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How did Hamas Grow its Arsenal Under the Blockade?

By Israel Hayom

In latest clashes, Islamist terrorist group has fired over 4,000 rockets at Israel in recent clashes, some hitting deeper in Israeli territory and with greater accuracy than ever before.

Featured / Analysis

The Sheikh Jarrah Property Dispute and the False Claim of Israeli Land Discrimination

By Avi Bell

The claim that Israeli law permits Jews to reclaim ownership of lands they owned prior to 1948 but denies Palestinians such a right is false in every particular.

Headline / Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Jihad Within Israel

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The explosion of mass violence by Israeli Arabs against their fellow Jewish citizens is nothing short of a religious war and has to be treated as such.

Featured / Analysis

Understanding the Sheikh Jarrah/Shimon Hatzadik Property Dispute

By Avi Bell

Israel’s critics have distorted the facts, perverted international law and attempted to intimidate courts and law enforcement officials into adopting the critics’ bigotry.

Headline / Analysis

‘Muslim Historians Consistently Confirm Jewish Ties to Jerusalem’

By Israel Hayom

Sure to ruffle a few feathers, “Islam, Jews and the Temple Mount” lays out how the Muslim narrative about the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount has been distorted.

Analysis

The REAL Source of Jerusalem's Violence

By Palestinian Media Watch

PA TV broadcast a terror-promoting song and accompanying visuals of violence at least 20 times. Focusing on influencing the youth, PA TV also broadcast the song during the 4:00-5:00 p.m. time slot for children's programming.

Analysis

Senate Democrats Unlikely to Challenge Biden Administration Over Reentry to Iran Nuclear Deal

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS)

“The administration will be questioned or criticized by some Democrats on the Hill, but it will move forward just as in 2015, without regard to their worries," said Elliott Abrams, former U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran in the Trump administration

The Ettinger Report

Blinken Wrong on Israel’s Demography

By Yoram Ettinger

Contrary to the academic, political, defense and media establishments’ dogma, there is NO Arabic demographic “time bomb.” There is, however, unprecedented Jewish demographic growth

Analysis

The Terrorists Vying for Election to the Palestinian Parliament

By Palestinian Media Watch

While the US administration and the EU pushed Abbas to hold elections with the intention of promoting democracy and to give legitimacy to the Palestinian leadership, the PA elections will not be an endorsement of democracy, but rather highlight the terrorist nature of the Palestinian Authority.

The Ettinger Report

Jordan’s Volatility is a Wake-up Call for US

By Yoram Ettinger

In the Middle East, violent regime change is the rule, not the exception

Analysis

Hijacking Holocaust Terminology

By Palestinian Media Watch

Perpetuating falsities to demonize Israel

The Ettinger Report

Passover and the US-Israel Bond

By Yoram Ettinger

A hymn to the relationship between America and its most reliable and potent ally.

The Ettinger Report

Middle East Reality Welcomes Pres. Biden

By Yoram Ettinger

In view of the impact of the Mideast on U.S. interests—and America’s desire to minimize its military presence in the region—Israel is the most reliable, capable and democratic ally in the region and the world.

The Ettinger Report

Is Israel Proscribed to Annex Judea and Samaria (West Bank)?

By Yoram Ettinger

Should future Israeli prime ministers sacrifice Israel's existential national security requirements on the altar of past foolhardy non-ratified Israeli proposals?

Analysis

Weakened Iranian Regime Tests Biden Administration’s Resolve by Demanding Concessions

By Israel Hayom

The Islamic Republic as historically miscalculating its strategic positions, whether in the Iran-Iraq war or the development of its nuclear program—a pattern of strategic miscalculations that have led to sanctions, isolation and economic devastation

In Print / Analysis

A Deeper Look At The Law: Bias In The Skies - Can Passengers Sue Airlines For Religious Discrimination?

By Joey Aron, Esq.

If the crew asks a passenger to leave a plane or does not let the passenger board, allegedly because of religion or ethnicity or some other identifying category, is an action on that ground preempted by federal aviation laws?

J.E. Dyer

Divide-istan: Straight Talk about Breaking up the USA

By J. E. Dyer

The impetus for a break-up depends mostly on how badly "RED" America wants to escape the repressive policy overreach of "BLUE" America.

Analysis

Living in Israel, Voting in the Palestinian Authority

By Israel Hayom

P.A. chairman Mahmoud Abbas wants to make the first elections in 15 years conditional on the participation of eastern Jerusalem Arab residents. Everyone—from Israel to Hamas to the Biden administration to Saudi Arabia—has an opinion.

