News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 9 – 15, 2019)

This past week there was a high level of violence during the “return march.” The number of “return march” participants increased, IEDs and hand grenades were thrown at IDF soldiers and at the security...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (January 16 – 22, 2019)

This past week there was a relatively low level of violence at the "return march" (about 14,000 participants). The Gazan media reported that the demonstrators had been instructed to exercise restraint and discipline. In...

Deny you are Palestinian or perish

"Deny you are Palestinian or Perish." That is the message presented by UNRWA to Palestinian refugees.  It is an unbelievably shocking message, contrary to international law and contrary to UNRWA's mandate itself. UNRWA succumbed...

The Condemnation of Terror by Mansour Abbas: Is It Real?

Muhammad Majadla, head of Nas Radio’s news department, Channel 12 commentator, and weekly columnist for Globes, said that “today Ra’am is planning an important speech, they say, by Mansour Abbas in Hebrew and Arabic. On the second evening...

Israel Holds LARGEST Military Drill in Decades As Hezbollah & Hamas Threats Grow |...

Israel Defense Forces have dubbed it “Chariots of Fire”. On today's Watchman Newscast, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down one of the largest and most extensive drills conducted by Israel since its establishment. Amid a...

The UN vs. Israel, yet again

This year, the United States rejoined the United Nations Human Rights Council. It did so to try to advance fundamental values, strengthen multilateralism and address political corruption. But Exhibit A of this corruption is the...

Israel Justified in Closing Palestinian NGOs Argues Renowned Human Rights Lawyer

David Matas, B’nai Brith Canada’s Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, recently penned an op-ed arguing that Israel’s closure of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) was justified. In October 2022, Israel closed six...

Architect of judicial reform bill ‘eager to compromise’

Member of Knesset Simcha Rothman expressed his openness to compromise on the judicial reform package that is currently being introduced in the Knesset at a press briefing hosted Thursday by the Jerusalem Center for...

Watch: Bereaved father, husband: Let’s make the world a better place

Rabbi Leo Dee, whose daughters Maia and Rina and wife Lucy were murdered in a terrorist shooting in the Jordan Valley on Friday, delivered a statement this evening (Monday) on the terrible loss his...

Self-flagellation

Surprising as it may seem, this ancient form of afflicting the body is still practised among various groups these days. Roman Catholic devotees, especially in places like the Philippines and elsewhere, continue to indulge in...