A diplomatic encounter

J-Wire’s Israel correspondent Michael Kuttner reports on a conversation he had with Chris Cannan, Australia’s Ambassador to Israel after his first six months in the post. The venue could not have been more appropriate. Sitting...

Sound and fury

Reality and the truth hurt especially for those accustomed to being coddled over many years by banal blandishments laced with an indecent dose of hypocrisy and double standards…writes Michael Kuttner. Once in a while, in...

The Middle East And World War III: Why No Peace? Authored by Michael A....

8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm) Black & White on White paper 542 pages ISBN-13: 978-1548610425 (CreateSpace-Assigned) ISBN-10: 1548610429 BISAC: Political Science / World / Middle EasternThis book is available on Amazon website, or click the following link available now on paperback and...

Jerusalem, the “Right of Return” and Violence As Currently Taught at UNRWA Schools In...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was created in the wake of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It provides education, health and social services to a unique type of population in the whole...

ירושלים, “זכות השיבה” ואלימות כפי שהם נלמדים כעת בבתיה”ס של אונר”א ביהודה, שומרון ורצועת...

.1948 סוכנות הסעד והתעסוקה של האו"ם (אונר"א) נוצרה בעקבות המלחמה הערבית-ישראלית של היא מספקת שירותי חינוך, בריאות וסעד לסוג מיוחד במינו של אוכלוסיה בעולם: צאצאי הפליטים הפלסטינים של אותה מלחמה. אלה מוחזקים מזה דורות...

The US now has time to include “sovereignty” in the Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act.

President Trump did Israel a favor that most people do not know about when he delayed the US embassy move to Jerusalem. ​There is much work to be done. Current wording of the US Embassy Relocation Act...

From Israel: Next Stage and Forward

We’ve had the big announcement from President Trump, an announcement that was – as has been pointed out – both morally courageous and historic. In case you didn’t catch his speech, you can see it...

Trump’s Speech Recognizing Jerusalem: What It Says and What It Doesn’t Say

Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 17, No. 35 President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital  puts into deep-freeze  plans for a division of the city. Until Trump’s speech,...

Shameful…writes Michael Kuttner

On 31 October at Beersheba I listened to endless platitudes, mutual back slapping and great sounding sentiments from the Prime Ministers of Australia and Israel and the Governor General of New Zealand. I instinctively knew...