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An overlooked fact from the Capital Jewish Museum murders in DC May 25, 2025
Milli Sands
Sometimes, what’s not in a museum tells as powerful a story as what can be found in the museum.
A new lawsuit seeks to stop the open pro-Palestinian/anti-Jewish indoctrination in the Oakland Unified School District April 9, 2025
Andrea Widburg
The level of violent anti-Israel and antisemitic antipathy that the schools were inculcating into the students is truly shocking.
Anybody notice that the Emirati foreign minister called the Palestinian authorities 'Ali Baba and the 40 thieves' in a shouting match? June 8, 2024
Monica Showalter
Sometimes, the truth gets out.
Palestinians can pound sand May 4, 2024
Gerald McGlothlin
Hamas is a vicious, tyrannical terror organization that somehow has become the object of heroism for campus protestors.
Grunts and Oinks: San Francisco leftists jeer Jewish man who spoke out about his family's experience on October 7 January 11, 2024
Monica Showalter
Once again, the Hamas crowd shows us who they are.
The most inexplicable chant surfaces in Berlin demonstration July 24, 2023
Thomas Lifson
How is this not insane?
Karine Jean-Pierre tells 'both sides to de-escalate' after being told of the attack on a Jerusalem synagogue that killed 7 January 28, 2023
Thomas Lifson
Calling for de-escalation in that situation is like saying Tyre Nichols should have de-escalated while the Memphis cops were beating him to death, something you can be certain the mop-headed moron would never say.
Crocodile tears and American delusions March 30, 2022
Barry Shaw
Five killed, many more injured in a terror attack outside Tel Aviv, after Biden restores American funding that the Palestinians use to reward those who kill Jews.
Fareed Zakaria wrong on Israel May 28, 2021
Michael Berenhaus
Washington Post columnist Zakaria believes that with a heightened morality, Israel will "one day lead the country to give the Palestinians a state of their own." Do Hamas and Fatah each get a state?
Speaking tour by Palestinian youth 'journalist' exposes Chicago-based Islamists September 4, 2019
Hesham Shehab
Janna Jihad, who is 13 years old, is credentialed with the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and is currently on a P.R. tour in the USA.
'Human rights lawyer' for Palestinians imprisoned for six months in UK after spitting in the face of an Air India crew member during racist tirade May 26, 2019
Thomas Lifson
Intoxicated and denied more wine following breakfast service on a nine-hour flight, the purported humanitarian displayed her character.
The most absurd claim of the World War 1 armistice centenary November 13, 2018
Thomas Lifson
The ultimate in victimology.
The Sunni Nations and the 'Jordanian Option' October 13, 2017
Ron Jager
Palestinian autonomy based on a federation within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan offers the only viable and sustainable hope for the Palestinian Arabs.
Palestinians heading for catastrophe (again) July 23, 2017
Ron Jager
This past week, Palestinian terrorists used Al-Aqsa, known as the Temple Mount, Islam’s third holiest religious site as a safe haven to smuggle in automatic weapons that were used by 3 Palestinian terrorists under the pretense of prayer to shoot and kill 2 Israeli Police Officers
'Palestinian' Is a Fabricated Nationality March 12, 2017
Dan Calic
The entire premise on which the PLO was founded is a fabrication. There was never a "Palestine" and no "Palestinian" people.
'We Call Them Palestinians Because…' February 24, 2017
Sha'i ben-Tekoa
Palestinian nationalism has replaced anti-Semitism as this generation’s kosher way of lying about and hating Jews.
Passover and the Palestinians April 17, 2016
Steve Apfel
It's the time of year when Palestinians (and too many liberal Jews) start making false analogies.
‘Palestinians’ or ‘Arabstinians’? February 3, 2016
Dan Calic
Just who are the Palestinians? Are they a unique group of people with a separate ethnic identity, language, and history?
Center for American Progress kerfuffle accidentally reveals Palestinians were advising demonstrators in Ferguson November 12, 2015
Thomas Lifson
Oops! As a byproduct of an internal dispute at the far-left think-tank the Center for American Progress (CAP), it has been revealed that Palestinian advisers were advising the rioters in Ferguson.
The Pivotal Role of Jordan in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict October 28, 2015
Barry Shaw
Jordan, now in the crosshairs of ISIS, holds the key to resolving conflicts over the Temple Mount and Jerusalem.
No, Rev. Wright, Jesus wasn't a 'Palestinian'; he called his homeland 'Israel' October 12, 2015
James Arlandson
Jeremiah Wright doesn't know his biblical scripture.
Meet the Palestinian human rights advocate who opposes boycotts September 24, 2015
Barry Shaw
And the European countries that blocked his funding.
