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Dec 27, 2019, 9:29 AM

Hanukkah and the occupation that isn’t

It looks like the holidays cannot be complete without warped political messages. Representative Rashida Tlaib, a known anti-Semite, wished the Jews of IfNotNow a happy Hanukkah. In doing so, however, she supported the organization’s 2020 goals of “defunding the...

Jul 18, 2019, 9:34 AM

The Real Palestinian Narrative

This month, opining on the long failed Arab-Israeli peace process, former Israeli ambassador to the United States Zalman Shuval quoted former Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban, stating that "the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Shuval also remarked that Arab...

Mar 30, 2019, 12:13 AM

Why Israel Should Annex at Least Most of Judea and Samaria

On March 27, U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo vowed to "broaden the debate" and shed old "parameters" governing negotiations for a final status peace agreement between Arabs and Israelis. In the spirit of Secretary Pompeo's words, Israel should annex...

Mar 15, 2019, 11:27 PM

The US Should Recognize Israel’s Golan Heights

On March 12, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced that he, along with his colleague Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), will lobby the Trump administration to recognize the Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory "now and forever." In response, Martin Indyk, the...

Aug 9, 2018, 9:49 PM

Israeli Aid to Syrians Offers Hope for Future Peace

On August 3, The Times of Israel reported that Israel has frozen its aid to Syrian citizens, dubbed “Operation Good Neighbor,” and has begun to dismantle its field clinic used to treat those wounded in the Syrian Civil War....

Sep 3, 2017, 11:30 AM

Grant’s Tomb and Other Anti-Semitic ‘Hate Symbols’

Pandering to the regressive mob, Mayor Bill de Blasio refused to give a straightforward answer on how New York City should treat monuments to President and General Ulysses S. Grant, which include a statue of Grant on horseback in...

Aug 15, 2017, 9:08 AM

Islands in the Stream, That Is What They Are

Residents of Seoul line up to greet President Shimon Peres on his visit there in 2010 (Photo credit: Moshe Milner GPO /Flash90)

While the security threats that both countries face are indeed quite different, evidence shows that Israelis and Koreans refuse to internalize external threats and wallow in a life of post-traumatic stress disorder

Mar 22, 2017, 11:51 AM

The Birth of a Muslim Zionist

Born in the Muslim world, Naveed Anjum was taught from an early age to believe that Jews and the State of Israel were evil. While studying in the Netherlands, he encountered Jewish people for the first time. As a...

Jan 3, 2017, 7:24 AM

The Once and Future Sovereign of Judea and Samaria

In a world where words have no meaning, on December 28, Secretary of State John Kerry defended the United States’ abstention on the previous week’s United Nations Security Council resolution which called Jewish neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria (including...

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