Settlement Data Once Again Shows Bibi’s “Hardline” Image Doesn’t Match Reality

According to official data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, housing construction in West Bank settlements fell by a whopping 52 percent last year–far greater than the 8 percent decline in construction nationwide. Moreover,...

Iran Is America’s New Iraq

Ten days after the Iraq War began, I happened to be in Washington on a work visit. I had the chance to observe up close the imperial capital that had just embarked on the...

An ANZAC message from Australia’s ambassador to Israel

J-Wire meets the Australian Ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, in Tel Aviv ahead of ANZAC Day. Michael Kuttner reports from Israel: It is obvious that Dave Sharma enjoys his ambassadorial duties in a country which in...

Netanyahu: Iran deal will endanger Israel — big time

"A better deal is necessary. A better deal is possible. A better deal must and can be achieved. But if not, no deal is better than this bad deal," PM Benjamin Netanyahu says •...

Presidential Spokesperson: Israeli Government Must Meet Palestinian Demands to Overcome Peace Impasse

Presidential Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh stated Thursday, following the formation of new Israeli coalition government, that the latter has to accept the two-state solution, among other demands,  to overcome the current impasse in the...

Bus segregation decision isn’t racist

Op-ed: The reality in which Samaria residents prefer to hitchhike instead of getting on buses filled with Palestinian laborers is intolerable; Jews are also entitled to return home safely without feeling threatened. I only passed...

Hamas warns of upshots of Israel’s projected transfer of gov’t ministers to J’lemر

Hamas on Thursday warned of the repercussions of Israeli decisions to transfer government ministers to Occupied Jerusalem, dubbing the move a flagrant violation of international resolutions. Political bureau member of Hamas, Ezzet Resheq, said in...

Activists target ‘normalization’ march in Jerusalem

Activists confronted participants in the so-called "Jerusalem hug" march in which Palestinian and Israelis participated in Jerusalem on Thursday. Palestinians from Jerusalem gathered near Damascus Gate, where the march took place, and started telling Palestinian...

Gauging UNRWA’s Purpose on its 65th Anniversary

On April 18, two roadside bombs exploded in the Gaza Strip. Neither of the IEDs planted by Salafi jihadists opposed to Hamas rule in the enclave caused serious damage, but both explosions targeted United...

PAR FOR THE COURSE: EU- & NIF-FUNDED NGOS CENTRAL TO UNHRC LAWFARE ATTACK

See here for NGO Monitor's press release, "UN Report on Gaza: Improvement Over Goldstone, But NGO Reliance Hurts Credibility," June 22, 2015 The report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the 2014 Gaza War,...