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Paul Gherkin is founder of the website FirstOneThrough, which is dedicated to educating people on Israel, the United States, Judaism and science in an entertaining manner so they speak up and take action. In a connected digital world, each person can be a spokesperson by disseminating news to thousands of people by forwarding articles or videos to people, or using the information to fight on behalf of a cause because In a connected digital world. YOU are FirstOneThrough.
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By Paul Gherkin
Proportionately, Palestinians now kill twice as many women in honor killings as Afghanistan.
By Paul Gherkin
Obama's comments calling Israeli settlements “unhelpful”are harsher than prior US administrations'
By Paul Gherkin
The UN has more censures against Israel than all of the countries of the world combined.
By Paul Gherkin
The "1967 borders” were deliberately never declared "borders" by the warring parties
By Paul Gherkin
The term “West Bank” falsely implies a long history of Palestinian Arab rule over the area
By Paul Gherkin
Israel's last election (2013) focused more on domestic issues than foreign; 2015 will be the same.
By Paul Gherkin
A Sad and Sick SATIRE of satanic sadism
By Paul Gherkin
Contrasting its coverage of the pope's visit to Israel, the media chose to ignore problems in Turkey
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted on author's site, FirstOneThrough} The United Nations is inconsistent regarding its position on the “character”, “access” and “rights” of holy sites in the Holy Land across the Green Line. In 2010, UNESCO published a paper highly critical of Israel regarding its treatment of two holy places in Judea and Samaria/the West Bank: the Tomb of […]
By Paul Gherkin
Arab attacking Jews in the land date back a century, long before Israel was created or in control.
By Paul Gherkin
Cloistered captain Obama, touts his talents and has the temerity to taunt Bibi,his besieged ally
By Paul Gherkin
“Why do people get complacent with the things they’re told?”
By Paul Gherkin
Operation Moses: First time in history that non-blacks came to Africa to free blacks from oppression
By Paul Gherkin
Perhaps attacking a terrorist's legacy broadly and publicly would dissuade others from terrorism?
By Paul Gherkin
The phrase that the “Arabs are resorting to violence” is disgraceful and blames the victim.
By Paul Gherkin
"The Temple Mount could, like the Cave of the Patriarchs, become a place of tolerance and prayer."
By Paul Gherkin
A majority of Palestinians support Hamas and the direction of support is increasing.
By Paul Gherkin
Obama’s dance card of evil wasn't quite full; he sent a secret letter to Iran to enlist their help.
By Paul Gherkin
FirstOneThrough Veterans Day music video with song by Dire Straits
By Paul Gherkin
Nov. 9-10, 1938 Germans&Austrians staged a massive pogrom-"Kristallnacht"- launching the Holocaust.
By Paul Gherkin
There are over 1 million cities and towns in the world. Fewer than 1/10,000 are divided cities.
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted on author's site, FirstOne Through} Liberal political pundits are making broad declarations about the 2014 US elections. They refer to a country that is “more divided than ever before” and that the Republicans won simply by being negative about the state of the country without offering solutions. The liberal commentators talk about “white […]
By Paul Gherkin
Will “progressives” and “liberals” rally to Rabbi Glick and advance the cause for Jewish rights?
By Paul Gherkin
Abbas called for hard labor/life imprisonment, or death for any Arab that sold land to a Jew.
By Paul Gherkin
Palestinian anti-Semitism in 2014 is more extreme and mainstream than German A/S in the 1930s.
By Paul Gherkin
The NY Times innocently describes Shaloudi, the Arab murderer, merely as a “resident of Silwan".
By Paul Gherkin
Polls indicate that the Palestinians are much more against a two state solution than the Israelis.
By Paul Gherkin
Leon Klinghoffer's daughters: "‘Klinghoffer’ is justified as ‘a work of art’...This is an outrage.”
By Paul Gherkin
Sometimes collective action against the heinous acts of the majority is not enough. The world should not only support the blockade of Gaza; it must enforce the dismantling of Hamas.
By Paul Gherkin
Palestinians (and Jordanians) often use the term “provocation” regarding Israeli action in Jerusalem
By Paul Gherkin
“Nonsense” seems to be the New York Times sense of balanced and accurate coverage.
By Paul Gherkin
The New York Times gave a warm and strong endorsement for Islamophobia this weekend. It’s opinion pages wrote strongly about the importance of free speech and the logic of exploring the hatred that many people feel towards all Muslims around the world, whether due to the 9/11 terror attacks or the beheadings of innocents today. […]
By Paul Gherkin
Abbas used his chance at the UN to repeatedly lie about Israel; Why not? The world loved the charade
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted on author's website, FirstOne Through} Jihad is a war that Muslims fight against non-Muslims. It is considered a holy crusade that each Muslim must take according to the Quran. There are different ways that jihad can be waged. According to the Quran and Hadith, it can be fought with the heart, the tongue, […]
By Paul Gherkin
Would Obama stand for a housing policy that barred blacks from living in Washington, DC?
By Paul Gherkin
Is the global community clear in its response to these extremist groups?
By Paul Gherkin
Abbas again used the UN to attack Israel, distort history, and undermine prospects for peace.
By Paul Gherkin
Global resources flow to young and capable descendants of Arabs who left Palestine over 60 years ago
By Paul Gherkin
To continue meriting the Promised Land, Jews must consider & always improve upon their own behavior.
By Paul Gherkin
No mutual clash between parties, it was Jews repeatedly attacked by Arabs, not the other way around.
By Paul Gherkin
The US government ignores Saudi policies, focusing narrowly on Saudi oil and military cooperation.
By Paul Gherkin
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research Poll Aug 2014: 61% of Palestinians favor Hamas.
By Paul Gherkin
Israel far outranks every country in the MENA region in the freedoms of press, speech and assembly.
By Paul Gherkin
Evolution of the news flow: rapists first described as “Asian,”then “Pakistani,” finally “Muslim.”
By Paul Gherkin
However, 40+ countries still use capital punishment for a variety of offenses.
By Paul Gherkin
Jewish donors bought and donated the greenhouses to the Palestinians.
October 2, 2026 
