Posts Tagged: palestine
Here’s Why the Media Got the Gaza Violence Wrong
Western journalists covering the Arab-Israeli conflict are in need of an intervention. Many of them have spent the last several weeks regurgitating claims by Hamas...
The Deadly but Simple Games of Hamas
Many feel that Hamas won the PR battle during the recent Gaza border violence. After all, more Palestinians died than Israelis -- something widely reported in...
As Gazans Attack Border Crossing, It’s Israel, Not Hamas, Coming to Their Aid
JNS.org - Despite Hamas’ repeated assault on the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the only lifeline that supplies basic goods to civilians in Gaza, Israel has been...
The False Hope of a Gaza Ceasefire
JNS.org - Reports out of the Gaza Strip just keep coming. News of the escalation along Israel’s border and concerns that Gaza’s economy is on the...
Hamas Launches Flotilla to Get More Civilians Killed
From the Middle East Monitor: The Gaza Strip will set off a flotilla of ships on Tuesday in a bid to break the 12-year-long Israeli blockade on the Palestinian...
Saying Kaddish for Jihadists
On May 15, the UN Security Council held a minute of silence for the 62 Gazans killed by Israeli forces. The IDF was forced to kill the attackers...
Summing Up ‘The March of Return’
Hamas did not achieve the goals it had in mind when it organized and set in motion the “March of Return” campaign. The organization would...
The Rotten Onion: When Anti-Israel Parody Crosses the Line
The satirical news site The Onion weighed into the Gaza border violence with a parody that crossed the line from humor to offense. The text in full: Describing the terrifying...
Mahmoud Abbas, David Friedman, and the Power of Photos
If a picture is usually worth a thousand words, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a picture is worth a million. Just as informative as...
Bernie Sanders: An Accessory to Terror at the Gaza Border
JNS.org - The Gaza border conflict is being fought on two battlefields simultaneously. One is the battle at the border fence, where the aggressors use Molotov...
Layla and Ammar: A Gaza Story
A child who has suffered death is always to be mourned; the ruin of another is to be mourned, as well. The stories of Layla...
Arabs Must Promote Tolerance for the Other
JNS.org - What did Jews celebrating good news in Jerusalem this year really do, according to a Silwan-based news promoter? They “stormed” and “desecrated.” Jews do not tour, or...
How Palestinian Education and UNRWA Incitement Lead to Innocent Deaths
Teachers work hard to find real-life examples to help pique the interests of their skeptical students. Teachers in UNRWA schools face the same challenge. But...
Hamas Is in the Cold
JNS.org - As per convention, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry this week made sure to condemn Israel. Behind the scenes, however, the real story was apparently unfolding -- an Egyptian...
