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September 5, 2024
Gaza -- Who does it Belong to?By international law, Israel has the right to annex Gaza as she acquired it in a war of self-defense.
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June 17, 2024
The US ignores Israel’s right to the land and promotes a Palestinian State insteadWhat ever happened to rule of law?
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December 28, 2023
Israel Is in a Strong Position, Not a Weak PositionHeartening news that Israel is not about to let Joe Biden run its war.
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December 15, 2023
Biden is Using the Gaza War to Advance the Two-State Solution.Rahm Emanuel, once said, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” The Biden administration is following this dictum by nominally supporting Israel’s goal of destroying Hamas in order to advance the Two-State Solution.
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July 1, 2023
Is the King of Jordan abdicating?'Abdullah II, Rania, his son Hussein, his hope, his prime minister, and his entire government are outside Jordan in a tourist resort.'
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January 22, 2023
UN Security Council Resolution 242 and the Misrule of LawIsrael is the legal owner of all lands west of the Jordan River, as the San Remo Resolution of 1920, The Palestine Mandate of 1922 and Section 80 of the United Nations Charter prove.
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January 10, 2023
After the Oslo accords, the 'Jordan Option'How to end the Arab-Israeli conflict for good.
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January 4, 2023
Debunking the Arab narrative on Israel that keeps popping up again and againThe narrative about Israel unjustly occupying another land is utterly false and without legal foundation.
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December 31, 2022
Israel Should Terminate the Oslo AccordsThe Palestinians and Israel could renegotiate an arrangement that suits them both.
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September 11, 2022
Blaming Israel for the Palestinian Authority’s Internal ProblemsIt’s an old story; the Arabs cause trouble and Israel is blamed
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August 21, 2022
Jordan as the Homeland for PalestiniansA match made in heaven for both Jews and Arabs.
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July 26, 2022
Two-State Solution or Jordan Option? Your choice.Joe Biden left the Middle East still supporting the tired old Two-State Solution for Israel and the Palestinians. But there is a better way.
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July 14, 2022
Israel can say 'no' to US demands and more often than not, the sky won't fallWhy, exactly, do the U.S. and E.U. keep supporting the Two-State Solution? What's in it for them?
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May 2, 2022
Jordan is PalestineThe Arab propaganda machine, aided and abetted by the UN, EU, US, and most of the global media would have you believe otherwise.
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January 9, 2022
Israel should declare 3 No’sNo to a nuclear Iran. No to the Two-State Solution. No to a bi-national state.
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July 8, 2020
Will President Trump bring King Abdullah to Heel?Jordan continues its refusal to extradite terrorist Al-Tamimi.
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February 14, 2020
The Two-step Solution to The Palestinian ProblemThe Palestinian leadership was quick to reject the Trump peace plan, as did the Arab League and many others, including many Israelis. But that is just step one. Here is step 2.
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August 14, 2019
How the 'Jordan Option' will affect IsraelThe biggest game-changer in the Middle East since the Six-Day War.
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June 10, 2019
Rescuing Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal of the Century’From the death of a thousand cuts currently underway.
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April 28, 2019
Trump’s 'Deal of the Century' and Jordan as the Palestinian StateEveryone is selling Trump short.
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February 24, 2019
Trump's War against UNRWA Will Benefit the Palestinian 'Refugees'In August 2017, President Trump declared war on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) by rejecting its estimate of over 5 million Palestinian refugees, suggesting that the number was more like 500,000.
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October 28, 2018
The Jordan Option: The Only Game in TownForget the two-state solution. This is the solution to the Middle East quagmire.
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September 12, 2018
Will Trump's Deal of the Century Solve the Middle East's Problems?Here is what the deal might look like...and if it does look like this, it just might work.
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April 15, 2018
What is needed is a new Sykes-Picot AgreementUnder American leadership, the mistakes made by Britain and France in the disposition of the Ottoman territories after WWI could be corrected for the good of all.
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March 25, 2018
Israel, film, and public diplomacyThe Jewish story, from ancient times to the present, deserves to be told.
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December 17, 2017
The Jordan OptionThere is nothing to stop Jordan from changing its name to Palestine and making Amman its capital city.
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December 10, 2017
Ted Belman explains the 'Jordan Option'A very different approach to Middle East peace.
