Posts Tagged: palestine
The ‘If Only Israel’ Syndrome
The "If Only Israel" (IOI) syndrome is the misguided notion -- peddled in the name of Israel's “best interests” by some in the diplomatic, academic, and...
If UNRWA Is Losing Students, Do We Really Need UNRWA?
UNRWA workers in the West Bank protested announced job cuts by UNRWA on Tuesday; 956 employees in Gaza and 194 employees in the West Bank...
A Moment of Truth in Gaza
JNS.org - The winds of war have blown across the Gaza frontier, undoing the four years of relative quiet since Operation Protective Edge in 2014....
How Students for Justice in Palestine Undermines Tolerance and Peace
In 1967, after the Six Day War, the leaders of eight Arab countries convened and adopted the Khartoum Resolution. This resolution implemented “The 3 No’s”...
A Message to the Pope: Peace in the Middle East Cannot Be Built With Platitudes
Pope Francis, arguably the world’s most influential religious leader, offered platitudes in his prescription for peace in the strife-torn Middle East. The pope recently spoke to a convocation of Christian clergy from the...
The World Must Know: The Dramatic Advances of Israel’s Treatment of Israeli Arabs
Over the last few years, the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement has gained strength. While substantial Jewish-Arab disparities within Israel continue to fuel BDS...
BDS Founder Confirms Movement Is About Ending the Jewish State
Supporters of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement claim that BDS is about a two-state solution -- and bettering the lives of the...
The Gaza Lesson and the Myth of Disengagement
The situation in the Gaza Strip since the 2005 Israeli disengagement debunks three fundamental assumptions that have become axiomatic in the Israeli security discourse: total...
Israel-Hamas Reconciliation Is Possible
Any protracted conflict can come to an end under certain circumstances that either evolve over a period of time or are precipitated by one side,...
Gazans Put Injured People on a Rickety Boat in Order to Vilify Israel
This week, a Gaza group called National Authority for Return and Breaking the Siege in Gaza put Gazans injured during the current weekly riots on a...
Gaza and Iran: One and the Same
JNS.org - Suddenly, everyone feels sorry for Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman recently said, “Enough with all the delusions and illusions that improving the economic situation will put...
The Palestinians Are Constantly Calling Everything a ‘Declaration of War’
From Ynet: The Palestinian Authority strongly condemned the Knesset on Tuesday for passing into law a bill proposal to deduct terrorists' salaries from roughly $130 million in...
The Digital Battle Over the Narrative of the Gaza Protests
Few would dispute that the Palestinian narrative prevailed in the world media during the Gaza border fence confrontations in May. Some have criticized the decision...
The Knesset’s Propaganda Circus
JNS.org - The Knesset hosted a conference on July 1 concerning the rights of children -- specifically, Palestinian children. This circus, titled “A generation without a future: Children under...
