Posts Tagged: Palestinians
Israel’s 64 Years of Resilience
Despite decades of conflict intended to annihilate the Jewish State, Memorial Day ceremonies honoring the 25,470 soldiers, service personnel, and victims of terror who died...
Moses Was a Muslim Who Led Palestinian Muslims Out of Egypt. No Joke.
A few years ago, while visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, I had a very disturbing conversation with a member of the Islamic Wakf who was escorting me to...
A modest question for Peter Beinart and the American Jewish Left
Jane Eisner's March 28th Comment is Free essay, Peter Beinart's problematic Zionist BDS proposal, was interesting in several respects. First Eisner praised Beinart's "new and controversial proposal for a...
Israel’s Arabs, Living a Paradox
Can Arabs, who make up one-fifth of Israel's population, be loyal citizens of the Jewish state? With this question in mind, I recently visited several...
Eventually, All Humans Will Be Palestine Refugees
Of all the issues that drive the Arab-Israeli conflict, none is more central, malign, primal, enduring, emotional, and complex than the status of...
White House Hits Congressional Roadblock in UNESCO Funding for Palestinians
Following UNESCO's acceptance of the Palestinian bid for statehood late in 2011, the United States cut off $60 million of funding for the U.N. Educational...
Power Plant Problems in Gaza Stem From Egypt Fuel Shortage
The only power plant operating in Gaza, the Palestinian controlled territory run by Hamas, is being forced to ration power due to a lack of...
Peace: Is Jordan an Option?
Nearly 20 years after the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians was initiated at the Madrid Conference, we have seen years of stalemate. Even...
Mahmoud Abbas Anti-Semite of the Year
As the year 2011 comes to a close, media outlets inundate their readers/listeners/viewers with top 10 lists galore. Whether it's the top ten news stories,...
Claire Danes and Public Relations Tips for Israel
I just received an advance copy of the book, David & Goliath, by Shraga Simmons, about what seems to be the very captivating story of...
Obama’s Frightening Success
Turkish and Iranian flags. So this is how American foreign policy "success" looks nowadays. (WARNING: Graphic Images.) Without getting all misty-eyed about...
Accept No Substitutes
Days after the "groundbreaking" and "uncompromisingly pro-Israel" speech in the United Nations, the new White House tactic for dealing with the Israeli problem is rapidly...
Suicide Diplomacy
From the group that introduced the world to the suicide bomber now another innovation: The Suicide Diplomat. At the United Nations café, Russia, the European Union,...
Palestinian U.N. Statehood Bid: More Broadway Theater than a Serious Middle East Peace Effort
The Palestinian Authority ("P.A.") is proceeding full steam ahead to create "facts on the ground" in the Middle East, by working the Manhattan ...
