Monthly Archives: March 2020

There was a small kerfuffle this weekend as stories came out that the official Palestinian fifth grade textbook for teaching the Arabic language mentioned how great Dalal Mughrabi was — but used the wrong photo of...

When US President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, foreign policy pundits were quick to declare it dead on arrival. Like it or not, the roadmap shines a much-needed light on the...

On February 23 and 24, 2020, there was another significant round of escalation in the Gaza Strip,1 the tenth since the beginning of the return marches (March 30, 2018). It was instigated by the...

Response to: “Start-up Nation,’ Groans Under Strains of Growth and Neglect”- NYT, MARCH 1, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/middleeast/israel-election-issues.html David Bedein Director Israel Resource News Agency at The Center for Near East Policy Research As a native of Philadelphia, living in Israel...

There has been considerable debate about the extent to which the Palestinian leadershipis a legitimate and broad representative of the Palestinian people. The terms Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Palestinian Authority (PA) are often...

Kever Shmuel Ha Navi (birthplace of the Kingdom of Judah) From the roof of Samuel's Tomb, with a panoramic view of the region, Professor Eran Inbar, President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security,...