June 27, 2020

A Juneteenth Lesson For Zionists

by Moshe Phillips Juneteenth was celebrated more intensely by the African Americans community this year than ever before. And America as a whole took notice. The anniversary was successfully turned into a highly effective teachable moment. Zionists should learn an […]
June 26, 2020

Pursuing Prosperity Pushes Politics to Side for Israelis, Palestinians

Photo taken at the inaugural Israeli-Palestinian economic conference in 2019 in Jerusalem. Birmingham’s Heather Johnston is center. Avi Zimmerman is far left. by Richard Friedman  As I write this, I am beaming. I just got off an amazing webinar — […]
June 24, 2020

Ask the White House: Has The Trump Plan Been Hijacked?

by David Bedein The “Trump Plan,” launched last January, imposed unprecedented requirements upon the Palestine Liberation Organization, as a “predicate” for the PLO to gain state recognition. Such requirements distinguish this U.S. administration from all earlier American governments, which made […]
June 21, 2020

The Seventh Day of The Six Day War

by Richard Friedman “The problem,” an older friend once said to me, “is that Israel is never allowed to win a war.” This friend, who has been deceased for a while, made that comment to me about 15 years ago. […]
June 10, 2020

Israel sets up drive-thru COVID testing in Congo

Israel’s Magen David Adom helped the Congo set up a COVID-19 drive-through testing center, complete with software and training, May 2020. Credit: Courtesy by Brian Blum (Israel21c) — It’s not quite as enjoyable as ordering a burger from the car, […]
June 10, 2020

Groups on far left, far right co-opt Black Lives Matter movement to target Israel, Jews

A poster from a protest in London linking Black Lives Matter movement to the situation facing the Palestinians. Source: Apartheid Off Campus via Facebook by Sean Savage (JNS) — Groups on the far-right and far-left, including pro-Palestinian organizations with links […]
June 9, 2020

Words matter: It’s sovereignty, not annexation

Israelis participate in a march to celebrate Israel’s 71st Independence Day near Havat Gilad in Judea and Samaria on May 9, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90 by Arsen Ostrovsky and Richard Kemp (JNS) — Words matter. They drive narratives. They […]
June 9, 2020

Chutzpah: Europe lectures Israel while maintaining their far-flung territorial occupations

French President Emmanuel Macron in Jerusalem, Jan. 22, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 by Stephen Flatow (JNS) — The member states of the European Union — both individually and collectively via the Quartet — are in a tizzy and hypocritically […]
June 8, 2020

Once again, Floyd demonstrations show how Palestinians appropriate black pain

by Joshua Washington In the early 1980s, African-American professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Clayborne Carson published a paper called “BLACKS and JEWS in the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: […]
June 4, 2020

Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace? J Street’s slogan a misnomer as left-wing “Jewish” groups harass pro-Israel students

J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami embraces Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas following his statements at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Feb. 11, 2020. Source: Screenshot. by Ethan Fine (JNS) — At the forefront of pro-Israel efforts stand […]
June 3, 2020

Israeli Sovereignty: Jordan’s West Bank Pre-Occupation

by Jonathan Feldstein Recent news of Jordanian threats to reconsider or even sever ties with Israel over possible plans to annex areas of Judea and Samaria (the “West Bank”) call for a deeper understanding of the background and issues surrounding […]