One of the most controversial issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the security barrier between the West Bank and Israel proper. Built in the wake of the Second Intifada to protect Israeli lives, it has since been a hot-button issue, with Israel’s most vehement critics describing it as an “apartheid” wall or barrier. However, […]
(CNSNews.com) – Controversial Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour ignited a kerfuffle on Twitter over the weekend by tweeting that Jesus was “a Palestinian.” After drawing strong reactions, she fell back to a position of saying there were “multiple truths” about Jesus – that he can be seen to have been both Jewish and a Palestinian. The […]
Ehud Barak’s Napoleonic Complex Will Save Israeli Democracy? by Ariel Natan Pasko Little Napoleon Barak is going to save Israeli Democracy? What a bunch of claptrap Orwellian doublespeak. Well let’s check out history. How well did the original Napoleon save France’s democratic revolution against the monarchy? Hmm, if I recall he […]
A key refrain in the Israeli-Palestinian narrative is the issue of the Palestinian poverty, allegedly resulting from the Israeli occupation. Surveys cite statistics that anywhere from 26 to 53 percent of Palestinians are poor. In October 2018, the United Nations warned that humanitarian aid to the Palestinians is at an all-time low, a sign of […]
Watergen, an Israel-based company that uses innovative technology to create clean drinking water from air, was chosen by World Vision South Africa to help launch a mobile water generation project for communities in the Eastern Cape. Like most of the rest of South Africa, the province has been stricken with severe conditions of drought over […]
An online bullying campaign targeting an Israeli Jewish charity site scored a major win recently, when Facebook shuttered the charity’s page, following a wave of reports claiming the charity page had “abusive” content. According to Breaking Israel News, hundreds of Arab social media users have engaged in a concerted effort to shut down the Karmey […]
The 7-year-old haredi girl who was allegedly raped by a Palestinian Authority Arab and two of his friends told her friend about the sexual assault short after it occurred, News 12 reported Tuesday night. A welfare worker in the city where the rape occurred reported the incident to the police, who requested the victim’s friend […]
The details of US President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” economic plan to jump start the Palestinian and regional economies has been publicly released ahead of a Bahrain Conference. Anyone can read on the White House website where $50 billion of investment is supposed to go. Much of the criticism of the plan, including from […]
Almost two weeks after The Independent published a baseless smear about Gazan babies dying alone in Israel – a claim swiftly exposed by HonestReporting – The Guardian’s Oliver Holmes and Hazem Balousha have now repeated the smear. On June 7, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP, a member of the British Labour party, claimed that a Gazan […]
Attorney Yehuda Fried, who is representing the 7-year-old girl raped by a Palestinian Authority Arab, spoke on Sunday to 103FM Radio about the various difficulties some see in the case. Mahmoud Nazmi Abed Alhamid Katusa, 46, was indicted last Sunday on charges of kidnapping and raping the victim, who studied in the school where he […]
