab Balad party's election video is an animated clip showing Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and several nationalist MKs singing Hatikva in to a Middle Eastern tune. Video In the clip, Lieberman explains that he was the one who proposed a law requiring citizens to pledge allegiance to the state of Israel in order to be eligible for an ID card. He then announces that he has now become convinced that the tune of Hatikva – Israel's national anthem – should be changed so that Arabs feel comfortable singing it as well. The well-executed clip follows, with MKs Aryeh Eldad,...

We have found a remarkable recording from the Bergen Belsen Death Camp of the recently liberated inmates singing “Hatikvah”. This recording is a piece of history and makes the connection between the loss of the 6 million and the burning desire for the creation of a Jewish State. Sit down and listen: this is a short recording that you will remember for the rest of your life.

Israel News Agency Honors Terror Victims, IDF with Hatikva By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem----February 29....The Israel News Agency, the first Internet source for breaking news from Israel since 1995, again is revolutionizing the Internet as Israel steps up it's PR and information campaign. "We have a very potent tool which Israel has kept in it's arsenal since 1948, it's called 'Hatikva', and it's about time we start using it," said Joel Leyden, publisher of the Israel News Agency and CEO of Leyden Communications (Israel). "The national anthem of Israel provokes Zionist thought and stirs deep emotional feelings among us...

This past Independence Day, the embers of an old debate stirred. One of our most successful performers, Ahinoam Nini (also known as Noa), left out the phrase "nefesh yehudi homiya" from her public rendition of "Hatikva." A letter to this newspaper also reported that someone else leading the singing of "Hatikva" at a celebration in Jerusalem left out the same line. Both singers claim they had simply forgotten the phrase, referring to the "Jewish spirit singing" in the heart. It is hard to believe that this mini-rash of specified forgetfulness is random. But if it is deliberate, why not admit...