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October 13, 2017
Ted Belman explains The Ultimate Alternate SolutionTed Belman, editor and publisher of Israpundit, is speaking at ILTV studio about the upcoming conference in Jerusalem that will focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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July 13, 2017
King Abdullah of Jordan Needs to AbdicateThe Palestinians who constitute 75% of the population in Jordan need to be liberated from such an oppressive regime.
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May 28, 2017
Trump in Search of Middle East Peace, Not a Peace AgreementPresident Trump is right to be cautiously optimistic – because he has a plan.
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May 18, 2017
Trump’s plan to defeat radical IslamWhen President Trump arrives in Saudia Arabia and meets with the heads of 50 Muslim countries, expect him to change some longstanding expectations.
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April 16, 2017
The Deal of the CenturyFor six years now the conflict in Syria and Iraq has defied resolution because there are no good choices.
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March 12, 2017
The 100-year betrayal of Israel by the WestThe history of Israel and its allies is best described as one of conflicting loyalties. One could call it a century of betrayal.
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February 20, 2017
One State or Two States?When Nikki Haley said, "We are thinking out of the box as well," she raised the possibility of something else entirely...
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February 2, 2017
The Ultimate Alternate Israel-Palestine SolutionWith a new U.S. president, new ideas are emerging on how to resolve the Israel-Palestine debacle. One of the most promising comes from pro-Israel Palestinians who favor a new Palestinian state – in Jordan.
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January 1, 2017
Since when did the Palestinians become entitled to a state?As Newt Gingrich said in 2011, “the Palestinians are an invented people.”
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December 26, 2016
Trump appoints the right team to regain the Middle EastThe Trump administration is dedicated to undoing the harm done by the Obama administration in the Iran Deal. To succeed, it needs the right team.
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December 18, 2016
Trump’s New World OrderThe first hint of Donald Trump’s vision of a New World Order came when he said in a speech during the primaries that NATO is “obsolete.”
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October 15, 2016
Why I am still voting for TrumpFor the sake of argument, I would assume that the allegations were true, but would still vote for him.
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September 25, 2016
Trump Sees the Jihadist Trojan HorseEver wonder why there are so many Muslims and Muslim countries in the world?
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July 10, 2016
The New Middle EastFollowing the fiascos of Obama foreign policy in the Middle East, a new order is emerging, whether or not the U.S. likes it.
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June 14, 2016
Orlando jihad massacre: Hillary Clinton makes a very important point that Trump missedThat doesn't mean that I would vote for her. No way. She is still poison. Why didn't she say such things when she was secretary of state, let alone act on them?
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March 6, 2016
Israel’s so-called ‘right-wing’ governmentThe Netanyahu-led Government of Israel is often labeled “right wing.” But is it, really?
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January 10, 2016
The State of the Two-State SolutionThe Two State solution is dead but rather than bury it, the US and the EU want to embalm it, in the off chance that it can be brought to life in a decade or two.
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December 27, 2015
America has jumped from the Middle East frying pan into the fireSo far everything the Bush and Obama administrations have done has made it worse for the West. The US has not figured out who the enemy is nor how to deal with the threats.
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November 15, 2015
What Netanyahu WantsA takeaway from his remarks in the US to the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
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November 2, 2015
Natural selection among JewsNot so long ago, secular socialist Jews in Israel dominated, and religious Jews were considered Neanderthals and doomed to extinction. It hasn't worked out that way.
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October 4, 2015
Abbas's UN bombshell proved to be a dudOne doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Abbas spoke not a word of truth.
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August 8, 2015
The Iran Deal is bad for America, very badIn discussing the Iran Deal, most people are focused on the trees rather than the forest
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July 27, 2015
An Agreement Is Only as Good as the Will to Enforce ItThe Iran deal looks to be the newest addition to a long list of agreements that are on paper only and never enforced.
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July 16, 2015
The timeline of Obama's Iran capitulationI must conclude that he has lied all along about what he wanted and was merely saying so as a cover for his true goals.
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July 10, 2015
Democrats are distancing themselves from IsraelIsrael is no longer a non-partisan issue
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May 3, 2015
The Curious Supporters of the Corker BillHalf a loaf isn't better than no loaf, when the half loaf is poisonous.
