RESPONSE TO UNRWA ATTACKS ON OUR FILM, UNRWA UPRISING
UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness has charged that the film “is a catalogue of misrepresentation.” He charges that, “There is no evidence whatsoever to substantiate the claim that UNRWA supported the so called “Great March”,...
Erdogan’s Turkey: A caliphate in the making?
The new crisis with Israel initiated by Recep Tayyip Erdogan following President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the Gaza so called March of Return demonstrations, taken together with his...
Evangelical Christians and the U.S. Embassy in Israel
Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas spoke these words at the opening ceremony of the United States embassy in Jerusalem: “We come before you, the God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, thanking you for bringing...
The dead-baby strategy
When a Hamas spokesman acknowledged that 50 out of the 62 Palestinians reported killed during the May 14 assault on Israel’s border with Gaza, that fact alone should have fundamentally altered the debate over...
A week of roller coaster emotions
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —That Was The Week That Was (TWTWTW) was the title of a satirical program on UK television in my youth, bringing a great deal of mirth and merriment to the British viewing...
UN Human Rights Council approves ‘war crimes’ probe into Gaza deaths; Israel and US...
The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a “war crimes” probe on Friday to “provide recommendations to protect civilians against any further assaults” in the Gaza Strip.
The resolution was approved in a 29-2 vote,...
Deconstructing the complex, yet sanguine, relations between Israel and the Czech Republic
The transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14 has spurred interest from several countries considering similar moves. Guatemala followed suit just two days later on May 16, and Paraguay and...
On the fence: Scrutinizing the state of continued Gaza border riots
The tense events of the past week on the Israel-Gaza Strip border did not go quite as planned, but overall, Israel can look back at them with relative satisfaction.
Hamas failed to meet almost...
At the Israel border, pointing fingers at the wrong abuser
When confronted with absolute evil or the depths of human depravity, some of us experience a very particular kind of depression. It’s as if we just can’t cope with such a repudiation of humanity.
Some...
Thanks to Erdogan, most Turks see Israel as enemy, not ally
The most concerning development in the current crisis between Israel and Turkey is the joint statement condemning Israel from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Islamist party and the opposition Republican People’s Party. At the...