Posts Tagged: Israel Occupation
Lamenting Gaza and White-Washing Hamas
It would be difficult to write about the Gaza Strip without mentioning its rulers: Hamas, the US-designated terrorist group whose charter calls for the destruction...
On Paris Peace Talks, Israel Must Resist the Sirens’ Song
In 850 BC, the legendary Greek author Homer introduced the mythical king of Ithaca, Odysseus, as a role model of leadership. Sailing home from the battlefield,...
Michael Chabon and Israel’s ‘Occupation’
Author Michael Chabon’s traveler’s tale based on his recent trip to Israel reminds us that being a celebrity does not remotely qualify one as being...
An Al Aqsa Brigades Member Dies — After Years of Treatment in Israeli Hospitals
From the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Nidal Division webpage: Medical sources announced the death of a young man from Khan Yunis who succumbed to injuries he suffered...
Jewish Novelist Michael Chabon Rails Against Fictional ‘Occupation’
JNS.org - As a novelist, Michael Chabon has a vivid imagination. One of his novels centers around a world in which there is no state of...
Hamas Paints Better Picture of Life in Gaza Than Western Media Does
Here are stories from Thursday's Hamas-run Palestine Times newspaper about how life is getting better in Gaza. Israel now allows Gaza fishing boats to go further...
The Big Lie: Antisemitism and the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
In January, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the outrageous assertion that the slashing of innocent Israeli civilians by knife-wielding Palestinians is justifiable as a response...
The UN Is an Enemy in Sheep’s Clothing
Last Friday, the UN Commission on the Status of Women voted on a resolution blaming “Israeli occupation” for the lack of advancement of Palestinian women...
US Customs Has No Labeling Requirements for Western Sahara
In the wake of last week's politically motivated "reminder notice" that goods from Jewish settlements cannot be labeled "Made in Israel," Elder of Ziyon reader Irene emailed...
Hamas Won’t Allow Gazans to Rebuild Homes; Left-Wing NGOs Silent
Palestine Press Agency reports that residents of a neighborhood in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, whose houses were completely destroyed in the summer of 2014, are angry because...
Israeli Settlers, Meet Brazil’s Settlers
JNS.org - Brazil says it will not confirm the Israeli ambassador-designate to the South American nation, Dani Dayan, because it does not want to “show support...
Ending the Occupation Will Help End Palestinian Terror
The Netanyahu government has conveniently and consistently separated the occupation of the West Bank from the repeated eruption of violence, insisting that the Palestinians’ unrest...
The Occupation Is at the Root of Current Israeli-Palestinian Violence
It was always a question of when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would violently erupt once again, which only proves that -- contrary to the prevailing views among a...
White House Chief of Staff: Israel’s ‘Occupation’ of Disputed Territories ‘Must End’
JNS.org - Continuing the wave of Obama administration criticism of Israel following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough...
