The peace agreements between Israel and both the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were minimized by many media outlets, in addition to influential members of the international community, since none of the countries ever directly engaged in conflict. The same cannot be said for Sudan, which also recently announced that it would begin taking steps […]
Israel’s parliament is slated next Tuesday to vote on whether to approve the normalization agreement forged with Bahrain. The motion is expected to easily pass, not unlike the peace treaty signed with the United Arab Emirates that was essentially rubber-stamped by the legislature by a margin of 80 to 13 on October 15. An Israeli […]
by Daniel Pipes Boston Globe October 20, 2020 We Elect a Team, Not a Person Faced with the choice between voting for Donald Trump or Joe Biden, Gallup finds that one-quarter of Americans say “neither would be a good president.” Unsurprisingly, some are inclined to vote for a third-party candidate. I understand that urge, having […]
An overwhelming majority of both chambers of Congress introduced new resolutions in support of the Abraham Accords to normalize ties between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain. 91 senators have cosponsored a version of the resolution, while reaffirming “its strong support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resulting in two states—a democratic Jewish State […]
by Jonathan Spyer The Times of Israel September 20, 2020 In early March, 2020, when international travel was still unambiguously possible, I was due to visit the United States on an Israeli passport. I had been invited to speak at the annual AIPAC policy conference. In addition, a number of other meetings were in the initial […]
Why are major news organizations uncritically giving a platform to a celebrity who implied that Jews were attempting to bury the widespread perception of them as usurpers of other people’s land? In a recent episode of the popular WTF podcast with Marc Maron, Hollywood star Seth Rogen was asked whether he agreed that Israel should […]
YouTube has removed Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s 4th Of July address from its platform following pressure from HonestReporting. During the nearly three-hour speech, Farrakhan unleashed a litany of antisemitic remarks. Among the attacks, Farrakhan said that Jews are responsible for supplanting Torah with the Talmud: “They made that word in their minds and in […]
The status of Jerusalem is one of the hottest of topics within the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israelis are adamant that they have the sovereign right to determine their capital like any other country, but with Palestinians claiming the land as their own, much of the international community refuses to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital – at […]
Iran: Israel was behind an explosion and fire at Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex, a Middle Eastern intelligence official with knowledge of the incident told The New York Times on Monday. A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps confirmed to the Times that an explosive was used in the incident as well. Both officials spoke […]
On the Fourth of July, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan delivered a three-hour address on YouTube during which he delivered a litany of antisemitic remarks. Among the attacks, Farrakhan said that Jews are responsible for supplanting Torah with the Talmud: “They made that word in their minds and in their believers’ minds greater than […]