The Ettinger Report

The Palestinian Issue: A Land-for-Peace Proposition?

By Yoram Ettinger

“Cleansing the 1948 land of the Zionist presence,” not peaceful coexistence, is the focal point of the Palestinian ethos.

Featured / Analysis

‘We’re Supposed to be Dead’: Israeli Tank Protection System has Transformed Land Warfare

By Yaakov Lappin

Rafael’s Trophy system has amassed more than 1 million operational hours and saved countless lives in combat since 2011. It’s now installed on a growing number of armored vehicles, including on four American tank brigades.

Headline / Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Truth About Financial Aid to the Palestinian Authority

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

A dramatic letter written by a former terrorist who is running for president of the Palestinian Authority reveals the extent to which the budgets funneled to the PA from Israel and the world fuel death and terror. The time has come for the world to take notice.

The Ettinger Report

President Biden and the Muslim Brotherhood Trap

By Yoram Ettinger

Will they persist in their attempt to subordinate the intrinsically perfidious, despotic, intolerant, violent and unpredictable Middle East to noble core Western values?

In Print / Analysis

A Deeper Look at the Law: Will There Be A Religious Exemption To Covid Vaccine Mandates?

By Dorit Reiss

Courts generally look for a good faith effort by the employer to provide the employee a chance to work within the limits of the religious belief, rather than for complete acceptance of the employee’s preference.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Double Whammy: New US Envoy for Iranian Affairs

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The new US administration’s emerging policy on the Iranian and Palestinian issues flouts the very principles of human rights and civil liberties it seeks to promote.

Analysis

170 Celebs/Execs to Launch ‘Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The alliance will host programming to highlight their common mission to fight hate and facilitate collaborative events to build solidarity between the black and Jewish communities.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Is Israel in Secret Contact with Syria?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Syrian president Bashar Assad, who now views the Iranian presence in his country as a burden, wants to oust Tehran from Syrian soil—and he has come to realize that achieving that goal will require Israel’s involvement. That may be why secret contacts are being reported between the two countries.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

What Can Israel Learn from the Descent of Lebanon?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Lebanon was founded to serve as a home for Christians and other minority groups in the region. Over the years, however, it gave up its national character and symbols and began to fall apart from within. If Israel does not learn from the Lebanese case, it could find itself in a situation no less serious.

Headline / J.E. Dyer

2021 and the Power and Scope of Revelation

By J. E. Dyer

The pretense of honoring the rule of law is already gone.  It was gone under Obama for years, but it has now emerged into the open as a change in the rules of engagement. 

In Print / Analysis

A Deeper Look at the Law: Are Conversion Therapy Bans Constitutional? Courts Are Divided

By Joey Aron, Esq.

The Eleventh Circuit said, ‘If the plaintiffs’ perspective is not allowed here, then the defendants’ perspective can be banned elsewhere. People have intense moral, religious, and spiritual views about these matters – on all sides.’

Analysis

Trump “cloned from the genes of Hitler, Mussolini, and Balfour”– op-ed in official PA daily

By Palestinian Media Watch

Trump “suffers from multiple personality disorder, megalomania, and a racial superiority [complex]”

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

US and Israel Prepare for Iranian Revenge

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

{Reposted from the BESA website} On January 20, 2021, President Donald Trump is slated to exit the scene and perhaps even the stage of history—but Iran remains. Its leaders took hard hits from Trump during his tenure, but worst of all is the way he humiliated them in the eyes of the world. The ayatollahs […]

In Print / Analysis

A Deeper Look at the Law: Federal Courts Reconsider Previous Rulings On Attendance At Houses Of Worship Based On SCOTUS Decision

By Joey Aron, Esq.

In a New Jersey case, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest have both challenged the governor’s limits on attendance at houses of worship – 25% of capacity – while businesses and schools are allowed to operate at 100% of capacity.

Analysis

A Deeper Look at the Law: Corona Vaccine Preview? NY Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Mandatory MMR Shots During Measles Epidemic

By Ziona Greenwald, J.D.

As we consider this case, we are very much aware of the COVID-19 pandemic which has caused so much death, severe illness, and economic dislocation in our State and nation, the Court wrote.

The Ettinger Report

Israel's Economy in Defiance of COVID 19

By Yoram Ettinger

Standard & Poor's (S&P) international rating agency reaffirmed Israel's credit rating of a stable AA-, despite the impact of COVID 19, the growing budget deficit and domestic political instability,

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The ‘Arab Spring’ a Decade On

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The 10 years of the uprisings sparked in 2010 have brought many Arab countries to the edge of the abyss. The worst may be yet to come if the Biden administration takes expected steps in the interests of of Iran.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Politics, America, and Culture: Behind Saudi Arabia’s Hesitation

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The official Saudi denial of a meeting between Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu proves that the meeting did not produce the result Netanyahu had hoped for. Riyadh does not yet see sufficient reason to make the groundbreaking change of open and normalized relations with Jerusalem.

