Posts Tagged: palestine
Reframing the Middle Eastern and Palestinian Refugee Crises
There are two Middle Eastern refugee crises currently vying for resources and attention. One is nominally focused on Syria, but in fact extends from Libya...
UNRWA Textbooks Still Contain Endless Incitement
In response to its critics, UNRWA reviewed its textbooks and teaching materials -- and found that three percent of the total pages were inconsistent with the UN values of...
The Abbas Mythology
A recent article in The Atlantic about “The Tragedy of Mahmoud Abbas” noted: “In him, the world saw a reformist, a leader who could get the Palestinians...
‘Wine-Washing’ and the Question of Jewish Indigeneity
The University of California is not fond of Israel -- or pro-Israel Jews. On February 5, professor Ariel Handel lectured at the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Middle...
The Racism Associated With Palestinian ‘Human-Rights’ Organizations
JNS.org - Most of the foreign-funded “human rights” organizations that operate in Israel do not actually care about human rights. In fact, recent events have shown that they...
Media Propagates Abbas’ Historical Lies
In a long, rambling February 20, 2018, speech before the UN Security Council, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas fed fables to his audience -- and continued to...
Why Polls on a Palestinian State Are a Mirage
JNS.org - Do you ever wonder why polls consistently show that a large portion of the Israeli public supports creating a Palestinian state? How can it be...
The Madness of Mahmoud Abbas
For many years, Mahmoud Abbas was hailed as a moderate leader who would bring a sense of rationality and modernity to the Palestinian cause. He was...
Abbas Has a Problem With Women
JNS.org - Why is it that every time a female US government official says something that the Palestinian Authority (PA) doesn’t like, PA leaders respond by...
Defining ‘Occupied’ — and the Semantic Battle for Peace
JNS.org - In a demonstration of how completely at odds his views are from those of the foreign policy establishment, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reportedly...
Ten Basic Facts About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
In all the discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- and the quest for a solution -- some basic facts are too often missing, neglected, downplayed or skewed. Not...
#NoWayToTreatAChild: A Cynical Campaign to Manipulate Palestinian Children
JNS.org - In a video that has gone viral, a young Palestinian approaches two Israeli soldiers. She hits, prods and slaps them. She is trying to...
An Ex-State Department Official Is Obsessed With Creating ‘Palestine’
JNS.org - “Creating a full-blown Palestinian state in virtually all the West Bank ... would be a reward to the suicide bombers who have terrorized Israel. ... It would...
Arabs and Turks Welcomed the Balfour Declaration
"One hundred years have passed since the notorious Balfour Declaration, by which Britain gave, without any right, authority or consent from anyone, the land of...
