Daily Archives: May 13, 2015

A Voice Missing at  this week’s Global Forum on Anti-Semitism

  Archbishop Pietro Sambi, who served as the Vatican Ambassador and Papal Nuncio in Jerusalem  from 1998 until 2006, died four years ago. Had Archbishop Sambi, still been alive today, he would have been an honoree...

GERMAN-FINANCED BROCHURE FOR “RIGHT OF RETURN” OF ARAB REFUGEES… DISTRIBUTED DURING STATE VISIT OF...

During the President's trip in Germany this week, the Palestinian Authority  widely distributes their updated brochure promoting the "right of return" that is financed by the German government-funded Fredrich Ebert Foundation.  The brochure justifies claim...

Debunking the claim that “Palestinians” are the indigenous people of Israel

The wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors were fits Arab neighbors were fought for many years on the battlefield between armies. In recent decades the arena of conflict has shifted from hand-to-hand combat...

Using Bedouin issue as an anti-Israel propaganda tool

Op-ed: In a bid to present Israel as an enterprise of oppression, discrimination and expulsion, the coalition of incitement and deception is concealing the facts about the state's generous offer to Bedouin families in...

Publication of Israeli soldiers’ accounts clouded by political agenda

On May 4, 2015, Breaking the Silence, a small Israeli non-governmental organisation, published anonymous allegations from Israel Defence Forces soldiers who are said to have fought in Gaza during summer 2014, purporting to "close the...

A manipulation of human rights

Op-ed: The IDF is not perfect, and some of Breaking the Silence's claims on the fighting in Gaza may be true, but these deviations have been put on display, without any context or proof. The...

Draft International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Anti-Semitism

Introduction and Initial Action Plan Clearly, and sadly, the issue of anti-Semitism has always been and remains a major recurring aspect in the international arena and narrative. While the phenomenon is universally researched, addressed, and condemned...

Traces of Chemical Weapons Found at Undeclared Site in Syria

Late Friday afternoon Reuters had a huge scoop. Inspectors found traces of prohibited chemical weapons at a previously undeclared site in Syria. Samples taken by experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition and Chemical Weapons...

Iranian cash? It’s already in West Bank

There has been much talk in recent days about the possible effects of the latest US concession to Iran in the nuclear negotiations. Much of it centers on Iran’s demand for the immediate lifting...