Posts Tagged: Palestinians
Knesset Member Behind ‘Israel’s Taylor Force Act’: My Bill Will ‘Save Human Lives’
Elazar Stern, an opposition Israeli lawmaker who previously served as a leader in Israel's military, has touted the benefits of a new bill he's spearheading that...
It’s Time to Tell the Truth About UNRWA
In December 2017, Lebanon conducted its first-ever census of Palestinian refugees living in the country -- and the results were startling. The census workers counted 174,422 people -- a number...
Why Doesn’t the PA Return Stolen Israeli Cars to Israel?
The Palestinian police recently destroyed 40 "illegal" vehicles in the town of Ram. When they say "illegal" vehicles, they mean cars that were stolen from Israel. And the...
Some Experts Say Abbas Has ‘Little to Lose’ in Sabotaging US-Palestinian Relations
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appears to believe he has nothing to lose in picking a fight with the United States. Abbas is scheduled to...
As Gaza’s Economic Crisis Deepens, Israel Weighs Its Options
JNS.org - The ongoing economic crisis in the Gaza Strip continues to worsen, and brings with it the threat of an escalation in the security situation....
Why All the Silence on Syrian Refugees?
JNS.org - Palestinians, African migrants and even Dreamers now have everyone’s sympathy. Meanwhile, one of the great humanitarian crises of the century is unfolding in Syria,...
Remembering a Hero of the Munich Massacre
Israeli fencer Dan Alon (March 28, 1945 -- January 31, 2018) was a hero of the rarest kind. He did not rush into a burning...
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...
Along Strategic Highway, Israel Treads a Fine Line Between Security and Everyday Life
JNS.org - For Israeli security personnel who guard the strategically significant Route 443 -- one of only two highways connecting Jerusalem to Israel’s coastal plain along the Mediterranean...
The Curse of Victimhood
Earlier this month, Mahmoud Abbas called together a meeting of the PLO’s Central Council, and delivered a speech marked more by its rancor than by...
Palestinian Leaders Ramp Up Feud with the US
JNS.org - While the Trump administration believes that the Middle East is “at the dawn of a new era” -- marked by progress towards “a peaceful resolution” to...
In Jenin, Terrorists Get What They Deserve; In Gaza, They Don’t
In 2002, Israel -- after considerable procrastination in the face of unprecedented terrorist attacks -- finally adopted an offensive hard-hitting strategy against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and local terrorist...
One Raid Shows All You Need to Know About Israel’s Current Predicament
JNS.org - You wouldn’t think that one isolated Israeli counter-terror raid could explode every major myth about Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian Arabs. But last week’s...
Media Whitewashes Abbas’ Revisionism and Rejectionism
Mahmoud Abbas’ two-hour address to the central committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization was the diplomatic equivalent of giving the middle finger to Israel, the US and...