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April 2, 2015
How to end the Middle East conflict in four easy stepsIf the West wants to end the conflict, there is a way.
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March 29, 2015
Let's Get Real: Re-evaluating the Two-State ApproachPresident Obama is insisting on the creation of Palestine with a border separating it from Israel based on the ’67 lines plus swaps. In doing so he is ignoring United Nations Security Council Resolution 242
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March 18, 2015
Netanyahu was the author of his near defeat and his great victoryHow Bibi turned around a looming defeat and engineered a brilliant victory.
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February 24, 2015
The West has dealt itself a weak hand in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIsrael need only call their bluff.
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December 14, 2014
An Epic Battle on the Two-State SolutionYou probably never learned about it because American media virtually ignored it.
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November 30, 2014
The Temple Mount ControversyWhat motivates the Arabs is not their fundamental attachment to Jerusalem or the Temple Mount but their desire to prevent Jews from exercising sovereignty over both.
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October 26, 2014
The 'Peace Process' Maintains the ConflictU.S. policy on Israel and the Palestinians is only keeping the rockets flying.
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October 5, 2014
Obama and Netanyahu: Intractable differencesTwo speeches at the United Nations General Assembly illustrate the vast gulf separating the leaders of the United States and Israel.
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July 25, 2014
Netanyahu's Game PlanThe situation in the Mideast is not at all what most commentators take it to be -- but it is generally encouraging for Israel.
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July 11, 2014
Bomb Gaza, Win the WarIsrael has the right to bomb Gaza and use artillery. It’s about time they did.
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May 12, 2014
Israel Must Continue to Build East of the Green LineIsrael has every right to build, having not conceded that right, either in general or specifically as a "gesture" to bribe Abbas to sit at the negotiating table.
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April 7, 2014
What Israel could learn from Egypt's General SisiIsrael could learn a thing or two from General al Sisi of Egypt.
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February 28, 2014
A Unilateral West Bank Solution?'We must have peace' is no excuise for ill-conisdered action.
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February 9, 2014
The U.S. Should Cut a Deal with Israel and End the ConflictThis is a deal that will work. It will end the occupation. It will end the conflict with the Palestinians.
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January 5, 2014
Kerry's 'Fair and balanced' is unfair to IsraelSecretary of State Kerry left Israel this morning for Jordan and Saudi Arabia. His parting words are not comforting.
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January 4, 2014
Will Netanyahu accept the Kerry Framework?Secretary of State Kerry is back in Israel pushing for the acceptance of his Framework
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December 15, 2013
A Land for Peace Deal Is a Mistake of Historic ProportionsIs Israel on the verge of giving up her biblical heartland?
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December 1, 2013
Israel is incapable of saying 'no'America has forced Israel to make concessions for little or no return.
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October 13, 2013
Can Israel be both Jewish and democratic?Or would it be better still for Israel to be Jewish first?
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August 11, 2013
Obama Moving to an Imposed Solution on Israel?How does Barack Obama intend to get the Israelis bend in the Middle East?
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August 9, 2013
It's Kerry that's not acting in good faithThe problem is that Kerry couldn't care less what Israel agreed to, didn't agree to, or what he accepted as Israel's negotiating terms.
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June 17, 2013
Israel's Right to NegotiateIs Benjamin Netanyahu playing both ends against the middle?
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May 12, 2013
Netanyahu's negotiating tactics need revisionNetanyahu should assert that Israel will never divide Jerusalem and that it will be Israel's undivided capital forever. The case can easily be made that what is commonly referred to as Arab East Jerusalem is really Jewish Jerusalem.
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May 5, 2013
The Arab Peace Initiative Is a Sow's EarSecretary Kerry hopes to re-energize the peace process by making a silk purse out of the Arab Peace Initiative.
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March 15, 2013
Time to Abandon the Two-state SolutionIs the two-state solution the main obstacle to serious progress toward a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians?
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November 25, 2012
Qatar Casts a Giant ShadowIt is bad enough that a small country like Israel has to contend with the likes of Qatar and its fellow travelers, but to have them embraced by the ruling elites in the U.S. and Europe increases the danger to Israel exponentially.
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November 21, 2012
Self-defense and its limitationsGaza is not a sovereign territory. According to the UN it is an occupied territory. Occupation law entitles Israel to maintain peace and security. In fact it imposes a duty to do so.
