Commentary
How Can ‘Pro-Israel’ Groups Support the Tamimis?
On December 1, 2017, Ahed Tamimi -- a teenage Palestinian girl -- was documented repeatedly punching, hitting and kicking soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel's defenders faced her impassively,...
Panicky Critics of Israel Push Fake ‘One State’ Threat
JNS.org - You know that critics of Israel are getting panicky when they start trotting out the old “one state” bogeyman. “As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a 1-State Plan Gains Traction,” a New York Times headline announced...
New York Times Editorial Board Falls Suspiciously Silent on Iran Protests
Since the protests against the Iranian dictatorship broke out on December 28, 2017, America’s leading newspapers have weighed in with editorials voicing their institutional support — except for The New York Times, which has been strangely silent. USA...
UK Paper Features Lies About Christians Being Driven From Jerusalem
A Guardian op-ed by Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, (“Christians are at risk of being driven out of the Holy Land”, Jan. 7th) is full of errors, lies and distortions: Lie #1: “there is a threat … to...
The US at the UN: Time to Go, or Time for a Time-Out?
Just before the UN General Assembly voted to condemn the United States for recognizing Jerusalem...
Comparing Trump and Obama on Israel and Peace
Eleven months into their respective presidencies, Barack Obama and Donald Trump each received their first...
SPME BDS Monitor: Outrage on Jerusalem
In December, the most important BDS-related developments came in the wake of the Trump administration’s...
How UNRWA Violates the Most Basic Rule of NGOs: ‘Do No Harm’
In the 1990s, international aid groups started looking at the bigger picture -- and realized that...
Ten Ways That Israel Is Treated Differently
The recent focus on the Jerusalem issue is a telling reminder that Israel is treated...
How Can ‘Pro-Israel’ Groups Support the Tamimis?
On December 1, 2017, Ahed Tamimi -- a teenage Palestinian girl -- was documented repeatedly punching, hitting and kicking soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel's defenders faced her impassively, never...
Panicky Critics of Israel Push Fake ‘One State’ Threat
JNS.org - You know that critics of Israel are getting panicky when they start trotting out the old “one state” bogeyman. “As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a...
New York Times Editorial Board Falls Suspiciously Silent on Iran Protests
Since the protests against the Iranian dictatorship broke out on December 28, 2017, America’s leading newspapers have weighed in with editorials voicing their institutional support...
UK Paper Features Lies About Christians Being Driven From Jerusalem
A Guardian op-ed by Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, (“Christians are at risk of being driven out of the Holy Land”, Jan. 7th) is full of...
The US at the UN: Time to Go, or Time for a Time-Out?
Just before the UN General Assembly voted to condemn the United States for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Ambassador Nikki Haley said: “I've often wondered why, in...
Comparing Trump and Obama on Israel and Peace
Eleven months into their respective presidencies, Barack Obama and Donald Trump each received their first international accolades. In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded then-President Obama the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Outrage on Jerusalem
In December, the most important BDS-related developments came in the wake of the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This designation will eventually...
How UNRWA Violates the Most Basic Rule of NGOs: ‘Do No Harm’
In the 1990s, international aid groups started looking at the bigger picture -- and realized that providing aid in a vacuum can cause other problems in the...
Ten Ways That Israel Is Treated Differently
The recent focus on the Jerusalem issue is a telling reminder that Israel is treated according to a totally different standard than other countries in...
Orthodox Jews and Art
Aesthetics plays an important part in the theological and philosophical tradition that started in Greece, and flowed right through the Christian intellectual world to the...
Protests in Iran: Social Challenges vs. Foreign Policy Ambitions
The social protests currently taking place in Iran arise from the gap between the Islamic leadership’s ambition for regional hegemony, and ordinary people’s desire for...
Iran’s Mullahs: Dictators Who Need A Perpetual Enemy
Nikki Haley, America’s formidable ambassador to the United Nations, has done it again. The Iranian uprising has been hard to “see,” and cell phone videos,...
Iran: Are Wheels Falling Off Obama’s ‘Signature’ Foreign Policy Endeavor?
"The alternative is a region wide explosion with totally unpredictable consequences...Just think how that would work out in the end…I think that is a policy...
Good Lorde, Another Cancellation
The New Zealand songstress Lorde recently buckled under pressure from the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel -- and cancelled her June concert...
