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Only one Western head of government was among the ten African presidents present, when Kenya inaugurated its new president. That leader was none other than Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
Policy-makers and public opinion-molders, who sacrifice the lessons of the past on the altar of oversimplification and wishful-thinking, are doomed to repeat past mistakes and suffer their dire consequences.
Considering Saudi Arabia’s concern over Iran’s ascendancy, Israel is presented with a unique opportunity to dictate terms of engagement to the kingdom. Israel should be reticent in its overtures.
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
According to the UN Charter, General Assembly resolutions are simply recommendations and are not legally binding. Only resolutions adopted by the Security Council may be obligatory. Thus, Resolution 181 cannot in any manner be considered to be a basis for a Palestinian claim to statehood.
By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism
There is a belief that a better organized Palestinian movement can dramatically change American policy in next year's elections. Polling indicates younger liberals are increasingly more supportive of the Palestinian cause than of Israel,
By Edwin Black
The Mennonite Church USA has abandoned its spiritual underpinnings and jumped from its religious exemption into the realm of political and racial bias.
Israel continues to be a financial juggernaut...
The Taylor Force Act is an important first step in divesting from nearly a half-century of failed PLO leadership.
The Palestinian track record of duplicity and working against Western interests should compel the West to reevaluate its support of the Palestinians.
By Daniel Pipes
40 years after the Islamic Revolution, only a small minority of Iranians enthusiastically support it. This confronts the leadership with a problem: it wants to act aggressively but it understands its own fragility.
Cooperation between Israel and Saudi Arabia will likely continue, and deepen, and signs of it will emerge from time to time but don't expect a great leap forward such as the groundbreaking Sadat visit to Jerusalem.
With the Syria-Iran-Russia axis on the move against both Saudi Arabia and Israel, the IDF has little time for a final decision on whether or not time has come to directly face Syria itself. The time to decide NOW!
By J. E. Dyer
The pretext for Iran, as always (since 2014), is “defeating ISIS.” Iran has exploited this strategic pretext in order to gobble up the territory that will form her land bridge.
To defeat Islamic terrorism, Western societies – led by the US - must rid counter-terrorism of the "lone wolf" mentality; acknowledge the inherently non-compromising nature of Islamic terrorism and confront Islamic rogue regimes militarily,
While senior Palestinians officials around the world promote the unity deal to Western audiences as an effort to achieve peace, other Palestinian leaders from across the political spectrum explicitly call for Israel's demise.
Europe, reeling from successive waves of refugees and migrants, desperately needs the end of the Syrian civil war, which for the first time seems in the offing. But the emerging peace will only increase the emigration.
By Zionist Organization of America
They have never repudiated, revised or modified its Arab supremacist program of denying Jewish peoplehood, destroying Israel and replacing it with an Arab-dominated regime.
When examining the impact of the JCPOA on the US national security, Congress should assess the dramatic erosion of the US posture of deterrence, as reflected by the surging geo-strategic posture of Russia
There are no coincidences in the Mid-East. And it was certainly no coincidence that Iranian-backed militia advanced on a key U.S. ally just days after the Trump administration announced it was not recertifying the nuclear accord with Iran and designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization in its entirety.
By BESA CENTER
If Jerusalem hopes, together with its ally in Washington, to prevent Tehran from establishing its long-sought land corridor, it is in Israel’s interest to act quickly to support the nascent Kurdish political region in Syria.
The “land-for-peace” attempts have made light of the collaboration of the Palestinian establishment with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Bloc, the Ayatollahs, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.
By J. E. Dyer
By conducting numerous tests of nuclear-capable missiles, Iran has been daring the UN and JCPOA parties to stop them. Now that Trump looks prepared to call Iran’s bluff, the mullahs are suddenly ready to negotiate the missile program.
The temporary structure of the Sukkah highlights the historical significance of the permanent Jewish State in the Land of Israel Chag Sameach!
It is time to take the offensive against Iran and revoke the deal which Iran has repeatedly violated. Amb. Bolton presents his plan...
