Monthly Archives: July 2016

UNRWA – Who asked you?

The UN has been taken hostage. It’s time to rescue it. UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness harshly criticized our our decision to demolish the homes of two terrorists who last December stabbed two Israelis to death...

Can the Palestinians Hold Free and Fair Elections?

Even as Hamas continues to resist Fatah demands to relinquish control over the Gaza Strip, Hamas representatives could easily win elections in several West Bank cities and villages, especially in the Hebron area,...

Obama Administration’s Latest Attack On Israel Based On Palestinian Disinformation

"... systematic process of land seizures, settlement expansions and legalization of outposts ..." On Wednesday, the Obama administration launched a new blistering attack on Israel. Reacting to the approval of 800 new housing units for...

Expert Testimony at US Congress: Palestinian Authority sponsors terrorism

Yigal Carmon,  who served as the counter terrorism expert under Prime Ministers Shamir and Rabin, 1988-1993,  and who now heads a prominent think tank in Jerusalem, testified at the U.S. House Committee on Foreign...
Funds intended for the Palestinian people can’t be used for terrorism. (Photo: Kevin Frayer / AP)

State Dept briefing — Why is State hailing Iran FM’s stance on terrorism? —...

Yesterday afternoon Rick Stengel - the State Department's Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy - responded to recent terrorism in Saudi Arabia with a tweet highlighting Iranian FM Zarif as a "Muslim leader" who pushes...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

On June 30 and July 1, 2016, towards the end of the Muslim religious month of Ramadan, there was series of stabbing and shooting attacks in which two Israelis were killed: a drive-by...

Spotlight on Iran

On June 19, 2016, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif removed Hossein-Amir bdollahian, deputy foreign minister for Arab-African affairs, from his post and replaced him with Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman. The...

Weekly Commentary: Demonstrating that US stand on construction not acceptable

"We are familiar with the American position . It is not new. It is also not acceptable to us." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 6 July 2016 Let's put the cards on the table. We have had a building...

The legacy of Elie Wiesel. Should the people of Israel remain “Jews of Silence”...

Elie Wiesel has passed away. Fifty years ago, Elie Wiesel, a little known Israeli news correspondent in the US. wrote a book that shook the soul of a generation: The Jews of Silence.  Wiesel described two...

Lapid rips UNRWA ‘insanity’

Yesh Atid chief rejects UNRWA criticism over demolitions of terrorist homes, slams UNRWA incitement. 'Why do you erase Israel on your maps?' Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid lambasted the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...