The Palestinian Authority donor machine

When it comes to humanitarian aid to the Palestinian Authority, transparency does not exist. The result is a rich Palestinian elite, which builds exclusive neighborhoods around Ramallah, leaving thousands of shoddily constructed apartments without services for the...

Education system commemorates Gush Katif: A dark chapter in Israeli history

This week, the education system set aside a day to commemorate the uprooting of Gush Katif, a significant event in Israel's history. In December 2003, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced the disengagement plan, a...

The Third Man

We know the news: On Feb. 20, U.S. President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kiev where lots of people took his picture with his Ukrainian counterpart. Biden relayed more promises of aid...

Six Policy Challenges, to Guide UNRWA Policy Reform

Cancel the new UNRWA curriculum which incorporate principles of Jihad, martyrdom and an “right of return” by force of arms, in UN schools which are supposed to promote the UNRWA slogan of “Peace Starts...

Ben-Gvir to run anti-incitement task force to counter Palestinian violence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that he has appointed Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir to lead a task force to fight Palestinian incitement. Joining Ben-Gvir at the task force will be investigators,...

Iran ‘mapping’ Jews in diaspora for kill squads

Iran has been “mapping” the Jewish diaspora for an assassination campaign that will be triggered if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, a Jewish woman who met Ayatollah Khamenei has told the JC. The chilling plan,...

How The Palestinians Lost Their Way – OpEd

Although the 55-year-old Israeli occupation cannot be justified under any circumstances, Palestinian leaders have greatly contributed to its disastrous continuation. Their misguided policies over the years have tragically subjected four generations to a life...

Chip Roy leads house effort to cut funding to anti-Israel U.N. office

https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/chip-roy-leads-house-effort-cut-funding-anti-israel-un-office This is legislation we  endorse   in the US, Canada. the UK , Germany, Sweden and Israel-   Simply put,  donations  to UNRWA must  be tied to a directive for  UNRWA to cut all ties with terrorism.. When our new movie is screened in...

Contrasts

A reader of J-Wire commented to me that it was left-wing socialists who had settled and developed what was then Ottoman-ruled and later British Mandated Palestine. This indisputable fact set me thinking about the similarities...

The Truth Behind the Palestinian ‘Catastrophe’

Israel will soon celebrate the 75th anniversary of its independence. Around the same time, Palestinians will stage their annual Nakba Day, the official commemoration held every year on May 15 to protest Israel’s creation....