The News

July 7, 2020

Jacob’s Sheep come home to the Judean hills

by Jonathan Feldstein Over the past century, Jews and Christians have celebrated the return of the Jewish people to the Biblical Land of Israel, a restoration prophetic proportion. More recently, this return was accompanied by some four-legged friends representing Israel’s […]
July 5, 2020

Reality Check: Israeli sovereignty benefits deterrence, pro-U.S. Arab countries

by Yoram Ettinger (JNS) — The suggestion that the application of  Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria would severely undermine Israeli interests, jeopardize Israel’s peace treaties with Jordan and Egypt and Israel’s overall ties […]
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 […]
July 1, 2020

U.S. peace proposal based on Oslo Accords — which the PLO never ratified

by David Bedein The United States peace plan of 2020, offered by U..S. President Donald Trump, cannot be understood without noting that it openly continues the Oslo Accord of 1993, never ratified by the PLO. That accord was based on […]
July 1, 2020

Israeli invents self-healing artificial electronic skin

Self-healing high-tech “skin” developed by Technion doctoral student Muhammad Khatib. Photo: courtesy by Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c) — A doctoral student at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has invented a soft polymer that could be used […]
June 27, 2020

A Juneteenth Lesson For Zionists

by Moshe Phillips Juneteenth was celebrated more intensely by the African Americans community this year than ever before. And America as a whole took notice. The anniversary was successfully turned into a highly effective teachable moment. Zionists should learn an […]
June 26, 2020

Pursuing Prosperity Pushes Politics to Side for Israelis, Palestinians

Photo taken at the inaugural Israeli-Palestinian economic conference in 2019 in Jerusalem. Birmingham’s Heather Johnston is center. Avi Zimmerman is far left. by Richard Friedman  As I write this, I am beaming. I just got off an amazing webinar — […]
June 24, 2020

Ask the White House: Has The Trump Plan Been Hijacked?

by David Bedein The “Trump Plan,” launched last January, imposed unprecedented requirements upon the Palestine Liberation Organization, as a “predicate” for the PLO to gain state recognition. Such requirements distinguish this U.S. administration from all earlier American governments, which made […]
June 21, 2020

The Seventh Day of The Six Day War

by Richard Friedman “The problem,” an older friend once said to me, “is that Israel is never allowed to win a war.” This friend, who has been deceased for a while, made that comment to me about 15 years ago. […]
June 10, 2020

Israel sets up drive-thru COVID testing in Congo

Israel’s Magen David Adom helped the Congo set up a COVID-19 drive-through testing center, complete with software and training, May 2020. Credit: Courtesy by Brian Blum (Israel21c) — It’s not quite as enjoyable as ordering a burger from the car, […]
June 10, 2020

Groups on far left, far right co-opt Black Lives Matter movement to target Israel, Jews

A poster from a protest in London linking Black Lives Matter movement to the situation facing the Palestinians. Source: Apartheid Off Campus via Facebook by Sean Savage (JNS) — Groups on the far-right and far-left, including pro-Palestinian organizations with links […]