Posts Tagged: west bank
Annexation Wouldn’t Hurt Israel
JNS.org - “Annexation Would Hurt Israel” declared the headline of a May 8 op-ed in The New York Times by Mideast scholar Daniel Pipes. According...
When It Comes to Sovereignty, Daniel Pipes Is Wrong
JNS.org - In a recent New York Times article, noted Middle East scholar and pro-Israel pundit Dr. Daniel Pipes warns that Israeli application of sovereignty...
From Daniel Pipes: A Response to My Critics
JNS.org - As Aristotle long ago recognized, virtue is the midpoint between extremes. And I found myself smack at that midpoint in recent days. I published...
Israeli Police Officer Wounded in Palestinian Terror Attack Near Jerusalem
Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed a police officer at a checkpoint near Jerusalem on Wednesday, an Israeli police spokesman said. "The...
Palestinians Suspend Prayers at Mosques, Churches to Fight Coronavirus
The Palestinian Authority suspended prayers in mosques and churches in the West Bank on Saturday to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The Authority's Religious...
The Renewed Importance of Territorial Defense of the Border Communities
The past decade, with the civil war in Syria in particular, saw an easing of Israel’s security situation as the threat posed by the armies...
American Jews ‘Dismayed’ by Israel
Of the writing of books critical of Israel by American Jews, invariably liberals, there is no end. All that has changed is that women have...
Netanyahu Says Work on Annexation Map Has Begun: ‘We Are Turning Parts of the Homeland in Judea and Samaria Into Part of the State of Israel Forever’
Israel's government has established a team to map out areas of the West Bank that it will annex in accordance with President Donald Trump’s recently...
How a Former Non-Zionist Became a Supporter of Israel
As a progressive, I’ve been involved in social activism for as long as I can remember. From beach cleanups in middle school to protests in...
The Woman in Hebron
Ilana Hammerman was not a familiar name. But the subtitle of her new book was irresistible: One Woman’s Story of Challenging Borders in Israel/Palestine. She...
Report: IDF Thinks Abbas Will Not Follow Through on Threats to Cut All Ties With Israel
The IDF does not believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will cut ties with Israel completely and end security coordination with it, as he...
The New York Times Dreads Peace
When President Donald Trump’s peace plan was released, assuring Israel of sovereignty along the Jordan River, the security of settlements in Biblical Judea and Samaria,...
Thousands of Palestinians Mark 55th Fatah Anniversary With West Bank, Gaza Rallies
Thousands of Palestinians celebrated the nationalist Fatah party's 55th anniversary in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip this week, with rallies featuring music, speeches,...
The Legitimacy of Jewish Settlements
“Most of my ethnic group,” New York Times columnist Paul Krugman recently wrote (evading his identity as a Jew), “understands that Trump is bad for...
