Middle East

Renewed US pressure on Israel : What everyone needs to know, Journalist David Bedein Briefing at the OU Israel Center. June 20, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONq_1SOdMgw

Editorial Note After numerous accusations of antisemitism, some pro-Palestinian campus advocates became vocal in stressing that their critique was merely anti-Zionist. However, according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the widely-accepted definition of antisemitism,...

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Dr. Aaron Lerner 20 June 2023 "Ambassador Tom Nides @USAmbIsrael I condemn in the strongest terms the senseless murder of four innocent Israelis today - my heart is with their grieving family members." While Ambassador Nides...

A couple of years ago, I accompanied former Israeli Communication Minister Ayoob Kara and a group of foreign journalists on a trip to the war-torn Karabakh region, seven months after the conclusion of the...

Quite often, one is faced with a situation so absurd that laughter seems to be the only suitable response. On closer examination, however, it invariably turns out that the subject concerned is far more serious...

The nongovernmental human rights organization Amnesty International does some valuable work around the world. This includes bringing attention to human rights abuses such as China's genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, for example. Unfortunately, when it...

Imam Mohammad Tawhidi is an Islamic scholar, educator, and vice president of the Global Imams Council (GIC), a global council of fourteen hundred Islamic scholars and faith leaders, both Sunni and Shia, from a wide...

“Life is full of surprises. Not all these surprises are pleasant, so you need to be ready for what life brings you.” This anonymous quote encapsulates the situation prevailing today where many are still caught...

The Biden administration’s outgoing ambassador to Israel personally signed off on a controversial $1 million grant to a program critics said was meant to delegitimize Israel, according to internal State Department communications obtained by...