Israel and the European Union: A Change in Tone? INSS

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=5873 As expected, the government of Israel’s decision to issue a tender for construction of 1,000 housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem elicited a response from Catherine Ashton, the EU’s High Representative...

The Gaza Narrative: From Delegitimization to Antisemitism

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2078&sec=2 &title=The_Gaza_Narrative:_From_Delegitimization_to_Antisemitism Tucked away in a small building off the main street of Sderot, Israel, and just a few blocks from the Sderot Police Station and their infamous Rocket Museum, lies the home of the Sderot...

Crippling U.S. Sanctions on Iran Bring Year of Economic Jihad

http://www.policymic.com/debates/4221 “This is the Year of Economic Jihad” declared Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei last spring at the beginning of the Persian year. The New Year’s announcement was meant to encourage the Iranian people to...

Israel’s vibrant democracy

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-vibrant-democracy/ By any objective standard, Israeli democracy is as robust and pluralistic as any in the world. There are no restrictions on any form of protest or advocacy, including very fierce and unpopular criticism of...

Hamas and Fatah Want a New Intifada

http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2887/hamas-fatah-intifada Hamas and Fatah have lately ratcheted up their rhetoric against Israel in a clear bid to distract attention from their failure to end their power struggle. By backing a "popular resistance" against Israel, Hamas and...

PA Wants Armed Personnel In Israeli-Controlled Area

Background: http://israelbehindthenews.com/reports-foreignmilitary.html by: Middle East Newsline: www.menewsline.com The Palestinian Authority has been pressing to deploy armed personnel in Israeli-controlled areas of the West Bank as a step toward an independent state. Fayad has been lobbying the European...

U.S. Complicit with Palestinian Authority Budgeting Mischief

The Palestinian Authority is crying poverty again, complaining about a decrease in expected levels of foreign aid that will force Palestinians into penury or - heaven forbid - tax increases. The Palestinian public is...

Unseen Consequences of a Palestinian Arab State

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/unseen-consequences-of-a-palestinian-arab-state/ On my first night in Israel, August 31, 1970, my 20th birthday, I arrived at the campus of Hebrew University, to participate in a study group that met every Thursday night at the Lauterman...

Australia to support UN relief works for Palestinian refugees

It seems obvious that the possibility that the US would drastically cut aid to UNRWA, as reported in the previous article, has led UNRWA to request and receive a 450% rise in the Australian...

J Street Undercuts Obama Policy on Iran

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3112/j-street-obama-policy-iran President Obama recently invited me to the Oval Office for a discussion about Iran. The President reiterated to me in private what he had previously said in public: namely, that he would not allow...