The Numbers Don’t Lie: Qatar, Not Israel is Taking Control of D.C.

Key Takeaways Qatar has 31 FARA registrants in the U.S., with 22 based in Washington, D.C. — a 71% concentration, the highest of any major lobbying country. Since 2016, Qatar has spent nearly $250M...

Incisive Commentary from the Past Ten Days

"A Pre-Sukkot Contemplation" I received an e-mail from a very serious reader (who shall remain anonymous here, as I've not received permission to use his name). Things are dire, he told me with a heavy...

Mordechai Kedar: The Arab World on the Precipice

http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/dr-mordechai-kedar/mordechai-kedar-the-arab-world-on-the-precipice/2012/07/30/0/ Although I do not generally do so, I will open with an Arabic joke, because in the Arab world (and perhaps in other places as well) people often use humor to speak the truth...

Will the West Fund Hamas?

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4346/hamas-western-aid Less than a week after its inauguration, the Hamas-Fatah unity government is already facing its first crisis as it remains unclear which party will pay salaries to tens of thousands of Hamas employees in...

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

Incisive News Coverage of Israel

Posting: September 21, 2008 "Narrative" In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...

The corruption at the head of Hamas

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-the-corrution-at-the-head-of-hamas-1000956048 1.8 million people live in the Gaza Strip, most of them refugees. They endure an unemployment rate that reaches 40%, shameful poverty, rock bottom wages, and, to top it all, an apparently corrupt regime,...

Pressure Points: School Books in Qatar Continue to Teach Hatred of Jews and Israel

Despite its efforts to present itself as a modern state that promotes stability and peace in the Middle East, Qatar continues to teach its children contempt for Jews, Judaism, and Israel. That is the conclusion...
President Donald Trump meets with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani

Qatar accuses Israel of colonialism, apartheid, propaganda, and foreign manipulation -all of which Qatar...

For years, Qatar has positioned itself as a neutral mediator and champion of human rights in the Middle East. Its state-funded media apparatus, Al Jazeera, broadcasts a steady stream of accusations against Israel while...