Commentary
New Book on Einstein Gives Laughs and Facts
“In case I die, here’s how you release the parachute,” Benyamin Cohen writes, recalling a pilot’s words in his sensational book “The Einstein Effect:...
Reuters Parrots Palestinian Historical Revisionism in Archaeology Report
In its brief report on a recent archaeological discovery in Gaza, Reuters not only reported the facts but also uncritically provided a platform for inane Palestinian historical revisionism. Detailing the unearthing of 125 Roman-era tombs near...
The Palestinian Authority: Israel’s Unfaithful Partner
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has always had a complicated relationship with Israel. In August 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on the first round of the Oslo Accords, in which Israel formally recognized...
Balance of Chaos: A Lawyer Explains Israel’s Judicial Reform
On Monday night, as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets all over the country, the Knesset voted to end the Israeli Supreme Court’s use of the “Reasonableness Standard.” Lost in the passionate...
Are Extreme Anti-Israel Activists Representative of All American Jews? ‘The Guardian’ Thinks So
It requires some serious mental gymnastics to take a rally in New York attended by...
Shabbat VaEtchanan: Law or Lore
This week's Torah reading is remarkable because it combines the two most important texts in...
Palestinian Authority Embraces Russia and China; Rejects US and Attacks Zelensky
Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas has never hidden the fact that he supports Russian...
Israeli Protests Were Decades in the Making; Now the Country Must Determine Its Future
The dramatic events in Israel are not just the result of proposed judicial reforms. They...
The Man Who Can’t Stop Lying: Palestinian ‘Ambassador’ Husam Zomlot’s Most Outrageous Interviews
Husam Zomlot, the self-styled “Palestinian Ambassador” to the United Kingdom, never misses an opportunity to...
New Book on Einstein Gives Laughs and Facts
“In case I die, here’s how you release the parachute,” Benyamin Cohen writes, recalling a pilot’s words in his sensational book “The Einstein Effect: How...
Reuters Parrots Palestinian Historical Revisionism in Archaeology Report
In its brief report on a recent archaeological discovery in Gaza, Reuters not only reported the facts but also uncritically provided a platform for inane...
The Palestinian Authority: Israel’s Unfaithful Partner
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has always had a complicated relationship with Israel. In August 1993, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed on the first...
Balance of Chaos: A Lawyer Explains Israel’s Judicial Reform
On Monday night, as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets all over the country, the Knesset voted to end the Israeli Supreme...
Are Extreme Anti-Israel Activists Representative of All American Jews? ‘The Guardian’ Thinks So
It requires some serious mental gymnastics to take a rally in New York attended by some 500 people, and pass it off as evidence that...
Shabbat VaEtchanan: Law or Lore
This week's Torah reading is remarkable because it combines the two most important texts in the Torah: The Ten Commandments and the Shemah. Although the...
Palestinian Authority Embraces Russia and China; Rejects US and Attacks Zelensky
Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas has never hidden the fact that he supports Russian President Vladimir Putin. While other heads of state boycotted the...
Israeli Protests Were Decades in the Making; Now the Country Must Determine Its Future
The dramatic events in Israel are not just the result of proposed judicial reforms. They are not caused by the bill to eliminate application of...
The Man Who Can’t Stop Lying: Palestinian ‘Ambassador’ Husam Zomlot’s Most Outrageous Interviews
Husam Zomlot, the self-styled “Palestinian Ambassador” to the United Kingdom, never misses an opportunity to get in front of a television camera. Any issue related to...
Palestinian Authority Depicts Israelis and Jews as Animals
Depicting Israelis and Jews as animals is one of the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s practices in its cartoons. The depiction of Israel as a crocodile has...
China’s Soft Power Projection Strategy in the Middle East
Soft power is a crucial element in China’s strategy to achieve great power status. Culture is one of the most visible elements of China’s soft...
As Judicial Reform Riles Nation, Netanyahu Keeps Scoring ‘Own Goals’
For those unfamiliar with soccer, an “own goal” is when you unintentionally score for the opposing team, and Lionel Messi is arguably the world’s greatest...
Middle East Studies Association Expelled From George Washington University
The BDS-supporting, Israel-hating Middle East Studies Association (MESA), which since 2019 has been headquartered at the Washington, D.C., campus of the George Washington University (GW),...
Sharing the Story of Ethiopian Israelis and the Ethiopian Aliyah
When I landed at Ben-Gurion Airport as a new immigrant to Israel some 17 years ago, I was handed a temporary Israeli passport, the sight...
