Posts Tagged: israel
Israeli Army Fires on Suspected Hezbollah Terrorists Near Border
In the first major flare-up since the IDF's Operation Northern Shield began, the Israeli military fired on three suspected Hezbollah terrorists who approached the border...
Headline Fails: Media Outlets Distort the Truth on Marc Lamont Hill
Marc Lamont Hill called for a “free Palestine from the river to the sea” at the United Nations. The fact that he also used his speech...
Israel Must Reevaluate Its Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity
Given the upheavals cascading throughout the Middle East since 2011, Israel now faces a unique dilemma, as this ever-volatile region could slip irretrievably into a...
Hanukkah Is the Perfect Answer to BDS
Boycotts rarely have the desired effects. At most, they can make the person who applies a boycott feel self-righteous. I have boycotted. In the '50s,...
Newsweek Thinks There Was Once a Palestinian State
Here is a very odd correction from Newsweek about an article on the Marc Lamont Hill story. I wish I could find a copy of...
The Complicated Truth About the US-Israel Alliance
JNS.org - It got lost in the middle of a wide-ranging interview in The Washington Post that made headlines for other reasons. But when US President Donald Trump said...
Israel, US Jews, and the Left-Right Rift
JNS.org - In an op-ed this week on the rift between American Jews and Israel, Haaretz’s Chemi Shalev compares the “troubled marriage” to a romantic union gone sour....
Hanukkah Memories
Every year, as Hanukkah approaches, I remove the First Book of Maccabees from my book case. The inscribed purchase date, November 1977, anticipated the Hanukkah following...
On the Yazidi Genocide, a Bad Day for the Knesset
JNS.org - Something rather unexpected and disturbing occurred in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on November 21. A bill recognizing the 2014 slaughter of the Yazidi...
Another Round, Not More Extortion, Is Needed in Gaza
JNS.org - To urge a fourth round of warfare against Hamas is no easy matter, least of all at a moment when Israeli decision makers...
Vilification of Israel on Campus Persists Amid Gaza Rocket Attacks
JNS.org - While the latest barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip rained down on southern Israel, tragically killing an innocent civilian and injuring 70 others, hateful...
BDS Is a Bust in the Middle East, but It’s Alive in America
JNS.org - BDS activists who think they are succeeding in isolating the State of Israel aren’t paying attention to the news. On Sunday, reports surfaced that...
AP ‘Clarification’ Casts Iranian Threats as Israeli Perception
After reporting yesterday that “Iran has never threatened to attack Israel,” the Associated Press’ “clarification” today unfortunately casts those very real threats as a matter...
Once Again, the Media Ignores Violence Against Israeli Jews
American and European media outlets have produced dozens of stories about the Netanyahu government possibly falling apart after agreeing to a ceasefire with the terrorist...
