Monthly Archives: May 2020

Courting controversies

With the coronavirus crisis in Israel at the moment seemingly under control, attention is now focusing on several other developing dramas. In no particular order of importance, these are the International Criminal Court, Israel’s Supreme...

15 policy challenges for the new head of UNRWA

The appointment of Swiss diplomat Phillipe Lazzarini as the new head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency is a window of opportunity for donor nations, which oversee UNRWA policy, to demand a reform of...

Will Israel find a way to keep terror-supporters out of the Knesset?

Many Israelis wonder how it is possible that elected officials who support acts of terror against the very nation in whose legislature they sit were allowed to run in the first place. The legitimacy...

Palestine: End arbitrary detention of critics in West Bank and Gaza

The Fatah-led Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and the Hamas de facto administration in the Gaza Strip must halt violations of the right to freedom of expression, in particular arbitrary detentions, and immediately...

1920 – The Year The `Conflict` Commenced

{Originally posted to the author’s website} The Arabs` conflict with Israel and Zionism did not begin with a supposed conquest and occupation in 1967 nor was in 1948, the year of the creation of the state...

UNRWA Index: 2012-MAY 2020

UNRWA Index: 2012-MAY 2020: https://israelbehindthenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Updating-UNRWA-website-info.pdf

Palestinians respond to Israel’s help with anti-Semitic propaganda

Despite Israel's reaching out to the Palestinian sector with assistance in coping with the coronavirus, the Palestinians have accused Israel of spreading the virus among them and called Israel itself a virus. These findings...

Corona: l’ingratitude de l’Autorité Palestinienne

Le journaliste d’investigation David Bedein, directeur du Center for Near East Policy Research, s’indigne de l’ingratitude affichée par l’Autorité Palestinienne face à l’aide que lui fournit Israël dans le cadre du combat contre le Corona....

Anti-Semitism and the Coronavirus

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 20, No. 8 Since the worldwide spread of the coronavirus, we are witness to anti-Semitic expressions that denote the Jews, in general, and Israel,...

For Terror Charities, COVID-19 Crisis Offers Legitimacy

In an April 29 press release from Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), the two congressmen call on congressional leaders to ensure that nonprofits can benefit from the "next round of coronavirus disaster...