Billionaire George Soros’ philanthropy is bad news for Israel, according to an in-depth report from the NGO-Monitor watchdog group. The report listed the many causes in Israel, or pertaining to Israel, that are funded by Soros’ Open Society Foundations. Among the top beneficiaries of OSF funding is Human Rights Watch, which has been criticized for […]
Note to New York Times: Throwing Stones is an Act of Violence August 5, 2013 15:06 by Alex Margolin Last week’s return of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians has had little impact on the simmering Palestinian violence in the West Bank – or the efforts of some in the media to glorify the […]
The U.S. intelligence community has been leaking information on Israeli air strikes in Syria, and U.S. President Barack Obama is behind the leaks, according to a report in the World Tribune. Diplomats told the Tribune that the Obama administration has enabled the U.S. intelligence community to disclose details of Israeli military operations against the armed […]
(CNSNews.com) – As Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday a goal of achieving a “final status agreement” between Israelis and Palestinians within nine months, secrecy surrounds what concession or goodwill gesture – if any – Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas made to get the process underway. The P.A. only agreed to send negotiators to […]
July 30, 2013 16:48 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Abbas: Palestinian state will be judenrein. This from Reuters: “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli – civilian or soldier – on our lands,” Abbas said in a briefing to mostly Egyptian journalists. 2. Israeli hopes of […]
July 23, 2013 16:02 by Pesach Benson Is Bashar Assad seeking an Israeli green light for an Alawite rump state? In the middle of an article about Sunnis being ethnically cleansed from Alawite areas, The Guardian drops this humdinger: A mediator – a well-known diplomatic figure – is understood to have been asked by Assad […]
by Daniel Pipes July 27, 2013 updated Jul 29, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Israeli leaders have a long history of making lopsided trades with their Arab enemies. These include: 1985 – 1,150 prisoners for 3 captured Israelis 2000 – 450 Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli bodies and a kidnapped Israeli; 2008 […]
Whose Opinion Matters? Part 3: The Los Angeles Times July 24, 2013 10:21 by Yarden Frankl This is the third part of our series looking at how the opinion pages of the biggest newspapers in the United States cover Israel. In our previous studies, we concluded that the New York Times demonstrated a clear and […]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the State Department’s policy of refusing to list Israel as the place of birth on US passports for citizens born in Jerusalem. Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson authored the decision by the three-judge panel, stating that the power to recognize foreign […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s agreement to free terrorist murderers in order to bring Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas back to the negotiating table has caused shock and consternation among surviving family members. “How is this possible? How?” demanded Mazal Karmani, whose son Ronen was kidnapped and murdered by one of the terrorists who is to […]