Kurdistan: Model for Islamic Reform July 2, 2015
G. Murphy Donovan
Kurdistan has the potential to be the fulcrum of 21st Century Islamic reformation, a model for what a modern Islamic state could or should be. The Kurds are the antithesis of Shia/Sunni supremacists
Pope Francis and the Palestinians May 24, 2015
Michael Curtis
Two issues arise concerning the actions and words of Pope Francis
Pope continues his leftward course with recognition of 'Palestinian State' May 14, 2015
Thomas Lifson
The first Jesuit pope is proving true to that order’s leftist inclinations.
Palestinians Can Thank the U.S. For Their International Stature January 3, 2015
Avi Davis
It is time for the U.S. to make the Palestinians recognize that there is a price to be paid for defying their benefactors
Talk about bad luck! July 18, 2014
Thomas Lifson
Pictures show that the same family killed in Syria by Assad was also killed by IDF bombing in Gaza a couple of days ago, according to Arab media.
Big Bullies on Campus June 10, 2014
Charles Lipson
Oddly enough, the "anti-bullying" activists have nothing to say.
WaPo weeps for Palestinian terrorist, but not for his victims May 4, 2014
Leo Rennert
An object lesson in how to forgive or attenuate Palestinian crimes.
How Wash. Post, NY Times inject Palestinian propaganda in 'news' dispatches April 28, 2014
Leo Rennert
Headlines and lead paragraphs reflect a decided Palestinian bent. Only if you dig deeper into such articles does it become apparent that messages conveyed at the top just ain’t so.
The Bad Faith of Mahmoud Abbas April 4, 2014
Michael Curtis
Has Palestinian leader Abbas lost his mind? Or is this just par for the course?
Where Did the Peace Process Go? March 30, 2014
Shoshana Bryen
John Kerry and Barack Obama have managed to alienate both Israel and the Palestinians at the same time, so they don’t want to talk about it.
The Palestinian Narrative: Seeking Peace by Waging War March 28, 2014
Steve Feldman and Christopher J. Katulka
Groups like the Quakers and the Catholic Peace Fellowship do no favors for peace in the Middle East when they imbibe radical Palestinian propaganda.
Christ at the Checkpoint Conference: Promoting Delegitimization not Reconciliation March 13, 2014
Dan Calic
Anti-Israel Christian activists gather in a conference whose very name suggests that if Jesus were alive today he would be subject to interrogation by Israeli security
Israeli Concern and Arab Apathy March 9, 2014
Michael Curtis
How long will it take the anti-Semites in the mainstream media to notice who exactly is helping the war-stricken in Syria...and who is ignoring them?
Liberals' Hypocrisy over Palestinian Intolerance February 26, 2014
Shoula Romano Horing
The fact that Israel is the only safe haven for sexual minorities in the Middle East has been oddly overlooked by Western progressives.
On Israel, WaPo ignores the elephant in the room February 23, 2014
Leo Rennert
A series of glaring omissions expose the paper's bias regarding peace talks in Israel.
Water for Israelis and Palestinians February 17, 2014
Michael Curtis
Another Israeli/Palestinian controversy based on nothing.
NYT Weeps for Palestinians Getting Generous Jobs from Israeli 'Occupiers' February 12, 2014
Leo Rennert
The Palestinians are 'conflicted.'
On Israeli Humanitarian Aid to Syrians February 11, 2014
Michael Curtis
An extraordinary story has been unfolding in Israel.
Confronting the Boycotters February 6, 2014
Shoula Romano Horing
Instead of cowering down in front of bullies, the Israeli government and its supporters must follow those who choose to stand up and reject hypocrisy, bigotry, and moral double standards.
Along Came Kerry February 5, 2014
Gene Schwimmer
The biggest factor standing in the way of a settlement in the Middle East may well be... John Kerry.
John Kerry in Troubled Waters February 5, 2014
Michael Curtis
John Kerry should be criticized for not taking a more forthright stand, as Scarlett Johansson did, against the bigotry and bias of those engaging in boycott of Israel,
John Kerry in Fantasy Land February 5, 2014
Leo Rennert
Where the West Bank in full of lollipop trees and the Palestinians all riide unicorns.
What Israeli boycott? February 4, 2014
Leo Rennert
Palestinians prefer Israeli goods over Arab and European imports.
NY Times 'Roughly' Wrong about Mahmoud Abbas January 30, 2014
Leo Rennert
'A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down.'
Scarlett Johansson's Trouble is more than Oxfam January 28, 2014
J. Robert Smith
Oxfam is just the tip of the iceberg in the attack on Johansson.
Seeing What isn't There January 28, 2014
Shoshana Bryen
John Kerry wouldn't be the first one to see things in the Middle East.
