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 […]
May 15, 2021

Israel bombs Gaza AP office? Here’s the rest of the story

Image from the Israel Defense Forces website by Richard Friedman I have a good friend, a very thoughtful person who I’ve known for a long-time. She and I were reporters together at the Birmingham News and she went on to […]
May 14, 2021

House Divided: Moderate, Progressive Democrats clash on House floor

Rep. Eliane Luria (D-Va.), a Birmingham native, speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. May 13, 2021. Source: Screenshot/C-Span. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — Two blocs of Democratic members of […]
May 14, 2021

Should Israel be doing more outreach to evangelical Christians than to American Jews?

by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Now that he’s no longer Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer is free to tell it completely like it is. Speaking at a conference hosted by the Makor Rishon publication, the American-born Dermer made a pronouncement […]
May 14, 2021

Moving forward, what options are on the table for Israel in dealing with Hamas?

An Israel Defense Forces artillery unit near the border with Gaza on May 13, 2021. Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Almost the minute Israel fully withdrew from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, the area […]
May 13, 2021

Though a troubling trend, Arab rioters in Israel seen as small percentage

The Israeli city of Lod, where synagogues and cars were torched, and shops damaged, by Arab rioters, May 11, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90. by Israel Kasnett (JNS) — The Israel Police instituted a blanket curfew on the central Israeli […]
May 13, 2021

Biden administration “failing” in “ridiculous” response to current conflict

U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Credit: White House/Flickr. by Israel Kasnett (JNS) — The Biden administration has come under withering criticism in the United States and Israel for its poor handling of the current situation in the […]
May 13, 2021

How Iron Dome is also saving Arab lives

An Iron Dome air-defense battery set near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod fires an intercepting missile on July 14, 2014. Photo by David Buimovitch/Flash90. by Jonathan Feldstein I have been hosting a variety of briefings and doing media interviews […]