Posts Tagged: Palestinians
BBC Stuffs UNRWA Messaging Into Report on Attacks in Jordan
On June 6, the BBC News website reported an attack on security personnel in Jordan, in an article titled “Jordan officers killed in attack at...
With Ramadan Underway, Israel Eases Restrictions on Palestinians to Facilitate Freedom of Religion, Rituals
With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan underway, the Israeli military is taking steps to accommodate the holiday-related needs of Palestinians who live in the...
Who Were the 1948 Arab Refugees?
Contrary to conventional "wisdom,” most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine -- and most of the 320,000 1948 Arab refugees -- were migrant workers and descendants of the 1831-1947...
The US Deletes Inconvenient Words — From Arafat to Iran
JNS.org - The US State Department’s admission that it altered an embarrassing video exchange about its nuclear negotiations with Iran is disturbing — but it’s not the...
Surprise! Stabbing Jews Tends to Hurt Tourism
From Wafa: An estimated 80,228 guests stayed in West Bank hotels in the first quarter of 2016, marking a drop by 32% from the previous quarter and...
Gaza: A Port Is No Panacea for Poverty
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." – Attributed to Albert Einstein. Just when you thought that...
Why Is Reform Movement Leader Rabbi Rick Jacobs Hosting an Anti-Israel Agitator?
Aymen Odeh, the leader of the Knesset's Joint Arab List, generally uses moderate language to create the deceptive image of himself as a peacemaker -- unlike...
Palestinian Authority Media Praises Terrorist Who Killed American Tourist
Palestinian Authority (PA) media outlets continue to glorify terrorist Bashar Masalha, who attacked civilians in Tel Aviv and murdered an American tourist on March 8, Palestinian...
‘Disproportionate’ Response to New York Stabber Highlights Hypocrisy Over Israel
"Knife-wielding man shot dead in midtown Manhattan" was the headline making the rounds on the Internet last week. The man with the knife had not shouted "Allahu...
Palestinian Terrorists and Their Accomplices
JNS.org - Palestinian terrorist attacks that result in only a few casualties vanish quickly from the headlines. The victims are hospitalized, the politicians issue condemnations, the...
Assessing the Growing Sympathy With Palestinians Among Millennials and Liberals
JNS.org - Leading up to Election Day in November, American voters will likely continue to hear from presumptive nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton about why...
In April, BBC Reports Less Than 1% of Terror Attacks in Israel
The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks (Hebrew) during April 2016, shows that throughout the month, a total of 115 incidents took place: 75 in Judea and Samaria,...
Yom Hazikaron: Remembering the Victims of the Terror Wave in Israel
JNS.org - In January 2016, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Manpower Directorate reportrevealed that 36 Israeli soldiers died in 2015, marking the lowest single-year death toll the...
Israel’s Tunnel-Detection Success Poses Hard Choice for Hamas
In late March, the Investigative Project on Terrorism reported that pressure was building within the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, which could lead to a new round of fighting...
