Israel and the Palestinians

May 10, 2021

Consulate: Despite misinformation, Israel working to prevent escalation and violence

Palestinians gather on the Temple Mount, some holding Hamas flags, on May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90. The Israeli Consulate in Atlanta issued the following about the recent violence in Jerusalem and Southern Israel. Today, in a dangerous escalation, […]
May 6, 2021

Surprise! Abbas cancels Palestinian elections, fraying Fatah-Hamas relations

Supporters of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al-Ahrar movement protest against Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on May 2, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — The decision last […]
April 21, 2021

Iftar gathering in Hebron brings Palestinians, Israelis together

Guests at an Iftar gathering attended by Jews and Arabs, and hosted by Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari in Hebron, April 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten. by Josh Hasten (JNS) — As the sun was setting over the ancient city of […]
April 16, 2021

Changes must be made before UNRWA funds renewed

by David Bedein The United States government has announced the renewal of aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which the U.N. created as a “temporary” entity in the wake of the Israel War of Independence, to help […]
March 4, 2021

The Imperative to Stop UNRWA’s Antisemitic Incitement

by David Bedein The recently incorporated think tank, the Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research, has covered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s education programs for the foreign press and the diplomatic corps ever since August 2000, when […]
March 3, 2021

J Street and the Inconvenient Reality of Palestinian Antisemitism

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Flash90. by Moshe Phillips Dylan Williams of J Street, in a recent op-ed, called on the Biden administration to “rebuild the U.S. relationship with moderate Palestinian leaders.” Since presumably J Street would not […]
February 24, 2021

Unmasking Palestinian “human rights” groups as unconcerned about Palestinian Christians

by Hillel Frisch (BESA Center) — Recently, an Arab Christian gynecologist, Dr. Salamah Qumsiyeh, was brutally attacked in Bethlehem. His assailant attempted to slash his wrists (there is a video that documents the wounds the doctor sustained — it is […]
October 21, 2020

Palestinian Privilege

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks at a news conference in Ramallah, on Aug. 23. 2010. Photo by Issan Rimawi/Flash90. by Jonathan Feldstein Bless Saeb Erakat’s heart, and lungs. If you don’t know who Erekat is, you’re to be forgiven. […]
October 14, 2020

The Palestinians’ worst enemy is… archaeologists

by Stephen M. Flatow (JNS) — Pundits will tell you that the most dangerous enemies of the Palestinian Arab cause are the Gulf kingdoms that have decided to recognize Israel, or the European countries that are moving their embassies to […]
October 7, 2020

Second Intifada: After 20 Years, What Changed — And What Hasn’t

Police and rescue personnel work at the scene of a public bus bombing in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on March 5, 2003. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up aboard the crowded bus, killing at least 12 people […]
September 28, 2020

It’s time to hold the PLO accountable for its many crimes

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses a rally in Ramallah commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death, Nov. 11, 2009. Photo by Issam Rimawi/Flash90. by Caroline Glick (JNS) — Earlier this month, the Harvard Kennedy School […]