What Israel needs if Middle East normalization is finally to happen

Credit: New York Post Policymakers envision an era of “normalization” after the current round of fighting in the Middle East concludes. That would sit well with Israel. After all, the icon of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, dreamed of a “normal”...

Why Palestine Liberation Organization placed Sirhan Sirhan on top of list of convicts it...

Why Palestine Liberation Organization placed Sirhan Sirhan on top of list of convicts it demanded for release: "Sirhan Sirhan Reveals Why He Killed Bobby Kennedy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma_RpEcm7NY This year marks the 50th anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s assassination....

Eternal Palestinian refugees

As Palestinians seek recognition as a state from the UN this week, many wonder what impact such a move might have on the 4.6 million Palestinians who are refugees from the 1948 Israel War...

Report alleges ethical abuses at UN agency for Palestinians

An internal ethics report has alleged mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees even as the organisation faced an unprecedented crisis after US funding cuts. The...

Commentary: How Abbas’s Encouragement to Attack Israel is Being Carried Out

Two weeks ago, at a rally for Fatah, PA president Mahmoud Abbas said, "Let a thousand flowers bloom, and let our rifles, all our rifles, all our rifles, be aimed at the Occupation." Yesterday, shortly...

Editor’s Report from Israel: Bombs Going Off- My First Air Raid in Tel Aviv...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4065&sec=1&title=Editor%27s_Report_from_Israel:_Bombs_Going_Off-_My_First_Air_Raid__in_Tel_Aviv_During_Ha%27aretz_Peace_Conference-Israel_Prepares_for_War-WJR_will_provide_Expanded_Wartime_Coverage Editor's note: want to begin this report by thanking WebWizards for sponsoring what will be my expanded coverage as a correspondent in these turbulent times as Israel calls up troops and prepares for what...

Ring of fire

This tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes has the potential to cause lethal upheavals at any given moment. Its destructive possibilities have been known for quite some time. In addition there is no way of...

UNRWA’s Problematic Educational Role in the Middle East Conflict

UNRWA's Educational Activity in the Middle East UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees in the Middle East – was established in the wake of the Arab-Israeli war...

When is Incitement “Incitement ?

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/01/07/when-is-incitement-incitement/ Soon after Adolph S. Ochs purchased The New York Times in 1896, he pledged “to write intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.” His firm commitment was bolstered with a new motto for the...

A Week in Poland: A Difficulty Time of Reflection

I have just returned from what I hope was my first and last trip to Poland. Before we left, we went to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. There we were told, that the...