Posts Tagged: Palestinian refugees
As Syrian War Rages Jordan Turns its Back on Palestinian Refugees
The longer the war in Syria rages, the more refugees there are. Jordan has been a popular destination for many of these Syrian refugees, and...
Adviser to Egyptian President: ‘Israel Will be Destroyed Within a Decade’
Dr. Essam el-Erian, a senior Muslim Brotherhood official and adviser to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, has called on Jews who left Egypt to return, as...
“Carnage in Schedule Two”
Author Lela Gilbert, a Christian who lived for years in Israel, spoke for many of Israel's supporters when she said she finds the international community's...
Former Air Force General, Rumored Prime Minister Candidate Dish on Israeli Geopolitics
CAMBRIDGE, MA—"Red lines" for Iran, a no-fly zone over Syria, and a potential run for prime minister in Israel. All were fair game Oct. 11...
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Anticipates Energy-Driven Change
NEW YORK—Danny Ayalon anticipates dramatic changes for Israel, the Middle East and Europe, giving a decade as his timeframe. In an exclusive conversation with JNS.org last week...
Who Is(n’t) a Refugee?
In December 1949, seven months after the fledgling State of Israel was granted membership in the United Nations, the UN established the United Nations Relief...
There was no Victory for Jerusalem at DNC Conference
In increasingly rapidly paced news cycle time, the DNC convention Jerusalem fiasco is well behind us. Headline writers have moved right on to covering the...
The Unsettling Settlers
"Israel's Settlers Are Here to Stay," Danny Dayan's recent New York Times op-ed (July 25), has provoked a revealing kerfluffle among self-appointed monitors of Israel's...
Hanan Ashrawi’s War on History
Hanan Ashrawi, the telegenic, kinder, gentler face of Palestinian politics, knows how to attract a headline, but one wonders if she is becoming reckless...
Israeli ‘Occupation’ a Relic of the Past
As the dog days of summer are coming to an end, pro-Palestinian activist groups are gearing up for the fall semester to rally campuses...
Israel Pushing for UN Summit on Jewish Refugees
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has been pushing for the UN to hold a summit in September on the issue of Jewish refugees...
Switched at Birth in Gaza?
A reader emailed me about a CBC radio program (originally from Radio Netherlands, link here) he heard recently about Ahmed Masoud, a British writer and...
A Neglected Anniversary
Libya is once again in the news. It's been a while, since the media largely lost interest following Muammar el-Qaddafi's ouster and assassination. The North African...
Kairos USA’s Scapegoat for Palestinian Suffering
Another group of Christian peacemakers has issued yet another statement about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors of this document state their goal is to "respond...
