Op-Ed: Shattered Dreams and Harsh Realities

It is uncanny to read the dreams about our country’s future expressed by 16 prominent Israelis in 1994, soon after the Oslo Accords - while knowing the harsh reality of how they were shattered one by...

Extinguishing the Fires of Anti-Israel Agitation (REVIEW)

“Financing the Flames” is very troubling, but then that’s nothing new for an Edwin Black book since all of his works studiously reveal facts and unknown information that shocks and disrupts historical conventions. What is...

A Book Review: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s best seller “Jerusalem: The Biography Vintage Publishers

At first glance, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s best seller Jerusalem: The Biography is surely impressive. Media critics as well as Henry Kissinger have showered it with praise, and the BBC devoted a timely three-part TV...

The textbook study: flawed and wrong

Tell me what a school system is teaching its children and I will tell you whether there will be peace or war in another five to 10 years. Less than a month ago, there were...

BOMS AND TEFF: Textbook ‘incitement’ debate not over yet

“Victims of Our Own Narratives” was the title of a recent handout given to journalists filling two rooms - one in Jerusalem and the other at the Press Club in Washington, DC. Headlines were...

Prof. Bruce Wexler’s Textbook Study Press Conference: A First hand report

Even before the press conference, three of the key advisory board members complained that they had not been able to evaluate the report ahead of time. http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5329&q=1 One of Prof. Bruce Wexler's conclusions: There is no...