U.S. National Security Advisor Reiterates US Commitment to Palestinian State Without Preconditions

http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/pr/2009/10/16/1255665600 Washington, DC, Oct. 16 -- At the Oct. 15 Fourth Annual Gala of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), the National Security Advisor, General James L. Jones, reiterated the Administration's commitment to...

Showdown on J Street: As J Street’s major conference approaches, some pointed questions for...

Lenny Ben-David worked for AIPAC until 1997. He later served as a diplomat
in Israel's embassy in Washington. Today, he is a public affairs consultant and blogs at www.lennybendavid.com.

Denigration of Israel in the Public Domain: Yom Kippur and the American Jewish Media

The principle of Freedom of the Press assures every media outlet the right to publish freely in the public domain. Yet on Yom Kippur, we couch that freedom with a restraint on "Hotzaat Shem...

When Did Anti-Zionism Become An International Issue?

For more than 20 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, anti-Zionism was a regional phenomenon - a conflict between Arab and Jewish national movements. In the Soviet Union and in Eastern...

Israeli Academic Think Tank Appeals to UN to declare Palestinian state

Gershon Baskin, CEO of the Israel-Palestine Centre For Research and Information (IPCRI) - a joint Israeli-Palestinian think-tank in Jerusalem - believes the only way to achieve Mideast peace is by having the international community...

“Innocent Civilians” were actually…Palestinian Security Apparatus Members

Lt. Col. (res.) Jonathan Dahoah-Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is a co-founder of the Orient Research Group Ltd. and is a former advisor to the Policy Planning Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Beat your swords into investment portfolios?”

Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Danny Ayalon, who is a former Israel Ambassaor to the U.S. and a leader of the Israel Beiteinu party told a group of about 70 Palestinian women - who...

J Street’s Dangerous Detour on the Road to the White House

Yasser Arafat sought peace with Israel, Jeremiah was a bullfrog, the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale, Brutus was an honorable man, and J Streetis a “pro-Israel” organization. Not. As a long-time student of American politics...

Police and Harsh Rhetoric in Bethlehem

Rhonda Spivak, an attorney and a writer, is a member of the Canadian and Israel Bar Associations. It was a hot Friday afternoon on August 7, when I went to Bethlehem on. I didn’t have...

Response to New Israel Fund Attack on Critique of Adalah

Arlene Kushner, Senior Policy Analyst Center for Near East Policy Research www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com August 14, 2009 Mr. David Lewis Chelsea House West Gate London Dear David, You will find here my response to the letter - a critique of my report on Adalah -http://israelbehindthenews.com/library/pdfs/InsideAdalah.pdf,...