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Aug 14, 2018, 11:41 PM

There is no Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

There is no such thing as the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict because current disputes with Palestinian-Arabs cannot, and should not, be viewed in isolation. Once upon a time, there used to be this thing called the Arab-Israeli conflict. It was called so...

Aug 12, 2018, 2:19 PM

Kushner is right about the United Nations

Jared Kushner at a White House meeting with President Donald Trump, January 11, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

It's time to hack UNRWA -- the agency that subsidizes despair and continued conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians

Aug 8, 2018, 9:54 PM

Disillusioned Leftists Reshaping Israeli Politics

Bill Clinton looks on as Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands during the historic signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. On the far right, current Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (GPO)

Israel's political landscape shifting as more leftists rebuffing two-state model for resolving Palestinian issue

Aug 8, 2018, 4:05 PM

Heading to Israel? Be careful what you say.

Screenshot from video shows anti-Occupation activists touring the West Bank with Israeli officers (Source: Jewish News)

Entering Israel as Diaspora Jews, we’re used to being asked “Do you have relatives in Israel?” or “What synagogue do you attend?”. We don’t expect to be detained for hours and asked “What do you think of Bibi Netanyahu?”...

Aug 6, 2018, 10:29 AM

Corbyn, Still Stained By Racism

Jeremy Corbyn's column in which he defends himself while promising that his party will do whatever it takes to safeguard the Jewish community does provide, finally, a look inside his socialist hard left-wing head (and thanks to JK for that). What Corbyn does...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Aug 2, 2018, 4:08 PM

There are no second-class citizens, only second-rate democrats

Before I start criticizing the newest discriminatory Israeli law, let me make very clear that racism and other bigotries are part of almost any group and every nation. These are never used as a pretext to justify delegitimizing those...

Jul 30, 2018, 1:16 PM

A Professor and Peace Activist Persists for Peace

Galia Golan (photo by Doron Gild)

Professor Galia Golan has been one of the leading peace activists and peace professors -- an academic who promotes peace through her research and extra-curricular activities -- in Israel during the last 52 years, since her aliyah to Israel...

Uri Pilichowski

Jul 29, 2018, 11:06 PM

Ahed Tamimi Is (Still) Not Free

Today’s Israeli headlines all scream of Palestinian Arab Ahed Tamimi’s release from jail. Last year, the then-16-year-old Ahed assaulted an Israeli soldier on her front drive and was sentenced to an eight month prison sentence. Ahed wasn’t just any...

Jul 28, 2018, 9:58 AM

Saudis Abandon Palestinian Cause To Fight Iran

Fayez Nureldine/AFP

The Obama administration’s attempts to normalize relations with Iran triggered a series of realignments in the Middle East, not the least of which was a de facto alliance between the Israelis and Saudis. While the two countries have been...

Jul 27, 2018, 6:19 PM

The day I found out Jews don't eat people

After 1967, I learned that Israel was the only country that gave my family the chance to have a good life

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