UN Accused Of Complicity In Murder Of Israelis

The United Nations was accused Wednesday of allegedly helping Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist forces ambush three Israeli soldiers and abduct an Israeli citizen traveling in Europe. The accusations were made by the mother of one of...

Has the Israeli human rights community abandoned human rights in favor of political expediency?

A commitment to human rights and civil liberties includes an inherent even if unwritten oath to uphold the principles of human dignity, regardless of any political or ethnic considerations. For example, in 1992, in the...

Wilf to ambassadors: UNRWA an obstacle to peace

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=256093 By REUTERS The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is one of the greatest stumbling blocks to the peace process, MK Einat Wilf (Independence) said at a meeting with 65 ambassadors and...

CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM: COMBATING ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK ON CAMPUS – THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRED

ATTEMPT TO BAN IAW IS LOSING BATTLE - BUILDING AN ISRAELI MARKET, BAGELS AND SIZE DOESN'T MATTER CAMPAIGN ISN'T ENOUGH In her lecture, Dr. Chatterley refers to the Size Doesn't Matter Campaign 2010 inaugural video...

What Palestinians Are Saying Online

During the past decade, Washington has repeatedly failed to gauge the extent of Palestinian anti-peace sentiments with devastating consequences. The July 2000 Camp David summit triggered the worst wave of Palestinian violence since 1948...

Counter Tourism: Responding to Pro-Palestinian Protest and Solidarity Tours

http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/142230/sec_id/142230 Visits to Efrat Since the early 1990s I have spoken with nearly 4,000, mostly non-Jewish, visitors to Efrat, a modern-Orthodox/religious-Zionist community of some 10,000 residents situated about halfway between Jerusalem and Hebron. I began...

Analysis: President Obama on Fox News

President Obama was interviewed on Fox News yesterday. When asked if he thought the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt was a threat, he responded: "I think that the Muslim Brotherhood is one faction in Egypt. They don't...

Incisive Commentary from the Past Ten Days

"A Pre-Sukkot Contemplation" I received an e-mail from a very serious reader (who shall remain anonymous here, as I've not received permission to use his name). Things are dire, he told me with a heavy...

Ehud Barak, Labor’s New Hero

In English, Lt. General (Res) Ehud Barak's last name means lightning. As Israel's highest ranking officer, the retired Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff broke into politics less than two years ago in the...

Palestinians Seek ‘International Protection’ and ‘Observers’ After Deaths of ‘Child Martyrs’ Killed ‘Playing Football’

A senior Palestinian official hinted broadly today that the Palestinian Authority (PA) would demand "international protection" and international observers to stop what he called Israel's "acts of aggression" against the Palestinians. At the same time...