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Silver lining in the delay to move the US embassy to Jerusalem:  New momentum to update the relocation law to recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel. Covering events in the US capitol when Congress passed the “US...

Saudi Arabia, kingpin of the Arab League, is still at war with Israel. The Arab League declared war to decimate the nascent Jewish state in 1948. On May 15, 1948, on the very day that...

Media have arrived in overwhelming numbers to cover the visit of President Trump. An impromptu press center has been set up at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem. This provides an opportunity for people who live in...

There is a fundamental misunderstanding, which is that if the US recognizes Jerusalem as  capital of Israel, that would mean that the US recognizes Jerusalem as part of Israel. However, the US embassy relocation legislation...

At a time when the new Trump administration is focusing on United Nations cuts and on Middle East negotiations, the United States could invest its energy in a real legacy that can be achieved:...

5 Iyar, 10 years Later. I have wrestled with myself for the past three weeks about how to write about Moshe Klibanoff, z’l, whose teachings had a lifelong effect on me, yet who never wanted...

At a time when the new Trump administration focuses on a new Middle East initiative,   President Trump’s team could invest his  energies in a real legacy that can be achieved: a humanitarian solution for...

People often describe he PLO, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and their progeny, the PA the Palestinian Authority, as Nazis. As the author of  GENESIS OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,  a  book on what it has been...

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Only a few remaining species on this planet continue to read books – because it is their job to do so: Diplomatic personnel, Legislative aides, Academic researchers, and journalists. In that context, intelligent Arab lobbyists,...