Stephen M. Flatow
Poverty isn’t the cause of terrorism, so let’s stop blaming it
It turns out that the Islamist terrorists who slaughtered more than 350 people in Sri Lanka came from one of that country’s wealthiest families. This news will surely come as a surprise to those...
We need another Reagan plan for Israel
Since Ronald Reagan is by far the president most admired by Republicans in modern times, perhaps GOP leaders and members of Congress should remind the current president of Reagan’s long-forgotten proposal for .
I’m not...
Anti-Semitism is alive and well in ‘moderate’ Qatar’s schools
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of anti-Semitism in Qatar are greatly exaggerated. A major new study has revealed that anti-Semitism is widespread in the textbooks used in schools controlled by...
The ‘apartheid’ wall that isn’t
“Segregated Highway Opens in West Bank,” The Washington Post headline blared this week. “Israel Opens ‘Apartheid Road’ in Occupied West Bank,” announced Al Jazeera.
Apartheid? Segregation? Not even close. Like so much of what pretends to be news...
Mr. President: The Palestinians already got ‘their turn’
President Donald Trump said this week that following the move of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, now the Palestinian Arabs “will get something very good because it’s their turn next.”
Somebody ought to explain to...
Yes, Israeli police should ask questions
In recent weeks, a handful of American Jews have loudly complained about being questioned by the Israeli police over their contacts with Palestinians. They would have us believe that the Israeli authorities are a...
It’s not ‘anti-Arab’ to criticize an Arab supporter of terrorism
Eight Jewish organizations this week signed a public statement accusing Israel of being, in effect, a racist state. Seven of them were left-of-center groups whose harsh criticism of Israel is old news. But one...
Jared Kushner has it all wrong on the Palestinians
We don’t yet know the details of the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan that presidential adviser Jared Kushner is preparing. But we do know how Kushner perceives the Palestinian Arabs. And he’s got them all wrong.
The...
Harvard’s Jewish students flunk ‘Israeli History 101’
Radical Jewish students at Harvard University are planning to hold a late “Liberation Seder” to “protest the continuing occupation by Israel.”
On Thursday, April 5—six days after all other Jews around the world held their...
Why does Ronald Lauder want Israel to be only nine miles wide?
After a long career in government and Jewish communal service, Ronald S. Lauder just announced his new cause: creating a Palestinian state in Israel’s backyard. People sometimes take on some pretty strange hobbies in...