Senate panel weighs bill to cut U.S. funding to Palestinians over payments to terrorists

With momentum growing in Congress to support legislation that could cut U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority over its payments to convicted terrorists and their families, a senior White House official told Fox News...

How to Depoliticize Palestinian Refugee Status

In a bold reversal of longstanding Israeli policy, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently called for dismantling the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and rolling its functions into the United Nations High Commission on Refugees...

UN: Terrorism from Palestinians against Israelis will be rewarded – again

Even by U.N. standards, last week’s vote at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting in Krakow, Poland, was diplomatic theater at its most absurd. With civil war, ethnic and religious cleansing and ISIS terrorism blowing Muslim and Christian sites to...

Shalom-Namaste: Israel and India’s not-so-secret friendship

Modi’s visit is a way to appreciate old gestures and build on them. It was time the world saw the hugs and the handshakes. In Netanyahu’s words, “swagat hai,” welcome, to this new era. Much...

Yes – Netanyahu Relies on Pressure

Here is the scenario: Step #1 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu balks at doing "x" out of concern for international repercussions. Step #2: Either a coalition partner or senior Likud members cause a crises because "x" isn't...

Gaza’s Inhabitants Share the Blame with Hamas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The claim that Gaza’s inhabitants are hapless victims of Hamas is highly questionable. Gazans are either silent about or openly supportive of the trading of corpses of Israeli soldiers in return for Hamas...

Friends and neighbours…writes Michael Kuttner

New friendships consolidated, other “friends” lecturing us and our neighbours up to their usual tricks – all part of this week’s nonstop action. The visit of the Indian Prime Minister with a very large delegation...

“Eyeless in Gaza”, produced by Robert Magid

Review: July 5 Premier performance at the Begin Center in Jerusalem “Eyeless in Gaza”, focuses on the news coverage story of Israel-Hamas battle of 2014, providing a piercing assessment of western media’s portrayal of Israel. Magid...

Noam Bedein Dead Sea Presentation at the Knesset : July 12 

Since April 2016, I have been documenting by boat the treasures of the Dead Sea, gathering new dramatic geological phenomena and measuring the constantly receding water level. My mission is to share the incredible beauty...

Hindu Rights Activist: “Israel should help the Bangladeshi minorities”

​The minorities in Bangladesh are in a dire predicament. According to Shipan Kumer Basu, head of the Hindu Struggle Committee, “The constitution of Bangladesh gave certain rights to the minorities of the country. Everyone...