July 3, 2020

Anti-black bigotry doesn’t keep anti-Israel Islamists from appropriating Black Lives Matter movement

Hesham Shehab by Hesham Shehab and Benjamin Baird (JNS) — Following the killing in police custody of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, several radical Muslim American organizations have joined in nationwide protests to show solidarity with black civil-rights protests. However, Floyd’s […]
May 26, 2020

Never Again? Time to hold Germany accountable for supporting out of control UNRWA

by David Bedein Germany, which presents itself as a democratic power, is now the leading donor state of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which services the Palestinian refugees of 1948 war… and their descendants. Yet 54 percent of […]
May 16, 2020

International Criminal Court allies with terror-linked groups to become “tool of war” against Israel

The Judges of the International Criminal Court and eminent guests of the opening of the ICC judicial year 2019 held on 18 January 2019 at the seat of the Court in The Hague. Credit: International Criminal Court. by Israel Kasnett […]
May 6, 2020

After elections, coronavirus, challenges ahead for U.S.-Israel relationship

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan. 27, 2020, along the White House colonnade. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. by Israel Kasnett (JNS) — As the world’s attention has been focused on […]
April 26, 2020

San Remo in 1920, not the United Nations, enshrined Jewish statehood in international law

by Yishai Fleisher (JNS) — One hundred years ago this week, the British Balfour Declaration — which recognized the Jewish rights to the land of Israel — became international law. The Allies, the countries that defeated the Ottoman Empire in […]
March 16, 2020

Israel needs a “national responsibility” government in these tumultuous times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 8, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — On March 15, after a year of political deadlock, […]
March 5, 2020

Will it be enough? Israeli election count shows Likud coalition at 58 seats

Israelis count the remaining ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 4. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90. by Gideon Allon (Israel Hayom) — With 99.9 percent of the votes from the March 2 general election counted, Israel’s Central Election Committee […]
February 26, 2020

Uncomfortable questions that Churches for Middle East Peace really need to answer

Rev. Dr. Mae Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace, speaks at the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference in Oklahoma in 2018. (Photo by Dexter Van Zile) by Dexter Van Zile (CAMERA) — Founded in 1984, Churches for […]
February 17, 2020

Build, Bibi, Build!

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud Party event in Lod, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90. by Caroline Glick (JNS) — The United Nations Human Rights Council’s release on Feb. 12 of its blacklist of companies […]
February 9, 2020

An Open Letter from Judea and Samaria Mayors on the Importance of Trump’s Plan

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the East Room of the White House during the unveiling of the Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan, Jan. 28, 2020. Official White House Photo by Shealah […]
February 6, 2020

For any chance at peace, the Palestinian education system must be overhauled

by David Bedein The U.S. “Peace to Prosperity” plan presented by President Donald Trump last week proposes unprecedented criteria for the formation of a Palestinian state. Among them is this one: “The Palestinians shall have ended all programs, including school […]