The News

February 17, 2020

The long history of Palestinian rejectionism, in brief

The Mufti of Jerusalem, Yasser Arafat, Saeb Erekat, Mahmoud Abbas, images via Wikimedia Commons by Dr. Edy Cohen (BESA Center) — Taking into account all the peace initiatives proposed to end the conflict between the Jews and the Palestinian Arabs […]
February 16, 2020

Nothing is permanent: A history of non-aggression pacts in the Muslim world

by Harold Rhode (JNS) — The news media is filled with reports that the Arab world—most notably Saudi Arabia and countries in the Persian Gulf, might be prepared to sign a non-aggression pact/truce with Israel. What does this mean, however, […]
February 15, 2020

Anti-Israel filmmaker files suit against Georgia anti-BDS law

A filmmaker who engages in anti-Israel conspiracy theories has sued the state of Georgia after a planned talk at Georgia Southern University in Savannah was cancelled when she would not sign the state’s anti-BDS pledge. Abby Martin, a former staffer […]
February 15, 2020

Discriminatory U.N. BDS blacklist condemns Israeli companies for adhering to Oslo agreements

(JNS) — After multiple delays over legal, due process and methodological concerns, which do not seem to have been addressed, on Feb. 12 the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published its “database of all business enterprises” […]
February 14, 2020

University of Illinois administration rejects student government BDS resolution

The Foellinger Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. by JNS and Israel InSight reports The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rejected a BDS resolution passed by the student government in the early hours on the […]
February 14, 2020

Many liberal churches deny their Jewish parentage and embrace their Islamist assassins

At the United Church of Christ General Synod in Cleveland in 2017, Rev. Mitri Raheb, a Palestinian Christian and pastor of the evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, called the UCC’s resolution to divest from Israel “a […]
February 14, 2020

The core values divide: Why so many young people can’t fathom the concept of Israel

by Yishai Fleisher (JNS) — As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem last month to remember Auschwitz and commemorate 75 years since its liberation, I was sitting in my office in Hebron with two Germans. These two young men, aspiring journalists, […]
February 13, 2020

Christian Arabs face challenges by being in the Israel Defense Forces

by Jonathan Feldstein In a first-ever for Israel and the Israel Defense Forces, a Christian Israeli Arab recently enlisted as an Israeli Air Force cadet. Nationally, only 10 percent of cadets who begin the prestigious course graduate and earn their […]
February 11, 2020

Did the Palestinians just have a rare setback at the United Nations?

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas enters the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: U.N. Photo/Evan Schneider. by Shiryn Ghermezian (JNS) — The announcement on Feb. 10 that the Palestinians are […]
February 11, 2020

Democrats skipping AIPAC: Is the painstakingly-crafted bipartisan coalition still viable?

IfNotNow members posing with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the campaign trail. Source: IfNotNow via Facebook. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Who’s going to #SkipAIPAC? The hashtag campaign created by the anti-Zionist IfNotNow group is winning […]
February 11, 2020

Traditionally anti-Israel World Council of Churches considering BDS activist for top post

Dr. Jerry Pillay speaks at Calvin Theological Seminary in 2011. (Facebook) by Dexter Van Zile (CAMERA.org) — During the third week of March, the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, an ecumenical organization with a long history of […]