Israel and the Palestinians

August 27, 2024

Reuters amends bogus quote claiming Ben-Gvir plans a synagogue on Temple Mount

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 27, 2023. Source: X. by Tamar Sternthal (CAMERA) — Hamas is citing a new Temple Mount libel to whip up more deadly violence, and Reuters stoked the […]
August 16, 2024

Israelis condemn extremists who attacked Palestinian town in Samaria

The Palestinian village of Jit on a hill overlooking Kedumim in Samaria on Feb. 9, 2015. Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images. (JNS) — Dozens of Israeli citizens, some masked, set fire to vehicles and buildings, and threw rocks […]
August 1, 2024

Not just Gaza: Over 3,000 Palestinian terror attacks in Judea and Samaria since January

Security and ZAKA rescue personnel at the scene of a terrorist attack on Route 1 near Ma’ale Adumim, Feb. 22, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90. (JNS) — Judea and Samaria saw more than 500 Palestinian terrorist attacks each month on […]
July 18, 2024

Knesset overwhelmingly votes against establishment of Palestinian state “at this time”

A plenum session and a vote on reviving the ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 11, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. by Joshua Marks and Amelie Botbol (JNS) — […]
July 16, 2024

Phony Palestinian state declarations are harming Palestinian self-determination

The Palestinian Authority is building a city in the HaMasrek nature reserve in the Judean Desert, May 19, 2024. Credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council. by James Sinkinson (FLAME) — Norway, Spain and Ireland have recently recognized the “state” of Palestine. […]
June 7, 2024

Shooting attack reveals uncomfortable truths about Israel’s options for peace

The Israeli town of Bat Hefer backdropped by the Palestinian city of Tulkarem, situated on the western edge of northern Samaria, Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Shahar Yaari/Flash90. by Moshe Phillips Nobody in the State Department, or the United Nations, […]
June 1, 2024

“The day after”: What would an actual Palestinian state look like?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department. by Eric R. Mandel (JNS) — The Biden administration, as well as almost every […]
May 31, 2024

Illegal occupation: Israel orders UNRWA to vacate unauthorized Jerusalem office on state land

Israelis protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) outside one of its offices in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. by David Isaac (JNS) — The Israel Land Authority notified the U.N. relief agency UNRWA […]
May 30, 2024

A “Free Palestine” that student protestors would never wish upon themselves

A pro-Hamas protest encampment on the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock. by Jason Shvili (FLAME) — While “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators take full advantage of the privilege and freedoms that America offers — […]
May 28, 2024

Norway, Ireland and Spain: Is this what you had in mind when recognizing Palestine?

by Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch) — Following Norway, Ireland, and Spain’s recognition of a Palestinian state, PA Chairman Abbas’ Fatah Movement published the above cartoon. It shows exactly what “Palestine” the PA and Fatah say, the European countries […]
May 23, 2024

After unilateral statehood push, Smotrich urges punitive steps against Palestinian Authority

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting of his Religious Zionism Party in Givat Harel, Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90. by Akiva Van Koningsveld (JNS) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on May 22 called for a […]