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Apr 26, 2026, 2:15 AM

They Signed Letters — Not History

The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin; the U.S. president, Bill Clinton; and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the Oslo Accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, 1993. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel Didn’t “Recognize Palestinians.” It Recognized a Negotiating Partner. A familiar claim keeps resurfacing: “Israel itself recognized the Palestinian people.” From that, a further leap is made: that Israel effectively conceded the name “Palestinians,” surrendering it to what I call UNRWA clientele. The...

Mar 19, 2026, 12:26 PM

From Oslo to Ramallah, a Way Towards Disaster

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

When Peace Replaced Trust With Fear In the late 1970s, my parents had Israeli friends who represented something deeply human and often forgotten in today’s narratives. They were ordinary people. They had friendships that crossed every line the world now...

Dec 23, 2025, 1:30 PM

You want Oslo included in the October 7 probe? Ok, let’s do it

(From L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Yesha Council chairman Yisrael Ganz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Likud MK Avichai Boaron at a ceremony marking the establishment of a new settlement in the southern West Bank called Mitzpe Ziv on June 10, 2025. (Courtesy)

The Netanyahu government seeks to pin the 2023 catastrophe on the 1993 interim peace agreements. That case is sure to backfire

Dec 4, 2025, 7:35 AM

Reconciliation in the land of the Bible, then and now

Rabbi Ron Kronish, Rabbi Shear Yeshuv Cohen and Cardinal Edward Cassidy at a conference on Jewish-Catholic Relations in Jerusalem, 1999, courtesy of Ron Kronish

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The violence of brothers hating each other and even killing one another --which we are witnessing in Israel and Palestine in recent decades -- is not new to the land of the Bible, the land of Israel. The book...

Jonathan Moshevich

Nov 25, 2025, 12:13 AM

For two years, I have largely stayed away from posting on Facebook. I have purged many "friends" — the ones who didn't have the bandwidth to utter even the most banal of condolences when we were slaughtered, yet had an...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 24, 2025, 8:35 AM

Annexation by Consensus: Israel’s Last Deterrent

Israel stands at a crossroads. For decades, governments from Left and Right have danced around sovereignty in Judea and Samaria—paralyzed by fear of international backlash or Arab rage. But deterrence, not diplomacy, has always been Israel’s strongest language. And it...

Cedric Vloemans

Sep 1, 2025, 11:47 AM

Toward Two States: A pragmatic vision in a complex reality

The two-state solution is routinely presented as the singular path to peace in the Middle East’s most volatile and complex region, a seemingly straightforward concept that, in practice, is entangled in decades of historical grievances, contested borders, deep-seated political...

Aug 25, 2025, 8:20 PM

Day 689 of the War: Bring Them Home Now

Begin last Saturday night, my photo

I stopped watching television more than 20 years ago, but every so often, when I hear about a recommended program, I try to watch it to stay updated. Over the weekend, everyone in my circle was shocked by the...

Cedric Vloemans

Aug 1, 2025, 6:27 PM

Recognition of Palestine: A fig leaf for Western inaction

French President Emmanuel Macron (CC BY 4.0)

Suddenly, European countries are tripping over each other to recognize Palestine. France is considering it, Portugal is on board, the UK seems to be shifting, and even Canada - long seen as a close ally of Israel - is...

Shaike Komornik

Jul 21, 2025, 11:27 PM

It’s Time to Reactivate the Oslo Accords

In view of the latest developments in the area and the devastating wars that we have been through, I would like to propose that it is time to try again to implement the Oslo Accords. Originally signed in 1993 between...

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