Commentary
Palestinians Know Abbas Is to Blame for Gaza. When Will the West Wake Up?
The Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights sounds like one of the scores of NGOs set up in the territories solely to attract European...
Before Gaza Can Be Answered, Larger Questions Remain
As long as the historic debate about the two-state solution remains unresolved, the future of Gaza in general and Hamas’s continued rule in particular will remain open. The criticism attending the swift and inconclusive ending of...
Will the World Finally Turn Off the UNRWA Spigot?
It’s been a rough few months for UNRWA -- the UN agency dedicated to providing care for more than five million Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza, and the West Bank. And the worst may be yet...
Seizing the Moment to Remove Iran from Syria
With the recent withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear accord (JCPOA), we are witnessing a critical strategic shift in America’s Iran policy. The Obama administration subordinated its entire Iran strategy, and much beyond...
Gaza Is on Borrowed Time
JNS.org - It was hard to find anyone in Israel who believed that the ceasefire reached...
Trumpism and the Value of Truth
From the day he announced his candidacy for president of the United States -- with his...
A Week of Infamy at the United Nations
JNS.org - When Syria ascended to the role of presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament last...
Why History Still Matters: The 1967 Six-Day War
Mention history, and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to...
‘Nakba,’ ‘Naksa’ … Nowhere
JNS.org - When it comes to the Palestinian “original sin” theory of Israel’s creation, there are...
Palestinians Know Abbas Is to Blame for Gaza. When Will the West Wake Up?
The Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights sounds like one of the scores of NGOs set up in the territories solely to attract European cash...
Before Gaza Can Be Answered, Larger Questions Remain
As long as the historic debate about the two-state solution remains unresolved, the future of Gaza in general and Hamas’s continued rule in particular will...
Will the World Finally Turn Off the UNRWA Spigot?
It’s been a rough few months for UNRWA -- the UN agency dedicated to providing care for more than five million Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza,...
Seizing the Moment to Remove Iran from Syria
With the recent withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear accord (JCPOA), we are witnessing a critical strategic shift in America’s Iran policy. The...
Gaza Is on Borrowed Time
JNS.org - It was hard to find anyone in Israel who believed that the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday would last very long. Conventional...
Trumpism and the Value of Truth
From the day he announced his candidacy for president of the United States -- with his talk of Mexican rapists illegally crossing the border -- it has...
A Week of Infamy at the United Nations
JNS.org - When Syria ascended to the role of presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament last Monday, Robert Wood, the US ambassador to the conference, called it “one...
Why History Still Matters: The 1967 Six-Day War
Mention history, and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to the equation, and folks might start running for the hills,...
‘Nakba,’ ‘Naksa’ … Nowhere
JNS.org - When it comes to the Palestinian “original sin” theory of Israel’s creation, there are two key milestones: the flight of approximately 750,000 Arab refugees...
The Danger to Jordan of a Palestinian State
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan stands to lose more than any other party from the establishment of a state of Palestine. While the potential dangers...
The Shameful Record of the Church and the Holocaust in Canada
I'm sure that I was not the only one who watched the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia last summer -- including the chanted slogan “Jews will not...
One Year Later, Egypt Still Won’t Send Electricity to Gaza
Palestine Today reports that electricity from Israel is no longer being set to Gaza (without mentioning that it was Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket fire that caused the...
Europe’s About-Face on Israel
JNS.org - A strange, startling, and deeply unfamiliar sound was heard this week. A Trump tweet imploding perhaps? Kim Jong-Un finally destroying his nuclear arsenal? A...
Belgium Terror Attack Shows an All Too Familiar Pattern
Watching summer reruns on TV can be entertaining. Watching reoccurring patterns in Islamic terrorist attacks is not. The latest terror attack in the European Union occurred...
