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Today’s French Revolution

In July 1789, the Paris Bastille was stormed by rampaging mobs, and the established order of autocratic rule was swiftly swept away. With the departure of the monarchy, a hopeful new era dawned, and French...

Phantom Nation – Inventing the “Palestinians” as the obstacle to peace

On March 9, 2014, Sha'i ben-Tekoa, DeProgram Program, gave a terrific and important presentation to Children of Holocaust Survivors on his book on the invention of a Palestinian people. There is hardly a person...

The New Normal: criminalizing socio-political criticism as “right-wing supremacy”

Last month the American writer C.J. Hopkins, who lives in Germany, was placed under investigation by the Public Prosecutor there for tweeting the cover of his new book: The Rise of the New Normal...

50 Supreme Court decisions that were based on justices’ interpretations and opinions, rather than...

Look at Israel's High Court of Justice rulings to understand  "judicial reform" By David Bedein The time has come to explain "Israel judicial reform".  Here are 50 Israel High Court of Justice decisions  based on justices' interpretations...

Media Romanticize Teenage Terrorists and Their Dreams of ‘Martyrdom’

Militants stand during the funeral of two Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen who were killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin refugee camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta Spraying bullets...

War in the UNRWA refugee camp of Jenin

Shortly before 2 a.m. on July 5, 2023, the Israeli security force operation in Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp ended; it had lasted for 48 hours. It was broadest Israeli security force...

Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah calls for ‘armed intifada’ with attacks on Tel Aviv

The military wing of the Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah party is preparing for an “armed intifada” against Israel, with indiscriminate attacks on Israeli targets, the group announced. The Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the armed branch...

Uncle Sham

As 4 July is celebrated by Americans at home and around the world it is a good time to reflect on whether the “goldene medina” is still the Promised Land for Jews. At the same...

Rabbi Leo Dee: Ordinary Palestinians silently thank Allah for the Jenin operation

When Lucy, Maia and Rina were suddenly and brutally taken from this world during Pesach, I cried in pain. Not against every Arab, not against every Muslim, but against every terrorist. I have Palestinian friends and acquaintances. That...