Counting Palestine Refugees

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/301117/counting-palestine-refugees-daniel-pipes # The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or “settlements.” Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine refugees. So called because of...

Lessons for Israel from captured Iraqi nuclear documents

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=2528 While Israel is naturally focused on the implications of Iran completing its drive toward nuclear weapons, there is another case of one of its bitterest enemies, who tried to accomplish the same goal once...

Obama’s Shortcomings in Syria

For months now, the United States has been providing direct so-called humanitarian assistance to the Syrian rebels-while cautioning Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Arab states to limit the types of weaponry they provide. Rifles...

Abbas is right – Education can incite

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1841/abbas_is_right_education_can_incite Mahmoud Abbas's recent speech in the UN included a reference to the inciting Israeli books that encouraged the latest surge of violence committed by Jewish settlers aimed at hurting Palestinian citizens. This violence "is the...

Manipulating International Law as Part of Anti-Israeli “Lawfare”

http://jcpa.org/article/manipulating-international-law-as-part-of-anti-israeli-lawfare/ Vol. 13, No. 16 2 June 2013 Israel’s record of compliance with international law is remarkably strong. In a long series of decisions, the Israeli High Court has ordered the Israeli government, army, and security...

Painful Anatomical Symptoms

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/38124/38124 For those Yiddishly challenged this translates as a pain in the posterior. No doubt the diplomatic fraternity will be frantically trying to play this latest revelation down and bury it under the proverbial carpet...

A State in the Making: Rights and Duties

President Arafat's mention of a possible confederation with Jordan has stirred numerous comments. The president's remarks, however, need to be understood in the context in which they were spoken. At the time he made the...

The PR debacle of the Israeli Jewish residents of Judea, Samaria, Katif and Golan

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the umbrella arm of the organized Jewish community in the US, has scheduled a debate on the subject of Israel's settlement policies for their annual conference which is...

When Massacres Are Not Noticed Because There is a National Unity Government in Israel

For those who don't understand the importance of a National Unity Government in Israel, the Belgium Supreme Court provided the explanation. Belgium does not know that approximately 10 years after Sabra and Shatila a massacre...

Fighing a US Policy of a Road Map “Not Open to Negotiation”

Sure, at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention they applauded Colin Powell when he said that settlement activity should be stopped. It is natural that among the 3,000 delegates there were a...