The 3 Israelis murdered today at Har Hadar by a Palestinian terrorist have not yet been buried and Abbas' is already signing the checks to the terrorist's family: 6,000 shekels paid immediately; 2,600 shekels each month for life
Is Muslim contempt toward Western culture extrinsic or intrinsic to Islam?
By J. E. Dyer
NFL players who refuse to honor America’s symbols as a way of denouncing the police (or, apparently, white people) are wrongheaded. So are those who make excuses for them
When Israel removed metal detectors installed at the entrance to the Temple Mount after a deadly attack there, Palestinian leaders claimed a decisive victory. But against who are they really fighting, and in what war?
Britain, Belgium and Germany devote resources, energy and attention to Israeli affairs that do not concern them. The German government has even funded a study that deals with the level of Jewish studies in Jewish schools in Israel!
By J. E. Dyer
Israel is in this as a fight for her existence, and will not be deterred or limited by the military arrangements of others. Put more bluntly, Russia’s interests in Syria, and effective control of Syrian airspace, will not hold a veto over Israel’s strategic latitude.
Israel has given the United States fair warning that there are limits to what Israel will tolerate in Iranian conduct and the Iranian presence in Syria. Israel's decision to fire from Lebanese air space was also a message—to Iran, Syria, and Lebanon.
“UN” as defined in dictionaries: a negative prefix, expressing “absence,” “lack,” “deficiency” and “adverse” applies perfectly to the UNited Nations-an UN-fit, UN-deserving, UNder achievement
During Hurricane Harvey, about 27 trillion gallons of water fell from the skies. That’s 27 followed by 12 zeroes.
By BESA CENTER
The concept of “settler colonialism” has been applied with almost unique vehemence against Israel. The application of the concept to Jews and Zionism by Palestinians is both ironic and unhelpful.
Any future armed clash with Gaza’s Islamist rulers will be guided by a new Israeli objective: that of achieving a crystal clear victory over the enemy.
By Eli Hertz
Quick history lesson for the Secretary of the United Nations. Ignorance is no excuse.
Direct terror funding expenditures by the PA now reach 1.237 billion shekels or $355 million in 2017
Israel has become a cybersecurity powerhouse, creating more than 300 cybersecurity startups, exporting in 2016 $6.5BN in cybersecurity products
By David Bedein
USAID in Ramallah admitted that the US NEVER examines the PA textbooks used by UNRWA…despite the fact that the US donates $400 million each year to UNRWA, one third of the UNRWA budget.
Odeh became a national icon for anti-Israel forces throughout the United States and beyond, embraced both as a hero of Palestinian resistance and as a purported victim of an unjust, racist prosecution
By Gilead Ini
NY Times claims: Eilat Was an Egyptian Port, Abbas Accepts a Jewish State, Israel Built no Arab Cities, Palestinian Factions Don't Call for One-State Solution--Flat -earth anyone?
Where is the Arab Tsunami heading? The chaotic intra-Arab roller-coaster may have shifted, temporarily, to a relatively-lower gear, but it is surging on brutally!
If the goal of a future agreement is to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once and for all, then UNRWA’s current configuration makes a final peace impossible to achieve.
By Daniel Pipes
When it comes to Washington, Israeli concession is not the Palestinians' priority. For West Bankers, it's US . pressure on the PA to make it "more democratic and less corrupt"; for Gazans, the priority is "increased economic aid."
Despite showering the Palestinian issue with substantial talk, the Arab/Islamic walk has mostly been directed elsewhere, Arabs have never shed blood nor dedicated their economic power on behalf of Palestinians
Israel’s security focus is changing: to the growing Iranian military presence in Syria, the growing military strength of Hezbollah, and the possibility of a devastating Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
By David Bedein
"But words can never hurt me" is just a silly, inaccurate line from a rhyme. Words do MATTER.
Islamists in Gaza, Jordan, east Jerusalem, and within the Israeli Arab community, had the upper hand in their ability to push their interpretation of events claiming Israel intended to destroy the mosque to make way for a third Temple
By J. E. Dyer
Kelly’s walking into something that will be a tougher challenge than homeland security. He’s a good choice, and we have reason to hope for good things to come of it.
