What’s on and off the table when it comes to Middle East peace
Long eluding his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from attempting to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has called the “deal of the century.”
Trump has broken with previous administrations by...
UNRWA lobbyists: Israel and Saudia Arabia keep it afloat as US funds dry up
The Israeli defense establishment is the strongest advocate for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the country. In the United States, UNRWA’s strongest lobbyist is Saudi Arabia. In recent months, both the Israeli...
Druze remain seriously upset about nation-state law, ‘increases potential for conflict’
Israel’s new nation-state law that passed last month has caused a great deal of controversy, particularly with Israel’s minorities and, in what came as a surprise to many, the largely pro-Israel Druze community.
Israel’s minorities are upset...
To Grow Together With Other States: An American Imperative
“The egocentric ideal of a future reserved for those who have managed to attain egoistically the extremity of everyone for himself is false and against nature.”
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man
Ominously, Donald Trump’s retrograde ideas...
Will Israel suffer for liking Trump?
The last couple of weeks have not been kind to U.S. President Donald Trump. The guilty verdicts that took down his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and the plea deal that led his former...
In memory of McCain’s service to America, Israel and the Jewish people
Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who died on Aug. 25 at age 81, was an extraordinary friend of the Jewish people. He was an outspoken defender of Israel and a close friend of former Sen....
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Reducing the malevolent impact of UNRWA
U.S. President Donald Trump gave the Jewish people a gift of historic proportions by taking the issue of Jerusalem off the table back in December. On Aug. 25, President Trump gave a gift that...
The Israel-Hamas deal: Escape from Oslo
Extricating itself from President Bill Clinton’s December 2000 “peace” parameters is a supreme Israeli interest. Ironically, this goal is being made feasible by the crystallizing deal with Hamas over the Gaza Strip.
Both domestic and...
Vart har allt mjöl tagit vägen: Den falska humanitära UNRWA-krisen
Under den senaste månaden meddelade medlemmarna i underutskottet i Mellanösterns parlament att humanitärt bistånd inte når den palestinska befolkningen, särskilt i Gaza.
Centret för politik för näringspolitisk forskning, CFNEPR, kontaktade de 44 länder som donerar...
Why we still need heroes like John McCain
Anybody who pays attention to the sorts of things honored by contemporary popular culture knows that stories about heroism are passé. But why then do we still long for them? One example comes from...