The Dream Castle of Oz January 19, 2014
Glenn Fairman
It is easy for a writer as glib and as rhetorically gifted as Amos Oz to assert a thing to be true, but quite another to prove it.
Sharon's Legacy January 18, 2014
Alon Ben-Meir
Sharon had no malice in his heart but his overzealousness obscured, at times, his better judgment
Moshe Yaalon and Kerry's Obsession January 17, 2014
Michael Curtis
Yaalon's recent criticism of John Kerry cut through the fog that is the State Department's preferred environment.
Sharon and Unilateral Disengagement January 15, 2014
Michael Curtis
From ruthless military commander to peacemaker -- Ariel Sharon was a unique figure in the annals of Israel.
A Disturbing Double Standard January 15, 2014
Sarah N. Stern
The U.S. government insists on concessions from Israel that we would not accept ourselves.
The Right of Return to Manhattan and Other Places January 7, 2014
Michael Curtis
Given the number of refugees worldwide, it is fallacious to argue that Palestinians should get special treatment because of the scale and uniqueness of their situation.
The NYT's Double Standard in Action January 6, 2014
Leo Rennert
Suffering Palestinians vs.well-off Israeli suburbanites.
Jewish Rights in the Land of Israel December 26, 2013
Jerold S. Auerbach
There is an irrefutable legal argument, grounded in nearly a century of international law, which supports Jewish settlement throughout Judea and Samaria.
Christian Exodus from Bethlehem December 23, 2013
Leo Rennert
Guess who gets blamed by the Washington Post?
Academic Subservience to the Palestinians December 22, 2013
Michael Curtis
The intellectual subservience of supposedly independently minded academics to a foreign, Palestinian body is depressing in itself.
Listening to the Palestinians December 18, 2013
Shoshana Bryen
John Kerry assumes that the Palestinian bottom line would be independence, money and a wedge between the U.S. and Israel.
Asking the Right Question December 7, 2013
Mike Konrad
The problem is that no one asks the right question: Does Israel have a right to exist as a Jewish nation?
WaPo Spotlights Netanyahu, Shields Iran and Palestinians December 7, 2013
Leo Rennert
The Post bears down hard on Israel.
NYT Peddles U.N. Propaganda about Palestinian Refugees November 30, 2013
Leo Rennert
Revisionist history at its ultimate.
Israel: It's Time to Stand up November 22, 2013
Jerrold L. Sobel
American Mideast policy has indeed shifted, and it's time that Israel recognized this.
Drawing Blood November 7, 2013
Abraham Katsman
Palestinian dehumanization of Israelis acts as a dangerous impediment against peace.
'The Jewish State of Israel' October 27, 2013
Alon Ben-Meir
Facts are facts, and mere words won't change them, no matter how much we might wish it otherwise.
NYT Weeps for Vandalized Palestinian Olive Trees October 23, 2013
Leo Rennert
No tears for Israeli trees.
The New York Times vs. Netanyahu October 17, 2013
Jerold S. Auerbach
The Times continues to be true to its long history of discomfort with Zionism, indifference to the plight of European Jews, and constant criticism of Israel.
No Territorial Concessions October 9, 2013
Mike Konrad
Israel is being asked to do what no other nation in history has been asked to do.
The Palestinian Use of Propaganda September 29, 2013
Michael Curtis
The use of propaganda by Palestinians to gain compassion and political support has been their one great success.
Why is there no Palestinian Nelson Mandela? September 24, 2013
Michael Curtis
Palestinians lack a leader of Mandela's unquestionable moral stature.
Why is the New York Times Always Wrong on Israel? September 17, 2013
Michael Curtis
The root of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors is the refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish people to a state of their own.
UNRWA and Palestinian Hatred September 4, 2013
Eileen F. Toplansky
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has been a hotbed for radical ideas, terrorist training, and anti-American and anti-Semitic ideology for 64 years.
Australian Labour Stumbles over Anti-Jewish Policy September 1, 2013
David Singer
Aussie Labour gets caught playing both ends against the middle.
Jerusalem: Capital Cut-Up Kerry's Latest Joke August 23, 2013
Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
Why should Americans, especially American Christians, support John Kerry's dangerous plan to carve up Jerusalem?
NYT Perfumes Palestinian Aggression August 21, 2013
Leo Rennert
A new definition of "violent protest.'
A Hotbed Boils Over August 20, 2013
Mike Konrad
Throughout Israel, facing what they feel is an Israeli government selling out Israel's patrimony, pioneers are becoming extreme.
European Union Plays Judge And Jury July 26, 2013
David Singer
With its decision concerning Israeli interests on the West Bank, the European Union has put itself in something of a bind.
