Middle East

Very often there are news items that upset conventional thinking and as a consequence, they sink without trace. On the other hand, inconvenient revelations can also result in a re-evaluation of the subjects involved. Three unrelated...

Mayy 11th 2021 Dr. Darko Mocibob Deputy Director Middle East And West Asia Division Dept. of Political Affairs The UNITED NATIONS mocibob@un.org cc Rabbi Abraham Cooper Associate Dean Simon Wiesenthal Center acooper@wiesenthal.com Dear Dr. Mocibob, Our professionals, based in Gaza. report that missiles launched at all parts...

Nearly 10 months after Palestinians waged a bloody campaign against Israel for opening the Hasmonean exit to Jerusalem's Western Wall tunnel, the site has become one of the country's hottest tourist attractions for Jews,...

Last Wednesday, President George W. Bush, addressing a crowded press conference in London in the presence of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, called on Israel to stop what he termed the "daily humiliation" of...

All the details about the war and what is daily happening is interesting and somewhat important.  However, if you do not appreciate the fundamentals of why this is a never ending conflict, that is...

Shai Davidai, an Israeli assistant professor at the Columbia University Business School, is being investigated by the Columbia administration. Davidai gained prominence by criticizing the failure of the university to respond to antisemitism on campus. He charged the...

Martin Blackham talks with David Bedein, writer, investigative journalist and founder of The Israel Resource News Agency about the issue of the United Nations Relief & Works Agency For Palestinian Refugees In The Near...

(JNS) When Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid received the mandate from then-President Reuven Rivlin to form a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was once again unable to form a parliamentary majority, he succeeded...

This exquisite Yiddish expression loosely translated means “whom are you trying to fool?” After two thousand years of being abused, kicked around, targeted, slandered and accused of a myriad array of theological and political crimes, one...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu announced Monday night he was temporarily pausing his government’s judicial-reform efforts in the face of strikes by key industries, insubordination in some parts of the military and huge protests. While...