Tag: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Does the Temple Mount status quo actually exist?
Arabs rioted on the Temple Mount throughout the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ended early last week. Although Palestinians initiated the violence (evidence shows they had gathered rocks and fireworks ahead of time),...
Pro-Israel groups say they won’t let UN ‘kangaroo court’ go unchallenged
A collection of pro-Israel organizations has decided that an unprecedented attack on Israel requires a response.
Israel faces a first-time-ever open-ended U.N. Commission of Inquiry created by the U.N. Human Rights Council, which includes notorious...
Ukraine, Israel and the meaning of ‘never again’
Two months after President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler began his persecution of German Jews. No one at the time could have imagined that this would sow the seeds...
How the US perpetuates Palestinian violence
The U.S. State Department welcomed the first night of Passover with an admonition against violence.
“We are closely monitoring events in Jerusalem during this sacred holiday period for Jews, Muslims and Christians,” read the official...
Fear terrorism, not the Israelis defending against it
At a Tel Aviv café on Monday morning, I overheard a couple talking about the terrorist surge responsible for the fact that the normally packed establishment was as relatively empty as the adjacent Carmel...
Don’t reward Palestinians for a new wave of terror
After a week of terror attacks that took the lives of 11 people, Israelis are wondering whether they are on the brink of a third intifada. The Jewish state’s security forces are redoubling their...
Yazan Falah and Shirel Aboukaret were only 19
Nineteen is a wonderful age.
I have a beautiful 19-year-old daughter, whom I adore, and am blessed with two other children in their twenties
A 19-year-old is still filled with the youthful wonder and exuberance of...
Madeleine Albright’s role in Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy reverberates to this day
“Close the gates! Close the gates!” It sounds like lines ripped out of a movie, but it was Madeleine Albright running in her heels in the United States ambassador’s residence in Paris. Albright, the...
Saudi crown prince: Israel could become ‘a potential ally’ if Palestinian issue resolved
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said Israel could become “a potential ally” if the conflict with the Palestinians is resolved, Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.
“We look at Israel as a potential ally...
‘Roots’ seeks to make flashpoints of peace in Samaria
In recent weeks, the hills of Samaria have been headline-making flashpoints in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On Jan. 24, local residents stoned Palestinian cars and businesses, injuring three, in the roadside town of Huwara, awakening outrage...