May 20, 2021

Alabama Legislature Passes Resolution Backing Israel, Criticizing Hamas

Israel Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon pins an Israeli-American flags pin onto Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s lapel. Photos by Hal Yeager, office of the governor by Larry Brook Continuing a long legacy of the state’s support for Israel, in the final […]
May 20, 2021

New anti-Hamas voices emerge in Arab reactions to Gaza

by Hussein Aboubakr Mansour (JNS) — Another round of violence has erupted in Gaza, and global reactions have run the gamut from peaceful protest to violence, with anti-Semitism up 250 percent in the United Kingdom. Many figures in Western institutions and the […]
May 20, 2021

About Black Lives Matter’s hostility toward Israel: We told you

by Joshua Washington Right now, Israel is at war with Gaza again. What seemingly began with an ongoing court case that was set to adjourn this year, has grown into a full-out war by Hamas, the ruling party in Gaza, […]
May 19, 2021

Love of Country Deepens for Two Israelis with Southern Ties

From left, Vardit Shterenbach and Meitav Menachem by Richard Friedman  The Israeli people are made of steel. They carry with them a collective experience forged in fire, which at times of conflict sustains and strengthens them, propelling them forward in […]
May 18, 2021

For Hamas, a cease-fire is really anything but

by David Bedein The current “cease fire” proposal now discussed in Gaza is anything but a cease fire. Indeed, a real “cease fire” might result in the kind of armistice that ended hostilities in World War I, on the 11th hour of […]
May 18, 2021

America Must Stand with its Allies when International Law is Violated

The aftermath of a Hamas rocket barrage on central Israel, which left 55-year-old Ramat Gan resident Gershon Franco dead, May 15, 2021. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90. by Gerard Filitti The world is watching warily to see whether the Biden Administration […]
May 17, 2021

AP needs to look inward before castigating Israel

Despite protests over their Gaza office being destroyed, the Associated Press is still managing to get the news out by Richard Friedman So figure this one out. On May 15, after warning those inside to evacuate, Israel demolished a Gaza […]
May 16, 2021

AP, Al Jazeera, mainstream press part of Hamas’ arsenal in war against Israel

Smoke rising from the Al-Jalaa tower in Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on the building, which housed Hamas operatives and several media outlets, including the “Associated Press” and “Al Jazeera,” May 15, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90. by Alex Traiman […]
May 16, 2021

Under Fire: Birmingham native awaits next rocket alert in Tel Aviv

By Richard Friedman Every Israeli is on the front lines. This Zionist truth, embedded in the Jewish psyche upon Israel’s rebirth in 1948 as a modern Jewish state, has never been more true than it is today. And one of […]
May 16, 2021

A Muslim group issues Gaza statement. We added a bit to it.

Piles of stones inside the Temple Mount mosques, in preparation for unrest against Israel. Photo courtesy Ambassador Gilad Erdan’s Twitter feed. by Larry Brook On May 12, our friends at the Birmingham Islamic Society issued a statement about the current […]
May 15, 2021

For Palestinians, the past continues to be their future

Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces as demonstrations near the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus May 14, 2021. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90 by Ben Cohen (JNS) — Judging by the present pattern, the next […]