Month: August 2019
Puncturing the Big Lie of Palestinian Identity
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (center) delivers a statement at a conference in Ramallah on Oct. 18, 2014. Photo by Flash90. By Melanie Phillips (JNS) —…
Israel can’t treat its own destruction as just another legitimate opinion to discuss
U.S. House Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) (left) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo/Israel Hayom By Evelyn Gordon (JNS) When Israel barred two U.S….
Attacking Zionism through the Myth of the “Arab Jew”
By Lyn Julius (JNS) Anyone who keeps abreast of the growing academic field of Mizrahi/Sephardic studies (Mizrahi: oriental, from the Middle East; Sephardic: originating in…
Atlanta Israel Coalition hosting event with Anti-Semitism Special Envoy Elan Carr
U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr is sworn in on a Hebrew Bible by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on…
Exactly What “Occupation” Is The Target of Activists?
By Steve Frank (JNS) — It seems that just about everyone wants to “end the occupation” in Israel. The call rings out from the editorial…
They praised the killer of a Senator’s niece — and then organized Rep. Tlaib’s trip
Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Photo courtesy JNS By Moshe Phillips First, they praised the terrorist who murdered a United States Senator’s niece. Then they were chosen…
Without Israel, the Middle East is lost
By Tesfazion Gerhelase (August 19, 2019 / JNS) The Arab states of the Middle East have badly failed to create effective institutions. The Gulf monarchies,…
CUFI calls for return to bipartisanship on Israel
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman spoke at the CUFI Washington Summit in July. Just after the controversy involving Israel cancelling a visit “to Palestine”…
Palestinian groups behind Omar-Tlaib canceled trip express anti-Semitism, links to terrorism
Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi in her office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Jan. 31, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90. By Sean Savage (August…
Illegal settlements proliferate in the territories — built by Palestinians with EU backing
By Edwin Black (August 15, 2019 / JNS) “Area C,” which comprises some 60 percent of the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria,…
