by Khaled Abu Toameh More than half the 306 complaints about torture last year came from Palestinians who had been detained or imprisoned by Abbas’s security forces in the West Bank; 11 detainees died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas prisons according to a report by the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights. The EU has … Continue reading »
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Genesis of an Anti-Semitic State
This week, a Global Forum Against Anti-Semitism will gather in Jerusalem. The time has come for the Global Forum to consider the fact that a new anti-semitic state is in formation. Imagine, if you would, if any nascent nation-state, anywhere in the world, was in formation, and that it had taken on the following features: … Continue reading »
Obama’s Great Triumphs in Middle East Peace So Far
By Daniel Greenfield Every time Obama gives a speech about foreign policy, he inserts some obligatory mention of how he wants to negotiate peace between Israel and the “Palestinian” people. And how that will create stability in the region. The latter is a Saudi line that the parrots of the West have been taught to … Continue reading »
Another Display of Israel’s Strategic Value
Evelyn Gordon | @evelyng1234 The ongoing debate about whether America should intervene in Syria highlights an important point about Israel’s unique value as a U.S. ally: It is the only American ally in the Middle East willing and able to serve American interests by projecting power independently, rather than waiting for American troops to ride to … Continue reading »
من قبل القانون بين الأمم، القدس ينتمي إلى إسرائيل
واعترف ضم الأردن على القدس الشرقية أبدا من قبل المجتمع الدولي. بواسطة: راشيل ابراهام وخلافا لادعاءات القادة الفلسطينيين والمنظمات غير الحكومية المختلفة، وبعض أعضاء المجتمع الدولي، ويعترف القانون الدولي احتراما كاملا مطالبة الشعب اليهودي إلى القدس، حيث لها جذور تاريخية تعود إلى أكثر من 3،000 سنة، وكانت أكبر مجموعة عرقية في المدينة منذ 1820. وقال … Continue reading »
Herod’s Temple Mount Revealed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Restoration
Wooden beams from the time of Herod’s Temple Mount in secondary use in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Noah Wiener • 05/17/2013 The restoration of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the 1930s and 1940s included the removal of dozens of wooden beams that predate the mosque’s construction. These beams may have come from buildings on Herod’s … Continue reading »
Al Jazeera reposts ‘anti-Jewish’ article after censorship backlash
Al Jazeera said it “should have done better” in handling a story by Columbia University professor Joseph Massad. (File photo: Reuters) Ben Flanagan – Al Arabiya Al Jazeera has republished a controversial article on its website after inexplicably removing it amid claims the story was “anti-Jewish”. Accusations of censorship were leveled against the Qatar-based … Continue reading »
Playboy Bunnies in the Holy Land
Oy vey, some remark, as the men’s magazine launches an Israel version. Abra Cohen A model dressed as a Playboy bunny poses with the first Hebrew language edition of the popular men’s magazine in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (Ariel Schalit/AP) TEL AVIV, Israel — This city has long been a bohemian … Continue reading »
Israel deserves to join the United Nations Security Council
Germany should defer to Jewish state for 2019-2020 term NEW YORK DAILY NEWS JUSTIN LANE/EPA Israel should take a seat at the Security Council table. No country has been subject to more United Nations Security Council meetings and resolutions than Israel, and no country has a higher claim to a coveted two-year term on the … Continue reading »
Pro-Palestinian ads misrepresent apartheid
By: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe On my recent trip to San Francisco, I was deeply disturbed to learn about the posters in The City accusing Israel of apartheid. As a black South African who lived under apartheid, this system was implemented in South Africa to subjugate people of color and deny them a … Continue reading »
إعلانات مؤيدة للفلسطينيين تحريف الفصل العنصري
By: Rev. Dr. Kenneth Meshoe في رحلتي الأخيرة إلى سان فرانسيسكو، وأنا انزعجت بشدة لمعرفة المزيد عن الملصقات في المدينة متهمة إسرائيل الفصل العنصري. كحل اسود لجنوب أفريقيا الذي عاش في ظل الفصل العنصري، تم تنفيذ هذا النظام في جنوب أفريقيا لإخضاع الناس من لون وحرمانهم من مجموعة متنوعة من حقوقهم. في رأيي، … Continue reading »
Exclusive: Facebook Promotes Palestinian Propaganda in Jerusalem
by Danielle Avel Internet companies are forcing a biased Palestinian narrative onto users. First, Yahoo artificially divided Jerusalem into Israeli and Palestinian sections. Then Google made headlines by creating a Palestinian state. Now Facebook is promoting “East Jerusalem.” The term “East Jerusalem” often refers to the make-believe capital of a currently non-existent country called “Palestine.” … Continue reading »
A state and a ½ solution
Sixty-six years since Israel declared itself a state, and the Palestinians found themselves refugees; and no solution is in sight, despite many so called attempts to reach one. The situation for the Palestinians has been from worse to worse; while on the Israeli side there has been an exponential progress. One of the main steps … Continue reading »
رسالة مفتوحة إلى جامعة الدول العربية: شكرا، ولكن لا شكرا
طوال التاريخ، إلا أن ذلك الأمير، سلطان الخليفة أو العربية أو حكم الملك الإسلامية في القدس حتى ليوم واحد؟ بقلم: د. موردخاي كيدار إلى القادة الكرام من الدول العربية، نحن في إسرائيل تلقت بسرور كبير موافقتك على تطبيع العلاقات مع إسرائيل بشرط أن نوافق على إقامة دولة فلسطينية وتبادل الأراضي بين تلك الدولة وإسرائيل. ان … Continue reading »
An Open Letter to the Arab League: Thanks, but no Thanks
Throughout all of history, did an Emir, Sultan Caliph or Arab or Islamic King rule in Jerusalem even for one day? By: Dr. Mordechai Kedar To the Honorable Leaders of the Arab States, We in Israel received with great pleasure your agreement to normalize relations with Israel on condition that we agree to the establishment … Continue reading »
The Return of the Jordan Option For Palestine
Vehicles drive toward the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. The Israeli-controlled terminal leading to the Allenby Bridge across the Jordan River is the West Bank’s only land link to the Arab world. (photo by REUTERS/Ammar Awad ) By: Geoffrey Aronson for Al-Monitor Posted on May 8. A recent visitor to Amman reports … Continue reading »
