Getting at the Truth

May 12, 2023

Debunking the lie that Israel is a “settler-colonial project”

by Paul Schneider (JNS) — Anti-Zionists, especially Palestinian activists, often try to delegitimize Israel by calling it a white supremacist, European-style, settler-colonial project. According to the Palestine National Charter of 1964, “Zionism is a colonialist movement in its inception, aggressive […]
May 9, 2023

Will Munich Olympics panel acknowledge Mahmoud Abbas’ major role in terror attack?

A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes’ quarters commemorates the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic […]
March 31, 2023

What, exactly, is Palestinian nationhood?

by Nadav Shragai (Israel Hayom) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich entered good company when he recently shoved a historical truth in the face of the Palestinians — ”There’s no such thing as a Palestinian people. In his book “A […]
February 17, 2023

Regarding Israel, can the whole world be wrong? Absolutely

A group of photo journalists in Tel Aviv on Nov. 14, 2015. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. by Melanie Phillips (JNS) — One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel […]
February 1, 2023

South Africans expose “Israel apartheid” fallacy

by Paul Schneider (JNS) — More and more these days, people are calling Israel an apartheid state. For some, it’s a socially acceptable way to channel antisemitic impulses. For others, it’s a form of virtue signaling. And of course there […]
January 24, 2023

Israel’s “occupation” is legal, moral — and not an occupation

View of Efrat, in Gush Etzion, Judea and Samaria, on January 6, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90. by Jason Shvili (JNS) — The Palestinian Authority recently requested — and received — authorization from the United Nations General Assembly to have […]
January 15, 2023

New York New Year’s machete attacker had motive: U.S. support of Israel

Trevor Bickford by Sean Durns (CAMERA) — A man who allegedly attacked several New York City police officers on New Year’s Eve was reportedly motivated by American support for Israel. Some in the press, however, have been mum about Trevor […]
January 4, 2023

Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount. Why is this a problem, or even news?

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a speech, Jan. 3, 2023, where he says Ben-Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount could “explode” the Middle East. Credit: Screenshot/Al-Manar. by Jonathan Feldstein This week, much of the world got uptight over the visit […]
November 8, 2022

U.S. hysteria over Israel’s elections shows more chutzpah than wisdom

by James Sinkinson (FLAME) — Americans — especially American Jews — have expressed dismay at the results of the Nov. 1 Israeli elections. They seem to believe that Israel has been transformed suddenly from a thriving democracy into a “semi-fascist” […]
September 14, 2022

Fatah brags that Arafat deliberately started Second Intifada

by Itamar Marcus (Palestinian Media Watch) — This week, the Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah Party posted an old interview with Mamdouh Nawfal, who served as Yasser Arafat’s advisor on internal affairs in 2000. Nawfal described in detail Arafat’s decision to […]
August 21, 2022

“Glamour” unquestionably amplifies Bella Hadid’s hatred of Israel

by Karen Bekker Bella Hadid is an American model of Palestinian and Dutch descent. She is known for her beauty, her many magazine covers and her pro-Palestinian activism. Hadid is, of course, entitled to hold and voice her own opinions. […]