REPORT FROM JORDAN: MY CONVERSATION WITH HAMMAD IS THE SEA OF GALILEE IN ISRAEL...

In Um Qais, a remote rather obscure Northern town of Jordan, made up of approximately 5000 Moslems, I met a Jordanian man named Hammad (not his real name) who, like everyone else in the town...

The Palestinian Conflict with Israel is Not the Core of the Middle East Conflict

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/evelyn-gordon/palestinian-conflict-israel-not-core-middle-east-conflict#.UKHaubJmTpw As Syria's civil war drags on, it is increasingly destabilizing its neighbors. First, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured over their borders; now, violence has as well. Turkey and Syria have repeatedly exchanged deadly...

Was Arafat Responsible for the PLO Gun Ship?

Seamen admit: we reported every step to the PA Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 7) by Alex Fishman -- Members of the Israeli intelligence service burst into laughter when they heard Arafat's announcement that he proposed establishing a...

Israel’s Rights in the West Bank Under International Law

The issue of Israel’s rights in the West Bank under international law, as simple as it sounds, conceals a complex and extensive web of historic, legal, military and political issues that, for many years,...

“They Told Us to Aim at the Legs”

"They trained us to hit only the lower extremities," said a soldier from the IDF's sniper unit, who said he was supposed to be part of a special sniper force that the IDF has...

Revolution and oppression in the Arab world

When the first revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt occurred, the initial responses from Israel appeared distinct from those in the West. While European and American reactions were enthusiastic, a whiff of skepticism, if not...

The Role of Iranian Security Forces in the Syrian Bloodshed

http://jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Segall-VP5891.pdf Amid the intensifying crisis in Syria, which in recent weeks has seen massacres of the civilian population in various parts of the country, Iranian military, propaganda, and economic assistance keeps flowing in, and its...

Profits from an entity that invests in murder

ATTN - THE BUSINESS HALACHA INSTITUTE WEEKLY 10 Kislev 5780 Dear Colleague, Speaking at the Silver Spring Jewish Center most recently....Found your weekly magazine,  "Restoring the Primacy of Choshen Mishpat"    to be refreshing. As a Shomer Mitzvot YU...

First Gaza, Then The World

Some of Israel's most blatant critics have written that for every Israeli killed, about a hundred Palestinians were killed. A half-truth is worse than a lie, but this is not even a half truth....

Resisting the Iranian occupation

The Iranians know about resistance, or so they say. They know that any occupying force will be faced with resistance. They’ve supported “resistance forces” in the region for decades. Today, they’re on the other...