Ahmed Aboudouh is a consultant editor at The Independent. He specializes in Middle East affairs. Apparently he doesn’t believe that Jerusalem should be the Israeli capital. In an opinion piece, that’s his right even though, de facto, Jerusalem is the capital. He does not, however, have the right to unilaterally declare Tel Aviv to be […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu this evening responded to the joint Abbas-Olmert press conference in New York by saying: “Gantz has no government without Ahmad Tibi, and Ahmed Tibi will do whatever Abbas tells him as he now meets with Gantz’s advisor and close friend – Ehud Olmert. “This is a low point in the history […]
Only The Likud Can… Sell-Out Ariel Natan Pasko “Rok HaLikud Y’Chol – Only the Likud can…” a campaign song and slogan that’s seeped into the Israeli body politic for years, like a taste-less, odor-less, toxic pathogen. “Only the Likud can…” give away the Sinai. “Only the Likud can…” go to Madrid (the […]
The one aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that no one wants to talk about. Robert Spencer President Trump unveiled his long-awaited “Deal of the Century” plan Tuesday afternoon, offering Palestinians a state and fifty billion dollars. Predictably enough, the Palestinians and their supporters are enraged. The way they have expressed that rage is a new […]
The Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) composed of over four hundred Israeli rabbis, unequivocally rejects US President Trump’s “Deal of the Century.” The rabbis have emphatically stated that Jewish Law prohibits any declaration of territorial concession, whether now or in the future, even when accompanied by strict conditions and restrictions, and that such concessions create […]
Whether by accident or by deliberate osmosis, Israel and the U.S. have adopted similar solutions to their existential problems. Before 2002, during the various Palestinian intifadas, Israel suffered hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries from suicide bombers freely crossing from the West Bank and Gaza into Israel. In response, Israel planned a vast border […]
It is not mere coincidence that as President Trump’s impeachment inquiry was raging in the Intelligence Congressional Committee that across the ocean in Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu was indicted on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. Mr. Mandelblit happened to be an old friend and appointee of Prime […]
Until November 2019, no Israeli prime minister has ever been indicted while in office. The charges against Benjamin Netanyahu are serious: bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The legal drama’s collision with the Knesset’s political deadlock and looming election raises the stakes even higher. Netanyahu insists he has committed no wrongdoing, and Israel — like […]
Nikki Haley, the former US Ambassador to the UN, on Monday fired back after Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Israeli government “racist” and suggested that the US should redirect its aid to Israel and give it to Gaza instead. “Just when you thought Bernie Sanders couldn’t get any more radical, he outdid himself. He […]
Fox News contributor and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, in a tweet on his Twitter page, blasted Rep. Rashida Tlaib, saying it was never about visiting Israel for Tlaib; it “was about making a scene.” Tlaib whined to go to @Israel and @IsraeliPM said no b/c they let NO ONE in who supports the hate-based […]
