The Region: Hand over your property!
By BARRY RUBIN, GLORIA— Here’s the perfect parable for understanding not just the contemporary Middle East but the wider world today. So far, it’s only being covered in the Finnish media which, I...
View ArticlePreparing for the fall of Jordan
By YOEL MELTZER, YNET— As the bloodshed in Syria continues with no end in sight, more and more eyes are beginning to focus on Syria’s formerly stable southern neighbor, Jordan. After nearly two years...
View ArticleVideo: Bloody truth
From November 14 – 21, 2012, 400 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli civilian populations. Just one week later, in a nearly unanimous vote, the UN rewarded this savage aggression by recognizing...
View ArticleVideo: The Israeli Palestinian Conflict’s top ten myths
The Israeli Palestinian conflict is an often misunderstood political battleground where facts are mixed with opinion, preference, and prejudice. There’s so much confusion around the conflict that we...
View ArticleUN Health Assembly, Syria, Slam ‘Inhuman Israeli Practices’
By JEWISH PRESS-– The annual assembly of the UN’s World Health Organization today adopted a resolution criticizing Israel — in the organization’s only debate on a specific country — with Syria...
View ArticleWish I’d said that…
“The Arab states do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it an open sore, as an affront to the UN and as a weapon against Israel.” –Ralph Galloway, former Director of UNRWA, August...
View ArticleSyrian Rebels Seize Border Crossing to the Golan Heights
By SKYLAR SCHMANSKI, inCONTEXT— Syrian rebels temporarily seized control of the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria on June 6, spurring Austria to withdraw all of its 380 peacekeepers stationed...
View ArticleWho Are the Refugees?
By DAVID RUBIN— Anyone who travels through Israel sees the many brand new SUV vehicles of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Its main activity in Israel is providing assistance to the...
View ArticlePositions of power
By ADAM TURNER, FRONTPAGEMAG— In selecting Samantha Power as his nominee for United Nations Ambassador, President Obama has chosen an appointee whose stated positions are detrimental to promoting a...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Howard Grief (1940-2013)
From Jim Hutchens: During one of my stays in Israel I had the good fortune to meet Howard Grief in the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Being aware of the Christian Zionist emphasis of the JerUSAlem...
View ArticleThe UN, the Tanach and the G-d of Israel
By TUVIA BRODIE, ARUTZ 7— UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has just admitted that the United Nations discriminates against Israel. He admits that the world headquarters of fairness and justice...
View ArticleNetanyahu at UNGA: Israel will stand alone if needed in preventing Iran...
By MAYA SHWERDER, JPOST — A steadfast Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made clear in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that Israel would not accept a nuclear armed Iran, and...
View ArticleIran could build a nuclear bomb in one month
By ISRAEL HAYOM— As of today, Iran could “break out” and produce a sufficient quantity of uranium for a nuclear bomb by using its installed centrifuges and low enriched uranium stockpiles in as little...
View ArticleThe politics of the Palestinian right of return
By ASAF ROMIROWSKY and ALEXANDER JOFFE, FORBES— US-backed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are entering a critical period. With reports suggesting Israeli acceptance of the...
View ArticleSyria Asks UN to Take Action Against Israel
By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, on Sunday asked the United Nations to take actions against Israel, claiming it violated the 1974 ceasefire agreement in the...
View ArticleObama Using Hamas Terror as Leverage Against Israel
By ISRAEL TODAY— Israelis were once again left dumbfounded by the behavior of the American Administration after US President Barack Obama on Monday appeared to be using Hamas terrorism as leverage to...
View ArticlePA plan seeks Palestinian state, IDF pullout within 3 years
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to present a framework for renewed peace talks with Israel, according to a Palestinian ex-minister close to Abbas. In an effort...
View ArticleUN houses, but does not sponsor, anti-Semitism conference
By CATHRYN J. PRINCE, TIMES OF ISRAEL— On the third floor of the United Nations, just two doors down from the Security Council, more than 500 people gathered this week for a conference on the rise of...
View ArticleThe United Nations: World’s Leading Purveyor of Antisemitism
By ANNE BAYEFSKY, GATESTONE— The UN is not having a conference on the threat that global antisemitism poses to international peace and security. This is lunch-time. The courageous organizer, assisted...
View ArticleWhy Rouhani loves New York
By CAROLINE GLICK— Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to New York next week will be a welcome relief for the Iranian leader. Finally, he’ll be somewhere where he’s appreciated, even loved. Ahead...
View Article