by Daniel Pipes January 9, 2014 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Despite all that’s going on the Middle East – the Iranian nuclear buildup, the violence in Iraq, the shaking of Erdo?an’s rule in Turkey, civil war in Syria, Egypt and Yemen in melt-down mode, Libya unraveling, Tunisia in political crisis – U.S. […]
Two more universities have withdrawn their membership from the American Studies Association (ASA) in protest of decision to support an academic boycott of Israel. The two universities, Kenyon College and Indiana University, thus joined Brandeis and Penn State, which were the first universities to announce that they reject the boycott and quit the ASA. In […]
It’s not just Israel that is worried about Hamas terrorism. The Palestinian Authority, itself run by the Fatah terror group, is concerned that Hamas, which controls Gaza, will try to further its influence in PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. A PA report quoted by Israel Radio said that such a development would be bad […]
Republican Senator John McCain, who is currently on a visit to Israel, said on Friday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has “serious, serious concerns” about Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposal for a framework for peace with the Palestinian Authority. McCain is in Israel along with Republican Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming and Lindsey Graham […]
There is no such thing as a Palestinian people; no such thing as a Palestinian history; and no Palestinian language exists. There has never been any independent, sovereign Palestinian state in all of recorded history. They are the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians. They are indistinguishable from those Arabs who live in the surrounding artificial […]
Abu Ubaidah, a spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas’s military wing) expressed satisfaction with the terror organization’s readiness to engage in another military confrontation with Israel. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Ubaidah claimed that Hamas continues to dig terror tunnels from Gaza to Israel, and that the weapon would be a “strategic” move which could possibly “change […]
At an address to the Conference of Major Jewish Organizations today, Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett was asked about the economic costs of staying in Judea and Samaria. In an unequivocal response, he explained why withdrawing from the region would cost Israel far more than remaining. “I’m a businessman! I can tell you the economic […]
French President Francois Hollande has landed in Israel Sunday with an entourage for his first official visit. Hollande will be here for 3 days, where Iran is likely to be the main issue under discussion in meetings with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. AFP reports that Hollande was welcomed on the red carpet by his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres […]
November 7, 2013 14:27 by Simon Plosker Writing in The Guardian’s Comment is Free, Australian anti-Israel journalist Anthony Loewenstein defends the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against charges of anti-Semitism, specifically in the context of a court case brought against an Australian academic. BDS is a comprehensive, international strategy that seeks to present Israel as a […]
A poll carried out by the Survey Center at A-Najah University in Shechem indicates that 70% of Palestinian Authority (PA) residents believe current “peace talks” with Israel are doomed to fail. Almost 58% believe that the talks will end with the outbreak of a “third intifada,” or terror war against Israel. According to the poll, […]
