Yoram Ettinger
ARTICLES BY: Yoram Ettinger
Obama’s Self-Defeating Settlements Policy
President Barack Obama’s collaboration with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2334, which condemns Israel’s settlements policy, has defied history and reality, injuring the peace process...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Hanukkah and Jewish immortality. In 1899, Mark Twain wrote: “Jews constitute but one percent of the human race…, [but] their contributions to literature, science, art, music,...
Relocating the US Embassy to Jerusalem — A Litmus Test
President-elect Donald Trump's promises to terminate the US State Department policy referring to the whole of Jerusalem as an international (not Israeli) city, recognize unified Jerusalem as Israel’s capital...
Israel and the 10 Commandments of a Trump Presidency
The outcome of the November 8, 2016, US election was predicted by those who doubted the accuracy of the polling samples. In fact, it is...
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, commemorates the transition of the Jewish people from bondage in Egypt to sovereignty in the Land of Israel; from...
A Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
1. Yom Kippur is a day of hope and optimism, in addition to a solemn day of soul-searching. The Day of Atonement provides a unique awareness...
The Palestinians Are Trying to Manipulate Demographics — Here’s How
The July 11, 2016, Palestinian Authority report claiming that Jews are a minority west of the Jordan River is a classic case of "lies, damned...
On Paris Peace Talks, Israel Must Resist the Sirens’ Song
In 850 BC, the legendary Greek author Homer introduced the mythical king of Ithaca, Odysseus, as a role model of leadership. Sailing home from the battlefield,...
Who Were the 1948 Arab Refugees?
Contrary to conventional "wisdom,” most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine -- and most of the 320,000 1948 Arab refugees -- were migrant workers and descendants of the 1831-1947...
The Truth About the Palestinians and 1948
The truth about the circumstances and numbers of the 1948 Arab refugees has been sacrificed on the altar of Arab-appeasement and Israel-bashing by the UN,...
Israel at 68: Are We Isolated?
Secretary of State John Kerry and other Western policy-makers -- joined by the “elite” Western media -- contend that 68 year-old Israel is increasingly isolated...
Islamist Terrorists Couldn’t Care Less About the Palestinian Cause
According to President Obama’s worldview, the Palestinian issue is a principal Muslim concern and a major source of Muslim frustration that has fueled regional violence and intensified Islamic terrorism. However,...
A Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
Purim’s historical background: The 586 BCE destruction of the First Temple (on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount) by the Babylonian Emperor, Nebuchadnezzar, triggered a wave of Jewish emigration...
13 Facts About the Israeli-Arab Conflict
1. Erroneous assumptions produce erroneous policies, as has been the case with all US initiatives towards the Palestinian issue, which the US foreign policy establishment erroneously...