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October 27, 2012
The Response to 9/11What the Bush administration was attempting to do was to attack the practitioners and the countries that supported them without taking on the ideology that motivated and informed them.
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September 9, 2012
The Eradication of IsraelObama has opposed Israel in every way possible. It looks like the Muslim Brotherhood and the State Department are getting their wish.
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August 1, 2012
Romney's Jerusalem DoctrineBy acknowledging he was in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, Mitt Romney laid out a Middle East policy path for his presidency, should he be elected.
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July 29, 2012
Is The Two-State Solution Doable?A debate rages between a New York Times op-ed column and Commentary response.
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July 11, 2012
The West Bank May Never Be the SameA legal tsunami gathering strength in Israel will soon engulf the region.
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June 10, 2012
Can Israel Defy the World?The fact is that you can count the instances where Israeli prime ministers have defied the U.S. on the fingers of one hand.
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May 27, 2012
If Only the Left Would Abandon IsraelWe all believe in the "rights of the oppressed" -- but it's the Jews in Israel who are being oppressed, not the Palestinians.
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March 31, 2012
The U.N. Acts in Violation of International Law while Claiming to Uphold ItThe United Nations' Human Rights Council has resorted to official enquiries as a precursor to damning Israel, this time accusing Israel of "confiscating and colonizing" Palestinian land.
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March 11, 2012
Sarah Palin and Zev Jabotinsky, The Odd SoulmatesBoth took on the permanent political class, the establishment or the intellectual elite. They took the battle of ideas to them in defiance of conventional wisdom or political correctness.
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March 4, 2012
Israel fiddles while Syria burns"No peace, no war" has been the arrangement with Syria since 1973. The outcome of the present civil war in Syria has the potential to change that
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February 26, 2012
Why is Obama in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood?Many would argue that Obama is "anti-Western, anti-Christian, [and] antisemitic." Judging by his policies, they would be right.
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February 12, 2012
The Poor PalestiniansIf you thought the title was referring to the Palestinians living in Gaza, or even Judea and Samaria, you were wrong.
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January 30, 2012
Hamas denounces Jordan as Palestinian homelandThey denounce what they fear, and now have done so very publicly.
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January 29, 2012
Palestine, Back to the FutureThere was a time when the lands now known as Israel (including Judea and Samaria and Gaza) and Jordan were called "Palestine."
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January 19, 2012
Want Peace? Democratize JordanA real homeland for Palestinians who want to live in peace and prosper.
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January 1, 2012
If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem...As laudable as the search for peace in the Middle East is, many would argue that agreeing to the terms of the PA -- or the EU, for that matter, not to mention Hamas -- would not result in peace in our time any more than such wrangling did in Neville Chamberlain's time.
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December 24, 2011
The Jews, the Communists, and the Democratic PartyI grew up in the forties and fifties. My father's family, like many other Polish Jewish families, were avowed Communists. They were dedicated to workers' rights and marched in the streets.
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November 15, 2011
The End of the 'Peace Process' EraThe Palestinian/Israeli conflict has entered a new era.
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November 4, 2011
Is the U.S. a friend or enemy of Israel?How sad that the question even can be asked.
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September 25, 2011
Propaganda is War by Other MeansWhen a government intends a war of aggression, it must first inculcate hatred of the indented victim. This is done through propaganda
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August 28, 2011
The Real Obstacles to PeaceOnce again, the US, the UN and the EU have criticized Israel for announcing new settlement construction in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) calling such construction "obstacles to peace".
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August 21, 2011
Israel's Great DivideIslam divides the world into the Dar al Harb (the land of war) and Dar al Salaam (the land of peace). In Israel the great divide is between the "Peace" Camp and "War" Camp.
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July 10, 2011
Israel is Sitting PrettyIsrael is sitting pretty. Sure she has problems, but her future is bright. Even her present is not too shabby.
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April 10, 2011
The Repercussions of a UN Recognition of PalestineThe Palestinian Authority (PA) has been hard at work of late lining up votes in the UNGA for the recognition of the state of Palestine with pre '67 borders with the eastern part of Jerusalem as its capital.
