Posts Tagged: palestine
The Waning Power of the ‘Struggle for Palestine’
In his 1974 book Palestinians and Israel, the late Yehoshafat Harkabi wrote that following the Six-Day War: The collision with the Palestinians [was] presented as the...
Palestinians Blame Israel for ‘Premeditated’ Murder of Terrorist (and Child Killer) Who Died of Throat Cancer
This is from VPalestine: Cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee, Kamal Abu Wa’er, 46, died today in Israeli occupation jails following a severe deterioration in his health due to...
Two News Articles, Seven Big Palestinian Lies
How many really big lies can fit into two articles in the official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily newspaper? At least seven, to judge by this...
The BBC Reports on Less Than 5% of Terror Attacks in Israel
The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks (Hebrew) during October 2020 shows that throughout the month, a total of 124 incidents took place: 82 in...
The Real Palestinian Pandemic: Political Sclerosis
To be effective, politics requires leadership and organization -- and to be effective over the long term, changes in leadership and organizational renewal are also...
Israel’s 50 ‘Racist Laws’? Hardly
The Guardian has, once again, disseminated the erroneous claim that Israel has “50 racist laws,” in an op-ed by Sami Abu Shehadeh, an Arab MK...
Arab-Israeli Politicians Against Peace
JNS.org - An overwhelming majority of Israeli parliamentarians, including those in the opposition, voted on Thursday to ratify the US-brokered Abraham Accords. With 80 members...
Palestinians Choose Guns Over Butter
JNS.org - Sure, it’s ironic that a Palestinian leader who accused Israel of spreading the coronavirus has checked himself into an Israeli hospital now that...
Another Hamas Puff Piece Omits Any Mention of Terrorism
In August 2007 -- two months after Hamas’ violent takeover of the Gaza Strip -- the BBC reported on related protests: Hamas members have beaten protesters...
The Palestinians Are Losing the Arab World’s Support
JNS.org - The recent wave of rapprochement between Arab countries and Israel -- and the Palestinian Authority’s glaring inability to prevent more nations from pursuing...
Europe, Finally, Tells the Palestinians That Enough’s Enough
For six months, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has refused to accept tax revenues that Israel owes them under existing agreements, ever since Israel said it...
How False Assumptions Prevent Israeli-Palestinian Peace
JNS.org - A 2016 clip of then-secretary of state John Kerry claiming there will be no separate peace between Israel and the Arab world before...
Who First Said Anti-Zionism Isn’t Antisemitism?
The answer to the question posed in the title to this article is -- I’m not sure. I don’t know if anyone has the answer,...
The Palestinians’ Most Dangerous Enemy Is Archaeology
JNS.org - Pundits will tell you that the most dangerous enemies of the Palestinian Arab cause are the Gulf kingdoms that have decided to recognize...









