Irreconcilable and Incompatible

Israel is currently faced with several challenges, domestic and foreign, which seem at first glance to be insurmountable. Domestically, the ongoing saga of the Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas is boiling over. Concurrently the war...

Going Going Gone

With COVID 19 resurgence, continuing international hypocrisy, sovereignty hyperventilation, mysterious Iranian explosions and PC thought police in some countries running rampant, there is plenty to comment about. Just when one thinks that things cannot become...

Back to rewarding terrorism?

Two years ago, Congress cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority because it pays salaries to terrorists. Now a group of Democratic members of Congress are trying to restore that funding, even though the PA...

The Arafat I Knew

Last week Israel seized a boat carrying 50 tons of Iranian-made mortars, long-range missiles and antitank rockets destined for the Palestinian Authority. The vessel, Karim A., is owned by the Palestinian Authority, and its...

Jews in Palestinian Authority Schoolbooks in UNRWA Use

Introduction The Palestinian Authority schoolbooks, including those ones in UNRWA use, feature 3 fundamentals in the context of the conflict: 1. De-legitimization of Israel’s existence and the Jews’ very presence in the country, including the denial...

When Deterrence Becomes Just a Word

Deterrence -- the act of deterring especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating. Since Israel's unilateral withdrawal in 2005, the Gaza Strip has turned into the leading military foe of...

Fatah movement takes responsibility for terror attacks

The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military arm of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, has returned to terror activity. An announcement from "the joint room for the nightly disruptions unit in Ramallah and Al-Bireh,"...

A very unpopular truth about Israel

We've all heard about what's taking place in Iran, where young women are pushing back against the regime that is punishing them for not wearing proper head-coverings. Is that the only way to run a...

Important news item

Arab attacks continued unabated this week against Jews on the roads of Israel. 145 attacks occurred this week alone, with bullets, stones and molotov cocktails. Since the US government granted more than a billion dollars...