Middle East

In March, 2005, Israeli government minister Yuli Edelstein made a seminal appearance at the Alon Shvut community center in Gush Etzion in which he assessed that the February 20, 2005 retreat decision of the...

Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, the Bronfman Professor of the History at NYU and the author of such seminal works as The Zionist Idea and The French Enlightenment and the Jews, who in the 1970's served...

The UNHCR Model The international community and most specifically the supporters of The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, have for half a century countenanced a situation...

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/02/18/u-s-lifts-ban-on-immigrants-with-links-to-terrorism/ Muslim Brotherhood affiliates scored a major victory in their efforts to degrade U.S. national security measures in early February 2014 when the Obama administration decided to override by fiat portions of the U.S. Criminal...

We are currently in what is commonly referred to as “the nine days” leading up to 9 Av – the Fast of Tisha B’Av. This annual commemoration of the destruction of our two Temples as...

http://missingpeace.eu/en/2013/01/this-is-how-palestinian-propaganda-works/ Last Saturday riots broke out near the Israeli village of Esh Kodesh near Nablus. As usual the incident found its way into the international media. Here is how AFP reported the story: AFP - Israeli soldiers on...

Is it better to rely on diplomatic negotiations or instead to take direct action which promises a far more promising outcome? Is a judicious combination of both more guaranteed to provide success? These questions have...

Israel and the Palestinians pulled back from full-scale war in Gaza on Sunday (November 26), agreeing to a "ceasefire" agreement that officials here say may end up being nothing less than a prelude to...

On November 2, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. Sent by British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur James Balfour in a letter to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community,...

Introduction The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees has been operating since 1950 in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Judea and Samaria (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. It offers welfare, health and education...