In Print / Analysis

Supreme Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against NY Gov. Cuomo’s Restrictions On Attendance At Houses Of Worship

By Joey Aron, Esq.

It is hard to believe that admitting more than 10 people to a 1,000-seat church or 400-seat synagogue would create a more serious health risk than the many other activities that the State allows.

The Ettinger Report

From the 1620 "Mayflower" to 2020 USA

By Yoram Ettinger

The 400th Anniversary of the US-Israel Kinship--and going strong

Analysis / Israel / US

Biden’s Foreign-Policy Appointments and What They Might Mean for Israel

By Israel Kasnett

While Middle East analysts say Biden is building a team of people in whom he trusts, can rely on and can work together as a team, a good deal of concern centers on whether U.S. foreign policy will look too much like it did during the Obama administration.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

No Longer United Against Israel: The New Arab World

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Arab states are no longer a single bloc opposing Israel but are divided into two coalitions. One is on Iran’s side; the other is against it. Israel, which in the past was perceived as the problem, has become part of the solution.

The Ettinger Report

November Election Impact on US National Security

By Yoram Ettinger

While only a small minority of US voters are preoccupied with national security and foreign issues, they should realize that the next President of the US will determine the state of a tectonic globe,

Op-Eds / Analysis

The Public's Right to Know about the President's Health vs. the President's Right to Medical Confidentiality

By Alan M. Dershowitz

All current White Houses leak like sieves. Staff members develop quid pro quo relationships with the media: in exchange for leaking information, the media promises to treat them well. That is the reality of contemporary journalism.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Why Do the Arabs Hate the Palestinians?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

For many reasons, the Arab world is not at all interested in giving the Palestinian Arabs a state. The Palestinian Arabs don’t really want one either, because why kill the “refugee” goose that lays the golden eggs?

Analysis

Fresh 2600 Year Old Dates

By Abigail Klein Leichman

Grown from ancient seeds found at Masada and Qumran, the dates symbolize the remarkable resilience of nature.

The Ettinger Report

2020 Congressional election– Critical to US-Israel Ties

By Yoram Ettinger

Will Israel's public diplomacy rise to the challenge posed by the current ideological trends in the US?

Analysis

13 Ways Israel is Helping Fight Forest Fires Around the World

By Abigail Klein Leichman

As wildfires burn more fiercely across the globe, Israeli experts work with other countries to implement prevention, detection, firefighting and rehab strategies.

Analysis

TikTok: ‘Zero Tolerance’ for anti-Semitism

By Jackson Richman / JNS

“These policies are great on paper, but ... social-media companies have to do more than just pay lip service to fighting extremism on their platforms,” said Josh Lipowsky of the Counter Extremism Project.

Analysis

On the Need for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Pact

By Middle East Forum

The U.S.-Israeli relationship already has many of the characteristics of a formal alliance.

Analysis

How Serious Is the Israeli-Turkish Rapprochement?

By BESA CENTER

Former close allies. Where does the relationship stand today-Friend or Foe?

Analysis

Israel Versus Anyone: A Military Net Assessment of the Middle East

By BESA CENTER

Most published Middle Eastern military net assessments are based primarily on lists of units and equipment. Unfortunately, history proved that such lists are all too often incorrect. Even when they were correct, the overall assessments generally ignored the quality of personnel and/or equipment, as well as the extent to which rival defense systems could turn available financial, human, and material resources into actual military power.

The Ettinger Report

US and Israeli Mass Media: Siamese Twins

By Yoram Ettinger

The left-right divergence of confidence in mass media highlights the political, ideological, social and cultural polarization that has afflicted both countries.

Analysis

Trump Peace Plan: Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal Possible

By BESA CENTER

The plan has some creative elements and some that may not prove realistic, but critics who say that Trump’s plan won’t win acceptance by Mahmoud Abbas are missing its main point, which is that the Palestinians need new leaders.

The Ettinger Report

What is the ACTUAL Cost of Applying Israel Law to Judea & Samaria

By Yoram Ettinger

A hesitant, appeasing and retreating Israel, which sacrifices its independence of national security action on the altar of overseas' green lights, whets the appetite of terrorists and rogue regimes,

The Ettinger Report

US-Israel Milestones (from liability to unique asset)

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel’s role as a major force-multiplier for the US, is highlighted against the backdrop of European vacillation, the growing ineffectiveness of NATO (No Action Talk Only?) and the intensifying vulnerabilities of all pro-US Arab regimes.

