Middle East

Although Islamic Jihad has agreed to a ceasefire at 11:30 pm, the struggle between Israel and the terror leaders controlling the Gaza Strip, whether they are Hamas or Islamic Jihad is a long term...

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...

As in previous years, this year too the Hamas movement in Gaza is operating summer camps for children and teens that inculcate an extremist ideology championing jihad and armed struggle against Israel, and also provide...

Signaling yet another unfortunate reversal of Trump-era policies, President Joe Biden was in Bethlehem on July 15 to affirm U.S. support for the long-aggrieved Palestinians. During his meeting with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, Biden...

The Nablus branch of Fatah recently held summer camps for children and adolescents in the village of Bayta, south of the city. Videos of camp activities posted to the Palestinian social media showed the...

An article in the Guardian (“The women who wish they weren’t mothers: ‘An unwanted pregnancy lasts a lifetime’”, July 16) provides stories of “women from across the world who felt pressured to have children”, in the context of...

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate the University of Southern California after a Jewish student claimed she resigned from student government because she endured harassment over her pro-Israel views. The probe by the department’s...

I was recently asked by Westminster Synagogue to speak on the future of Judaism. I told them that, as someone who has written about history, I find it difficult enough to find out what...

  Matan Tziniman, six years old, murdered by Arabs on July 26, 2022.    Palestinian Authority statute legislates: Murder a Jew, Receive a salary for life.   https://israelbehindthenews.com/2017/01/11/incentivizing-terrorism-palestinian-authority-allocations-terrorists-families/   When you see Matan's picture, will you demand that funds to the  PA be...

The author of The Holocaust: Does Judaism Believe in Gilgul? Transmigration of Souls begins with a wonderful quote from the famed psychologist Carl Gustav Jung: “Rationalism and doctrinairism are the diseases of our time; they pretend to...