Getting at the Truth

May 11, 2021

Flashpoint: What is the true story of Sheikh Jarrah?

Palestinians and left-wing activists protest in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. April 16, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. By Arsen Ostrovsky (The International Legal Forum) — The case of Sheikh Jarrah is a complex and long-running legal matter, […]
May 10, 2021

Debunking four media-fueled myths about the violence in Jerusalem

From the American Jewish Committee As the final days of Ramadan drew Muslims to the Al Aqsa Mosque to pray and the celebration of Jerusalem’s reunification drew Israeli marchers to the streets to celebrate, a wave of violence that had […]
May 8, 2021

Yes, “Sheikh Jarrah” embodies the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but not the way critics think

A view of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. In the background is the city center. Credit: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons. by Micha Danzig This past week anti-Israel forces have been in overdrive over the Jerusalem District Court’s […]
May 6, 2021

Why is Human Rights Watch going after Israel’s Law of Return?

by Karen Bekker (JNS) — If you’re Jewish and live in the Diaspora, chances are there’s been some event in the news or in politics that at some point has made you say to yourself, “Well, if things really go […]
April 19, 2021

When did Palestine become Palestine?

by Martin Sherman (JNS) — “The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence… Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in those territories whenever they chose to do so. But Palestinian statehood was of […]
April 5, 2021

The lie of “medical apartheid” is the vaccine version of the blood libel

by Edwin Black (JNS) — An egregious lie has been making the rounds lately. It is a timeworn smear against the Jewish people in a modern guise. The ancient blood libel — “Jews are poisoners,” used to stoke anti-Semitic violence […]
March 1, 2021

Washington Post apparently doesn’t want to get Israel vaccination story right

A COVID-19 vaccine injection is prepared at a vaccination center in South Tel Aviv, Feb 14, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. by Sean Durns (CAMERA) — The Washington Post can’t seem to get Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination policy right. Or perhaps […]
February 10, 2021

How the Palestinian Authority weaponizes Palestinian children to manufacture fake news

by Donna Edmunds and Jacques Zilberdik (JNS) — Just over a week ago, 17-year-old Atallah Muhammad Rayyan approached a female Israeli soldier, not much older than he, at the Ariel junction in Samaria. He was armed with a knife, and […]
January 28, 2021

Understanding B’tselem’s “Apartheid” Libel

The town of Ararat an-Naqab, which Israel built for the Bedouin community by Gilead Ini (CAMERA.org) — If you’re looking for examples of spin in B’tselem’s latest anti-Israel document, in which the organization slings around the inflammatory terms “apartheid” and […]
January 27, 2021

Million Refugee Math: The Palestinian Numbers Hoax

by Mitchell Bard (JNS) — The negotiation affairs department of the PLO tweeted on May 15, 2020, “Every nakba commemoration day, we mark the catastrophe that befell our people in 1948, when 957,000 Palestinians became refugees.” The truth is that […]
January 7, 2021

Will Christian “peacemakers” condemn PA Prime Minister for likening Jesus to Palestinian terrorists?

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Credit: JCPA. by Dexter Van Zile Are Palestinian Christians and their allies in the United States and Europe up to the task of criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh? Or are they […]