Analysis

NYRB Looks to1947 PARTITION PLAN; Lacks 2020 Vision

By CAMERA

New York Review of Books: Book Smart doesn't mean you have seichel

The Ettinger Report

Is the Palestinian 'Issue' the Crux of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?

By Yoram Ettinger

Arab countries have showered Palestinians with a cuddling talk accompanied by a cold/negative walk

Headline / Analysis

Jerusalem’s Changing Demographics: An Overview from the Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook

By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs

The Arab population is growing at a faster rate, but since 2012, the birth rate among the Jewish population in Jerusalem is significantly higher than that of the Arab population.

The Ettinger Report

Watch: The U.S. Israel Nexus: Chapter 1 - Early Pilgrims and the Modern Day Exodus (Part 1 of 3)

By Yoram Ettinger

What are the secret bonds that connect America and Israel so strongly? How far back do these bonds go? Why is the Statue of Moses displayed in the U.S. Supreme Court? Take a few minutes. Enrich yourselves...

Analysis

COVID-19 Crisis Exposes U.S. Weakness to Bioterror

By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism

Failings exposed by the COVID-19 crisis have long been known to bioterrorism researchers. The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all developed detailed bioterror action plans, but this current pandemic shows they were not implemented.

Headline / Analysis

Israel’s Unprecedented N.U.G. (National Unity Government)

By Dov Lipman

Details on the forthcoming new Israeli government, to be formally signed next week after Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Its first order of business will be to pass legislation to set the Netanyahu-Gantz rotation in motion.

The Ettinger Report

The V-Shaped US-Israel Saga

By Yoram Ettinger

In the words of Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Commander of NATO: “Our best military partner in the region, by far, is Israel…. It truly is a case of two nations that are unarguably stronger together.”

The Ettinger Report

What Makes the Palestinian Authority Run?

By Yoram Ettinger

Western democracies experience suspension of disbelief, overlooking the Palestinian walk. They embrace the “screen-saving,” misleading Palestinian talk, and delude themselves that financial benefits might divert the Palestinian leadership from its real goal--eradicating the Jewish State.

Analysis / Daniel Pipes

Conspiracy Theories in a Time of Virus

By Daniel Pipes

Israelis lead in the search for a COVID-19 cure is being twisted to confirm conspiracist suspicions of Israeli profiteering.

Analysis

Talking to Kids about Coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Varda Meyers Epstein

By taking deep breaths and managing their emotions, parents can show their children that even scary situations can and should be met with calm, cool, control. Parents should also be prepared to have an ongoing conversation with children about the coronavirus.

The Ettinger Report

1620-2020: the 400th Anniversary of the US-Israel Alliance

By Yoram Ettinger

The Mayflower passengers were inspired by the Old Testament, referring to their departure from England as the “Modern Day Exodus;” the sailing across the Atlantic Ocean as the “Modern Day Parting of the Sea;” and the New World as the “Modern Day Promised Land” and the “New Israel.” They considered themselves the “Modern Day Chosen People.”

Analysis

Analysis of the UN’s BDS Blacklist

By NGO Monitor

A major category of listed companies are those providing consumer goods and services (food, telecommunications, transportation, gas, water) to both Palestinians and Israelis.

Analysis

Palestinians Prefer to Work for Israeli Employers - They May be Hurt Most by the UN's Black List

By Palestinian Media Watch

{Originally posted to the PMW website} PMW’s response to the UN’s blacklist In response to the UN’s release of its list of blacklisted Israeli companies that have businesses across the Green Line, Palestinian Media Watch is releasing this report “Palestinians prefer to work for Israeli employers” – based on previous PMW releases. The report shows […]

Analysis

ADL: Extremists Using Coronavirus Outbreak to Stoke Hatred of Jews

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Extremists hope the virus kills Jews, but they are also using its emergence to advance anti-Semitic theories that Jews are responsible for creating the virus, spreading it to increase their control over a decimated population, or they are profiting off it,” said the ADL.

The Ettinger Report

“The Deal of the Century” – a Perspective from the Middle East

By Yoram Ettinger

All prior US peace plans crashed against the rocks of the Middle East. Is the 'Deal of the Century' consistent with the ruthlessly uncontrollable and unpredictable Middle East?

J.E. Dyer

‘9/10’ Media Mindset: Threat from Soleimani 'Not Imminent’

By J. E. Dyer

In military planning terms, Soleimani was the operational center of gravity for Iran’s proxy campaign throughout the Middle East, from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen. That operational center of gravity just received a knockout blow.

