Commentary
Palestinian Textbooks Still Celebrate Terrorists
There was a small kerfuffle this weekend as stories came out that the official Palestinian fifth grade textbook for teaching the Arabic language mentioned...
What Do We Receive When We Give?
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for Me; take My offering from all whose heart moves them to give” (Ex. 25:1-2). Our parsha marks a turning point in the...
How Hamas Spends Qatari Money
As Israelis in the Gaza border communities -- caught between missile launches and flights of incendiary balloons -- ponder the meaning of the “hasdara,” or arrangement, brokered by Egypt between Israel and Hamas, the Blue and...
Al Jazeera Anchor’s Call for Assassinating Arab Leaders Goes Unpunished
Qatari news network Al Jazeera portrays itself as podium for free speech in the Middle East. But since its 1997 founding, it has gained notoriety as an outlet willing to air views of Islamist extremists...
A Message for Bernie Sanders
This week, Bernie Sanders announced that he would not attend the annual AIPAC policy conference...
Honor Your Parents, the Bible’s Hardest Commandment
I’ve been shuttling between New York and Los Angeles to visit my father who has...
The History of the Land Is Jewish, Not Palestinian
The elected representatives of Israel’s Arab community claim that the Palestinians are the original owners...
What Kind of a Jew Was Freud?
Sigmund Freud described himself as a “Godless Jew.” Freud made heroes of “Semitic conquerors” like...
The Renewed Importance of Territorial Defense of the Border Communities
The past decade, with the civil war in Syria in particular, saw an easing of...
Palestinian Textbooks Still Celebrate Terrorists
There was a small kerfuffle this weekend as stories came out that the official Palestinian fifth grade textbook for teaching the Arabic language mentioned how...
What Do We Receive When We Give?
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Tell the Israelites to take an offering for Me; take My offering from all whose heart moves them to...
How Hamas Spends Qatari Money
As Israelis in the Gaza border communities -- caught between missile launches and flights of incendiary balloons -- ponder the meaning of the “hasdara,” or arrangement,...
Al Jazeera Anchor’s Call for Assassinating Arab Leaders Goes Unpunished
Qatari news network Al Jazeera portrays itself as podium for free speech in the Middle East. But since its 1997 founding, it has gained notoriety...
A Message for Bernie Sanders
This week, Bernie Sanders announced that he would not attend the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC. He tweeted that the lobbying group provided...
Honor Your Parents, the Bible’s Hardest Commandment
I’ve been shuttling between New York and Los Angeles to visit my father who has not been feeling well. It is a ritual I’ve observed...
The History of the Land Is Jewish, Not Palestinian
The elected representatives of Israel’s Arab community claim that the Palestinians are the original owners of the land -- an indigenous minority disinherited by foreign...
What Kind of a Jew Was Freud?
Sigmund Freud described himself as a “Godless Jew.” Freud made heroes of “Semitic conquerors” like Carthaginian general Hannibal. Speaking before Vienna’s B’nai B’rith Lodge in...
The Renewed Importance of Territorial Defense of the Border Communities
The past decade, with the civil war in Syria in particular, saw an easing of Israel’s security situation as the threat posed by the armies...
China’s Nefarious Penetration of the Israeli Media
Not long ago, the Israeli paper Makor Rishon published a comprehensive cover story on a Chinese individual who goes by the name Itzik HaSini (“Itzik...
Olmert’s Joke: Abbas Is a Man of Peace
In one of the more bizarre scenes in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, disgraced and formerly jailed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared with...
Another Bernie Sanders Anti-Israel Surrogate
A recent article by controversial Bernie Sanders surrogate Amer Zahr has a somewhat misleading headline, which claims that Arab and Muslim Americans are voting for Sanders because he...
New York Times Bares Bias in Attack on Jerusalem Housing Plan
The New York Times has abandoned even the pretense of evenhandedness when it comes to its news coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Times news...
Tel Aviv’s Mayor Vs. the Middle East Forum
JNS.org - For three years, the Middle East Forum has been engaged in a campaign to wean Americans and Israelis off the deceptive charms of...
