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Jewish Teen Turns Tragedy Into Advocacy, Shares a Roundtable With the President
On Yom Kippur, Sept. 26, 2012, Sami Rahamim was with his father Reuven at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. On...
Kibbutzim in Africa?
They may not wear those classic blue "kibbutznik hats," but some Ethiopians, Sudanese, and Eritreans may soon be establishing Israeli-style communes in eastern Africa. It's part of an innovative project launched by young Israelis to deal...
Iran Is Israel’s Top Priority – And it Should be Obama’s
Israel's successful Jan. 30 air attack against a Syrian military convoy received significant media attention, being the first overt Israeli intervention in Syria's brutal and continuing civil war. However, the strike's real implications, not well...
President Obama Should Meet With Al-Qaeda
With the news that President Obama is embarking upon a Middle East trip, perhaps it is time for Americans to demand he meet with Al-Qaeda representatives while in the region. After all, after so many...
Benghazi Bungle: Obama’s Pass-the-Buck Presidency
The Obama administration's national-security leadership vacuum was on full display during the February 7 Senate...
The Gatekeepers: Peddling Two-State Propaganda All the Way to the Oscars
The Gatekeepers is a highly acclaimed Israeli documentary that tells the story of the...
Setting Back Arab-Israeli Peace
To understand the root cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict, look no further than two recent...
End the Shenanigans and Form a Government
The excessively slow pace of Israel's electoral and political systems impose dysfunction at...
President Obama’s Tactical Visit to Israel
President Obama's March 2013 visit to the Middle East, including Israel, could signal...
Jewish Teen Turns Tragedy Into Advocacy, Shares a Roundtable With the President
On Yom Kippur, Sept. 26, 2012, Sami Rahamim was with his father Reuven at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. On Feb....
Kibbutzim in Africa?
They may not wear those classic blue "kibbutznik hats," but some Ethiopians, Sudanese, and Eritreans may soon be establishing Israeli-style communes in eastern Africa. It's part...
Iran Is Israel’s Top Priority – And it Should be Obama’s
Israel's successful Jan. 30 air attack against a Syrian military convoy received significant media attention, being the first overt Israeli intervention in Syria's brutal and...
President Obama Should Meet With Al-Qaeda
With the news that President Obama is embarking upon a Middle East trip, perhaps it is time for Americans to demand he meet with Al-Qaeda...
Benghazi Bungle: Obama’s Pass-the-Buck Presidency
The Obama administration's national-security leadership vacuum was on full display during the February 7 Senate hearing with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of...
The Gatekeepers: Peddling Two-State Propaganda All the Way to the Oscars
The Gatekeepers is a highly acclaimed Israeli documentary that tells the story of the Shin Bet from the perspective of six former heads of...
Setting Back Arab-Israeli Peace
To understand the root cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict, look no further than two recent sets of events. First, there were the comments of two Palestinian...
End the Shenanigans and Form a Government
The excessively slow pace of Israel's electoral and political systems impose dysfunction at a time when a strong, strategically directed government is...
President Obama’s Tactical Visit to Israel
President Obama's March 2013 visit to the Middle East, including Israel, could signal a significant policy-change from his June 2009 visit, which...
Barbie Loves Israel
Enrico Pescantini and Maria Giovanna Callea received some weird looks when they were vacationing in Israel this past August. The Italian couple may...
High Tech Grandmother Wins Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism
Chanie Luz, founder of TADMIT (the Hebrew acronym for "strengthening of democracy in the Israeli media"), an Israeli media watchdog group, was awarded the 2013...
The New Silk Road Brings Weapons to Gaza and Beyond
November's "Pillar of Defense" operation by the Israeli military included a couple of unpleasant surprises for Israeli citizens. For the first time, Palestinian...
David Ward, Steve Bell, and the Games They Play
David Ward MP and cartoonist Steve Bell have recently provoked controversies about criticism of Israel, antisemitism, and where the two phenomena meet. Each episode...
Surely Now the EU Will Finally Proscribe Hezbollah?
Now that Bulgaria has officially confirmed Hezbollah was responsible for last July's Burgas terror attack, that claimed the lives of five Israeli tourists and...
