Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed back Monday against congressional Democrats who demanded that the Trump administration retract its declaration last month that it views Israeli towns in Judea and Samaria as legal under international law. In a letter penned by Pompeo Monday and sent to Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan, who authored the Democratic […]
By Pamela Geller Things are seldom what they seem to be, but we live in an age that is unusual for the dominance that fiction and fantasy have in the public debate about so many key issues. The House of Representatives is about to impeach a successful and popular President on hearsay, innuendo, and outright falsehood; […]
Palestinians and their supporters not only erase the Jewish history of the land of Israel, but also of the Jews of Arab lands who lost their homes 70 years ago. In international conflicts, history is more of a weapon than a field of study. That’s why the history of Palestinian Arab refugees is so well-known. […]
What would you call an organization that pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to reward a teenager who takes a knife from his family’s kitchen and stabs a fellow teenager riding a bike along the street? A monster? The devil? For many Israelis, the answer that comes to mind is the Palestinian Authority. Because that […]
Last month, Bernie Sanders wrote about his support for Israel, calling the nation an “enormous achievement” and “a democratic homeland for the Jewish people.” A few weeks later Linda Sarsour, a prominent Arab-American activist and an official Sanders campaign surrogate, said that support for Israel as a state is unacceptable in the progressive movement. The […]
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has instructed the Chief of Staff and the defense establishment to conduct a security feasibility study for the artificial island project off the coast of Gaza, which was formulated by Minister Yisrael Katz. Channel 12 News reported on Saturday night that Bennett and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi met this week […]
By Ron Jager When I was a kid growing up on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, snow days were special events that we waited for all winter long. As kids, we would rejoice, while our parents would be stuck at home worrying about not being able to get to work for a day or two. Over the […]
It’s Israel’s civil defense that’s disproportionate, not the IDF’s tactics. Every time Hamas and Islamic Jihad fire rockets at Israeli towns, the news is full of footage the Iron Dome system intercepting the incoming bombs, experts giving their analysis, shots of the damage caused and reports from hospitals about the status of the wounded. Since […]
The issues of settlements, the Green Line, and international law regularly dominate the conversation about Israel’s control over the territories known as the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. But all too frequently, the Jewish claim to the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem is neglected. What of them? How do they factor in with criticism of […]
The idea to boycott Israel began to receive a lot of attention in the 21st century due to the creation of the BDS movement in 2005. But boycotting as a method to cause damage and attempt to destroy Israel actually began in the early part of the 20th century with the Arab boycott. As early […]
