Posts Tagged: palestine
In Gaza, It’s Not the Economy, Stupid
It is not the economic malaise in the Gaza Strip that has precipitated Palestinian violence. It is the other way around -- the endemic violence has caused...
Palestinians Know Abbas Is to Blame for Gaza. When Will the West Wake Up?
The Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights sounds like one of the scores of NGOs set up in the territories solely to attract European cash...
Will the World Finally Turn Off the UNRWA Spigot?
It’s been a rough few months for UNRWA -- the UN agency dedicated to providing care for more than five million Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Gaza,...
Gaza Is on Borrowed Time
JNS.org - It was hard to find anyone in Israel who believed that the ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday would last very long. Conventional...
‘Nakba,’ ‘Naksa’ … Nowhere
JNS.org - When it comes to the Palestinian “original sin” theory of Israel’s creation, there are two key milestones: the flight of approximately 750,000 Arab refugees...
The Danger to Jordan of a Palestinian State
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan stands to lose more than any other party from the establishment of a state of Palestine. While the potential dangers...
One Year Later, Egypt Still Won’t Send Electricity to Gaza
Palestine Today reports that electricity from Israel is no longer being set to Gaza (without mentioning that it was Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket fire that caused the...
SPME BDS Monitor: Antisemitism Rises on Campus
The academic year ended with sudden late pushes for BDS resolutions and associated protests. While there were notable wins for BDS in student government, the...
Kindergarten Graduation in Gaza: Kids Stage Mock Attack, Including Hostage-Taking
JNS.org - At the graduation ceremony of the Al-Hoda kindergarten in Gaza, pre-schoolers carrying mock guns and rifles simulated Islamic Jihad militants storming an Israeli building...
‘Non-Violent’ Palestinian Rock-Throwers Murder Another Israeli
JNS.org - Another Israeli has been murdered, after having been struck in the head by what Haaretz described as a “heavy brick.” For years, major American news media outlets...
Hamas Prepares for More Violence and Bloodshed
JNS.org - The rapidly increasing pace of security incidents on the Israel-Gaza Strip border does not bode well. At best, it indicates that Hamas is looking...
Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem Has Not Led to an Uptick in Violence
Some people have claimed that President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and move the US embassy there, has increased violence and instability in...
60 Minutes and the Illusion of Balance
There is a persistent myth in journalism that speaking to at least one person on “both sides”of an issue creates a balanced, accurate, and informative...
A Month of Hypocrisy and Moral Decadence
Never have we witnessed such morally decadent political behavior as what has transpired in regard to Israel over the past few weeks. Paradoxically, this occurred in...