Headline / J.E. Dyer

‘Trump Effect’ Takes Iran: Regime Carpets Country with American and Israeli Flags

By J. E. Dyer

Probably the most overlooked aspect of the “flags on the sidewalk” phenomenon in Iran is that, as the regime paints those flags everywhere, hoping Iranians will step on them, it is basically symbolizing its – the regime’s – effective “occupation” by its obsession with the Great Satan and the Little Satan.

The Ettinger Report

Israel’s Brain Power (Hightech) Features a Grand Decade

By Yoram Ettinger

The past decade featured 587 exits, totaling $71BN. If follow-on deals are included, the total surges to $108BN.

Analysis

Jesus: Not Only "FIRST PALESTINIAN" but "FIRST ISLAMIC MARTYR"

By Itamar Marcus

Fatah leader: Jesus was "first Palestinian," and "first Islamic Martyr"

Featured / Analysis

Experts Suggest 6 Firearms That Will Fit in your Tallit Bag

By Tony Katz

Jews must be armed. Today, and everyday. In synagogues, and everywhere else.

Analysis

Religious Freedom In Yeshiva Hiring Decisions: Who Is A Minister?

By Joey Aron, Esq.

For employees of parochial schools and other religious institutions, job titles do not necessarily communicate the religious (or secular) aspects of their roles – and are certainly not determinative under the law.

Analysis

Haaretz: 5.5 Million Palestinians ‘Fled Their Native Lands’

By CAMERA

Haaretz‘s claim that, according to the UN, 5.5 million Palestinians have allegedly “fled their native lands,” is based on a gross misrepresentation of UNHCR data

The Ettinger Report

Roots of Islamic terrorism run deep

By Yoram Ettinger

Islamic terrorism has been a systematic feature of intra-Arab and intra-Muslim politics since the 7th century. Western democracies cannot expect it to be kinder to the infidel than it has been to believers.

The Ettinger Report

Roots of anti-US Islamic Terrorism

By Yoram Ettinger

Western democracies cannot expect Islamic terrorism to be kinder toward the “infidel” than it has been toward fellow “believers.”

Analysis

Is Hamas Smuggling Weapons into Gaza Undersea?

By Lenny Ben-David

The apparent prominence of Gaza naval bases on the IDF’s target list may indicate that the hundreds of frogmen in Hamas's employ are now serving as underwater stevedores, bringing weapons into the coastal enclave.

Analysis

New Israeli Defense Minister Hardliner on All Forms terrorism

By Dov Lipman

Naftali Bennett policy seeks to deter attacks against Israelis from air, land and sea, while he also aims to improve living conditions for Palestinians in neighboring Gaza.

The Ettinger Report

Israel on the Golan Heights Benefits the USA

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel’s control of the Golan Heights, just like its control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria, has bolstered Israel’s posture of deterrence, extending the strategic hand of the US, with no need for additional US soldiers.

The Ettinger Report

Israel in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Advances US Interest

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel’s control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria highlights the synergy between the national security of the US and Israel

Analysis

The Legality of Israel’s Settlements: Flaws in the Carter-Era Hansell Memorandum

By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs

Hansell’s opinion treated Israel’s presence in the territories as a standard situation of belligerent occupation, totally disregarding the legal, historic, and indigenous claims of Israel and the Jewish people, encapsulated in the 1917 Balfour Declaration and transformed into international legal instruments by the 1920 San Remo Declaration, the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, and reaffirmed by Article 80 of the UN Charter.

Op-Eds / Analysis

U.S. Policy Change on Israeli Settlements: A Long Awaited Correction

By Amb. Dore Gold

Israelis residing in the West Bank are not violating international law.

Featured / Analysis

How Today's Attack Affects Israel's Coalition Negotiations

By Jewish Press News Desk

The decision to assassinate the terrorist came after Islamic Jihad launched a missile at Netanyahu while he was speaking in Ashdod.

The Ettinger Report

Domestic Energy Producers, the Middle East and Israel

By Yoram Ettinger

America’s annual investment in Israel yields American taxpayers an annual rate of return of a few hundred percent, as well as enhancing U.S. national security.

Analysis

“The Most Despicable Plot”

By Palestinian Media Watch

"The ominous Balfour Promise"; "The most despicable plot in the history of the peoples"; A "great crime against humanity"

Analysis

How Worrying is it that Russia Obtained an Israeli Missile? Not Very, According to Expert

By Israel Hayom

What goes up must come down, says founder and former head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Homa Directorate Uzi Rubin, and all militaries know it and account for it.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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