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February 20, 2011
The settlements are neither, 'illegitimate' nor 'illegal'In her recent interview with Christine Amanpour, she said, "I think it is absolutely clear to say, number one, that it's been American policy for many years that settlements were illegitimate."
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December 27, 2010
What to expect in the peace processIsrael has made a switch from concessions-based diplomacy (it's about time) to security-based diplomacy.
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December 19, 2010
America's Israel Policy Stuck on 1949The U.S. is trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
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November 28, 2010
The Unholy U.S./Muslim AlliancePresident Obama's much-pursued Muslim outreach merely makes public what has been a covert reality for American policy for a hundred years.
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November 26, 2010
The History Channel Rewrites Middle East HistoryAnti-Israel propaganda masquerading as history.
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November 7, 2010
Would President Palin End the Futile 'Peace Process'?The "Peace Process" will never work. If Gov. Palin is elected the next president in 2012, she may end the impasse by introducing a paradigm shift.
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October 16, 2010
Netanyahu's Declaration of IndependenceWith negotiations broken-down, the two-state solution in tatters, Netanyahu must take care of business.
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September 26, 2010
The Arabs Are Still Stuck on RejectionNetanyahu has made recognition of Israel's Jewish character a central demand, suggesting that the Palestinians' failure to do so means they have not come to terms with Israel's existence.
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September 22, 2010
US support of PA undermines compromiseExerting our influence with the Palestinians in the wrong way.
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September 6, 2010
The Significance of the Israeli Settlements FreezeWhy would anyone want to enter into negotiations for a settlement of anything, where he had to beg the other party to participate?
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August 29, 2010
The Truth About 'The Occupation' and 'The Settlements'The pro-Palestinian propaganda machine has succeeded in stigmatizing the Israeli occupation and the settlements. Here's the truth about the legalities.
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August 21, 2010
Iran, the spoilerNot recognizing Iran's central role dooms our policies to failure.
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July 25, 2010
The two-state solution is dead. Long live what?Almost everyone prefers to kick a dead horse, so to speak, rather than to acknowledge it is dead.
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July 18, 2010
Parameters for a Final Peace Agreement between Israel and the PAIf there is no agreement between the two parties, will Obama or the U.N. attempt to impose a plan?
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June 27, 2010
Israel's PR Is Not the ProblemWhen Israel loses yet another PR battle, many of her friends complain that Israel is partly to blame because she is woefully inept when it comes to PR.
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June 11, 2010
The Shifting Sands of the Middle EastIran has plotted a course which could lead to her dominance of the Muslim world and in the Middle East. So far, it's working splendidly.
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June 7, 2010
Obama and HamasPresident Obama is not letting the flotilla crisis go to waste. He is using it as a springboard to change U.S. policy regarding Hamas.
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May 3, 2010
Sarah Palin Is on a RollSince resigning from her governorship last July, Sarah Palin hasn't made a false move.
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April 13, 2010
Obama's Pie in the SkyThere is no solution to the final status issues of Jerusalem, borders, and refugees that both sides will agree to. Nevertheless, President Obama is committed to achieving an agreement.
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April 4, 2010
Saudi Arabia and the Peace ProcessIsrael's liberation from this deadly process depends solely on Americans taking back their country.
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March 10, 2010
Obama Aims to Impose a Solution on IsraelWhy did Obama repudiate the Bush letter which his man, Sen. Mitchell, had two months earlier endorsed in his name?
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December 7, 2009
Obama Aims to Impose a Solution on IsraelHow a commitment made early in the Obama administration has been forgotten.
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December 2, 2009
The Palin BrandCould British politics teach us something about Sarah Palin's political future?
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November 24, 2009
Annex Judea and SamariaEveryone knows that there is no diplomatic solution. Israel won't make further compromises to those offered and the Arabs have never compromised in a hundred years.
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May 3, 2009
Middle East Justice For AllThose who advocate for justice for the Palestinians must, to be just, also provide justice for the Jews. You can't have one without the other.
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February 6, 2007
Democrats and World War IVDemocrats by and large are in denial. They believe that America is to blame for terrorism. If only America would stop oppressing the Arabs or stop favouring Israel, terrorism would greatly diminish.
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August 28, 2006
President Bush Should Change His Strategy in Iraq -
March 15, 2006
The Real Tragedy in Israel