By Edwin Black
The Palestinian “Law of the Prisoner” openly rewards those convicted of even the most heinous attacks with generous monthly “salaries” and phantom jobs with automatic advancement in the PA government.
Contrary to political-correctness, the Palestinian issue has never been the crux of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a crown-jewel of Arab policy-makers, nor a core-cause of regional turbulence
If Iran is allowed to solidify its Shiite Crescent and its naval obstructionism, American allies across the Middle East and North Africa will pay a heavy price.
Israel's new settlement policy seems to have taken the settlement issue off the boil not just with the Trump administration but also with other friendly foreign governments.
{Originally posted to the Tower Magazine website} Gaza’s sole power plant shut down on Sunday for lack of funds, leaving the nearly 2 million residents of the Strip with only four hours of electricity per day. The manufactured crisis is just another example of how “Hamas remains the same cynical organization that exploits the distress […]
By Nathan Lewin
10 federal appellate judges eradicated a presidential directive designed to protect the safety of US residents because the judges discerned religious prejudice against Muslims in the president’s motivation.
By Paul Gherkin
Jews have lived throughout the holy land for millennia, including all over Judea and Samaria. International laws facilitated the ability of Jews to move back to, and throughout, their homeland.
By David Bedein
Now that the Israeli government has finally come to the conclusion that UNRWA is an impediment to peace, it should act within reality to curb UNRWA policy, not fantasize about closing it
. If the world behaved differently, the Palestinians might eventually conclude that a deal was in their interests.
By CAMERA
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Info on the purported changes in the Hamas Charter.
Ultimately, the dispute between PIJ and Hamas is one over tactics, not strategy. In light of its acute isolation, Hamas is seeking to rebrand itself somewhat, without any intention of giving up its long-term goal of destroying Israel.
By David Bedein
Six questions posed to US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley whose answers could reflect a new US Policy towards UNRWA
By David Bedein
The silver lining in the delay to move the US embassy to Jerusalem? It could bring new momentum to update the relocation law to recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel.
By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism
Though Abbas tried to present a moderate stance to the American president, the PA named public squares in Jenin and Tulkarem after terrorists in the lead up to his visit with President Trump
Will Trump and Tillerson embrace Middle East reality and reject political correctness thus sparing the US further erosion of its posture of deterrence in the Middle East and beyond? We shall soon see...
By NGO Monitor
A large portion of the gift is distributed as core funding to radical Palestinian non-governmental organizations that incite violence and terrorism and are active in global BDS campaigns against Israel
By J. E. Dyer
Bottom line: Trump didn’t expose sensitive information about intelligence sources and methods. (Keep that in mind. Trump has not exposed anything.)
Some things never change: Abbas lied to a president’s face; Despite media blitz over Hamas’ new policy document its actions prove same-old, same-old; and UNESCO remains, well, UNESCO
Despite all the challenges, Israel's economy is thriving at a rate greater than almost all Western nations.
By Jeff Dunetz
With or without UNESCO’s approval, Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish State, as it said, “Israel is the heart of the Jewish people, Jerusalem is the heart of Israel, and the temple mount is the heart of Jerusalem.”
Far from contributing to Mid East peace, the emergence of a new fragile Palestinian state would intensify conflict and instability, with potentially devastating consequences for its people, neighbors, and international order
Israel's tolerance exists not despite but because of Israel’s Jewish identity: Israeli Jews want to maintain their own unique religion and culture rather than dissolving into generic Western cosmopolitanism, and therefore support Arabs’ desire to preserve their distinctiveness
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A new report on the implications of the wave of educational technology and digital engagement is designed to guide the Jewish community through this complex space.
By J. E. Dyer
Iran, Assad, and Hezbollah tried to sneak in yet another high-value arms shipment via the Damascus Airport. Israel's destroying the shipment is a reminder of the IDF’s readiness to react immediately
There is no “surge”. When something is the same as six years ago, it is not a “surge.” It is “historical levels.” More than half the “surge” was caused by one Jewish Israeli
A 10-minute-video produced by the "Israel Institute for Strategic Studies” (IISS), featuring Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger,
By David Bedein
How did the US allow the PLO to trample upon 10 US government PLO policy guidelines? What can the current US administration do to see that the PLO does not "trample on Trump"?
