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Number of Palestinians Working in Settlements Increases 19% in Fourth Quarter
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Palestinians working in Israeli settlements jumped significantly in the fourth quarter of 2015, with 26,300...
An Open Letter in Opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, I write this letter to you with a heavy heart, as it pains me deeply to see the beautiful dream of a strong and proud Israel, the country that was expected to...
BBC World Service Erases Israeli Victims From News Reports on Terror Attacks
The BBC News website’s coverage of four separate attacks perpetrated by Palestinians on February 14 was marred by the inclusion of unverified reports, unnecessarily qualified statements, and superfluous punctuation. Such issues were not, however, confined to that specific...
Iraqi PM Plans to Include Shiite Militias in Mosul Offensive, Underscoring Iranian Influence
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi plans to include the Iranian-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi militias, many of which are trained or controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in any planned offensive to retake Mosul. A Kurdish source told the Saudi newspaper Asharq...
Every Word Out of the Palestinian Authority Is Incitement
There have been recent meetings between the Israeli and Palestinian finance ministers. But that is...
Hamas Dances With the Devil: ISIS in Gaza
The Gaza-based Hamas terror organization has more than its fair share of problems at the...
How Would Living in the United States Change My Daughters?
Yogi Berra once said that when you come to a fork in the road, take...
The Modern Middle East: Founding Mistakes and Ways Forward
Nowadays, reasoned and calm political debate is as lost as Atlantis. In most societies, positions are polarized,...
More Media Bias: Arab Buildings Matter More Than Israeli Lives
Here’s the sensational headline that accompanied a February 17 article at i100 (The Independent’s BuzzFeed–style website) by Bethan McKernan. "An Israeli newspaper columnist...
Number of Palestinians Working in Settlements Increases 19% in Fourth Quarter
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Palestinians working in Israeli settlements jumped significantly in the fourth quarter of 2015, with 26,300 workers...
An Open Letter in Opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, I write this letter to you with a heavy heart, as it pains me deeply to see the beautiful dream of a...
BBC World Service Erases Israeli Victims From News Reports on Terror Attacks
The BBC News website’s coverage of four separate attacks perpetrated by Palestinians on February 14 was marred by the inclusion of unverified reports, unnecessarily qualified statements, and...
Iraqi PM Plans to Include Shiite Militias in Mosul Offensive, Underscoring Iranian Influence
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi plans to include the Iranian-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi militias, many of which are trained or controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in any...
Every Word Out of the Palestinian Authority Is Incitement
There have been recent meetings between the Israeli and Palestinian finance ministers. But that is about all that the Israeli and PA media agree on. The Times...
Hamas Dances With the Devil: ISIS in Gaza
The Gaza-based Hamas terror organization has more than its fair share of problems at the moment. Quite likely against its better judgment, it is becoming...
How Would Living in the United States Change My Daughters?
Yogi Berra once said that when you come to a fork in the road, take it. On a recent family vacation to the United States, I did...
The Modern Middle East: Founding Mistakes and Ways Forward
Nowadays, reasoned and calm political debate is as lost as Atlantis. In most societies, positions are polarized, and as a result, the views and opinions that circulate...
More Media Bias: Arab Buildings Matter More Than Israeli Lives
Here’s the sensational headline that accompanied a February 17 article at i100 (The Independent’s BuzzFeed–style website) by Bethan McKernan. "An Israeli newspaper columnist actually asked whether the country should 'flatten' the whole city...
Reuters’ Jerusalem Bureau Chief Displays Anti-Israel Bias
Journalists are tasked with sorting through competing claims, bringing facts to light, and carefully examining uncomfortable or controversial subjects. When it comes to questions about...
New Israel Fund Supports Website That Calls Netanyahu, IDF ‘Terrorists’
Over the past few months, Israel has come under pressure from places it should not have to worry about. We already know how the European...
Is It Possible for Egypt and Ethiopia to Share the Nile?
Oil is the Middle East's glamor product, sought after by the entire world and bringing the region wealth beyond the dream of avarice. But water...
Selling Books ‘Offensive’ to Muslims Lands 3 Bangladeshis in Jail
The arrest of three people during a book fair in Bangladesh on Monday may be an indication that Islamist violence and intimidation, sadly, can work. Publisher Shamsuzzoha Manik...
Supreme Court’s Antonin Scalia: a Look Back and Forward After His Death
JNS.org - Conservative-leaning US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on Saturday at the age of 79. His fellow judges have issued poignant condolence messages for...
