Posts Tagged: Jewish settlements
US Policy on Judea and Samaria Is Hindering Peace
The United States Consulate in Jerusalem reported that two NBA players, along with trainers and administrators, recently traveled through Jerusalem and the West Bank. The trip was made...
Mahmoud Abbas Has a Nightmare Vision
In November 1974, the late Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat addressed the entire world from the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly. Always...
West Bank Israeli Settlements Petition High Court Over EU-Funded ‘Illegal’ Structures for Bedouin
Three Jewish settlements in the West Bank in the narrow corridor between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea have asked the High Court of Justice to demand that the state...
Rabbi Moshe Levinger, Jewish Settlement Movement Pioneer, Dies at 80
JNS.org - Rabbi Moshe Levinger, considered the "father" of the Jewish settlement movement in Judea and Samaria and frequently called "the sheriff of Hebron,"...
The Human Stain of Moral Preening
Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is everyone's favorite bleeding-heart columnist. His focus on human rights abuses, especially in Darfur, won him a Pulitzer...
When is an Illegal Settlement Legal?
Everyone knows that Jewish settlements are illegal under international law. This is one of the endlessly repeated mantras that reinforce the denigration of Israel as...
Israeli Defense Minister Ya’alon: ‘No Security Without Settlements’ – Legally
Israel's government is "doing many things to promote the settler enterprise," Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon said during meetings with officials and students in Samaria's...
The Politics of Demography
It is endlessly - and mindlessly - reiterated that demographic disaster looms for Israel if it does not relinquish its biblical homeland for a Palestinian...
Ganging Up Against Netanyahu
In President Obama's recent White House interview with Jeffrey Goldberg (reported in Bloomberg View, March 2), what the president had to say about Israel grabbed...
The Making of a New York Times Pundit
Until a week ago, it may be fair to say, few New York Times readers were acquainted with Israeli journalist Ari Shavit. A young writer...
Hebron, Always and for Eternity
Forty years ago I was invited to participate in a journey to Israel that transformed my life. Ironically, it was sponsored by the American Jewish...
Roger Cohen’s Times Tirades
Roger Cohen's repetitive lacerations of Israel in The New York Times Opinion page have managed to lower the bar even further for responsible criticism of...
Peter Beinart’s Cocoon
Peter Beinart's newest screed in The New York Review of Books ("The American Jewish Cocoon," September 26) offers variations on a familiar theme. It sharply...
One-State Delusion
"Two-State Illusion" was an especially catchy title for the lead Opinion column in the Sunday The New York Times Review section (September 15). It was...