By Zionist Organization of America
ZOA appreciates the Trump administration/Sessions’ DOJ’s actions to address Palestinian-Arab terrorists’ attacks against Americans – an issue that was neglected by the previous administration.
Some history, some fun facts, some Halacha and... Next Year in Jerusalem
AIPAC is a bipartisan organization. That means it has to have leading Democrats like Pelosi over. It’s the figures whom AIPAC chose to invite that are truly troubling--several anti-Israel 'luminaries'
As with campuses across the US, the BDS campaign at Columbia is not really about economic ramifications against Israel; it is a battle not of military might or even economic advantage, but of ideas.
By Zionist Organization of America
Poll Results Confirm That “Standing With Israel” Today Means Opposing A Palestinian Arab Terrorist State
By J. E. Dyer
It’s a new world we’re in today, the world of Big Data. The handling of Big Data has been oozing out beyond the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment for some time now. Trump was a victim of this
By J. E. Dyer
Surprisingly, Israel not only went public about the strike and missile intercept but followed up with an explicit vow to destroy Syria’s air defense systems if they are used against IAF aircraft again
Within 1 day of the most high-profile civilian casualty incident of the 2009 Gaza war, Israel had exculpatory evidence on its responsibility for that death. Why wait 8 years to make it public?
By Howard Zik
“Created world immortality” is a transmission of memories and values to future generations and considered somewhat metaphorical. Created world immortality is used in the Torah in the stories of Yosef
An exclusive interview with Shavei Israel head Michael Freund about the significance of the Purim story for Anusim Jews as well as their descendants.
Israel, which came into the classic ranked 41st in the world — the only team in the tournament not in the top twenty — has beaten third, fourth and seventh-ranked teams to continue its improbable run.
Before the current outburst of anti-Semitism, problems existed. According to 2015 FBI hate crime statistics over 1/2 of 1200+ religious motivated incidents were aimed at Jews, only 2% of US population
By Gilead Ini
Abbas' explicit rejections of a "Jewish State" are not relevant to the NY Times. It boggles the mind the Times feel it is okay to keep its readers in the dark about his repeated refection of Israel
By Yael Cohen
“The world has decided that if these Islamists will do the West’s dirty work of fighting ISIS, then we in the West are fine to let them enslave, rape and murder Yazidis"
By J. E. Dyer
The long and short of the "Trump/Russia-election" line of attack is that the Obama Democrats can’t run it without implicating every unsightly thing the Obama administration did to set it up.
By Noah Beck
"Eyeless in Gaza" shows the under-reported unprecedented efforts by Israel to minimize Gaza's civilian casualties and how Hamas works to maximize them.
US security guarantees in exchange for Israel's withdrawal from the dominant sites in YESHA, would create a short-term false sense of security while dramatically eroding Israel's posture of deterrence
Amnesty International refused to add the war on anti-Semitism to its agenda's vocabulary. It also refuses to use the word "terrorist" describing Palestinian attackers as "victims"
By J. E. Dyer
That law enforcement hasn’t identified the perpetrators is a big “tell” here. It tells me this is a suspicious development, not legitimate evidence of a spontaneous wave of anti-Jewish crimes.
By Zionist Organization of America
It is critical to determine who is responsible for these seemingly coordinated attacks and threats against Jewish cemeteries and sites.
According to the Qu'ran, Muslims have every reason to abduct, beat and mutilate Jews, as they recently did in France It depicts Jews as inveterately evil intent on destroying the wellbeing of Muslims.
By J. E. Dyer
The mainstream media and the Left keep telling you everything is in chaos and everyone hates Trump.None of it's true. It’s amazing how much of the supposedly factual reporting turns out to be false.
41 years later, Columbia University students are still equating Zionism with racism.
August 21, 2026 