WaPo ignores Sharp Criticism of Kerry by Senior Palestinian Officials July 23, 2013
Leo Rennert
Is Kerry jumping the gun?
Netanyahu's Surrender? July 21, 2013
Jerold S. Auerbach
Netayahu bends to pressure from that strong, overbearing figure... John Kerry.
WaPo Stacks the Deck July 18, 2013
Leo Rennert
The customary tilt toward the Palestinians gets a little more extreme.
The Palestinian Problem July 7, 2013
Mike Konrad
Current Mideast negotiating strategies are an exercise in ignoring the obvious.
In Media World, only Israel Blocks Peace Process June 20, 2013
Leo Rennert
How not to promote a peace deal.
Israel's Right to Negotiate June 17, 2013
Ted Belman
Is Benjamin Netanyahu playing both ends against the middle?
WaPo Peddles Fictionalized Version of Arab League Peace Plan May 27, 2013
Leo Rennert
Another flawed 'plan.'
NYT, WaPo Shield Abbas from Inconvenient Truths May 24, 2013
Leo Rennert
Abbas, it seems, outweighs Kerry.
The Unbearable Lightness of Alan Dershowitz May 1, 2013
Andrew G. Bostom
The beloved legal gadfly fumbles the ball once again.
NYT Decrees Nonexistence of Palestinian Terrorism May 1, 2013
Leo Rennert
It's "militants" for Israel.
Resurrecting The Arab Peace Initiative April 28, 2013
Alon Ben-Meir
Should Arab proposals for Mideast peace be given a second look?
WaPo Libels Netanyahu April 10, 2013
Leo Rennert
...while shielding Mahmoud Abbas. Paging Mr. Orwell!
WaPo Flacks Arab 'Peace' Plan April 9, 2013
Leo Rennert
The Palestinians could scarcely ask for more.
Rectifying the Palestinian Narrative April 7, 2013
Michael Curtis
A standard anti-Semitic outburst ends with a rare and welcome instance of the Palestinians being forced to eat their words.
Whose Holy Sites are Under Attack in Jerusalem? April 1, 2013
Leo Rennert
A strange oversight by Mahmoud Abbas.
The PLO Rewrites History March 31, 2013
Warren Beatty
There is not, nor ever has there been, a Palestinian people, state, language, culture, or history. The present-day "Palestinians" are Arabs, with Arabic culture, history, and language.
For Israel, back-of-the-bus treatment in WaPo March 6, 2013
Leo Rennert
No good deed goes unpunished.
NY Times adopts Palestinian terrorist prisoners February 20, 2013
Leo Rennert
"Security prisoners" -- the new euphemism for "terrorist."
Divestment and the Destruction of Israel February 9, 2013
Mike Konrad
At the core, divestment is about destroying Israel, piece by piece. The supporters of BDS may not see it that way -- though I suspect more realize it than are willing to admit it -- but that does not negate the ugly reality.
Judicial Bias against Israel February 7, 2013
Michael Curtis
To the surprise of none except the most naïve, the UNHRC report enjoined Israel to stop expanding settlements and called on the Israeli government to withdraw all Israeli settlers from the disputed areas of the West Bank.
No Mere Existence for Israel January 26, 2013
Andrew E. Harrod
The Saturday, January 19, 2013 "No Blank Check for Israel" rally demanded that U.S. aid to Israel be "conditioned" on human rights -- as defined by the American left.
Will the real Moderate Palestinians Please Stand Up? January 20, 2013
Michael Curtis
Are there indeed Palestinian leaders whose position is more moderate than that of the acknowledged extremists?
West Bank Shooting Reveals WaPo Bias January 16, 2013
Leo Rennert
The more credible version would seem to be that Palestinian youths -- not Israeli soldiers -- turned a confrontation into something violent.
Israeli Voters Turn Right with a new Political Star January 13, 2013
Leo Rennert
Why the sudden emergence of another right-wing party?
Erasing Israel from the Map January 8, 2013
Eileen F. Toplansky
Using textbooks as propaganda is nothing new. Hitler filled the minds of German youth with vile depictions of Jews in textbooks. It continues today with Palestinian militants and their Western allies.
Against Nothingness December 23, 2012
Anne Lieberman
The depth of this Jewish heritage, handed down from generation to generation, holds the combined wisdom and teachings of all those Jews who came before us and on whose shoulders we are now blessed to stand.
A Formula for Smearing Israel December 12, 2012
Leo Rennert
Payback for the Palestinians getting statehood recognition at the UN -- or so the WaPo claims.
Back to Being a 'Sh**ty Little Country' December 4, 2012
Shoshana Bryen
Israel is again, in the immortal words of Daniel Bernard, a sh**ty little country.
Israel Returns Fire December 3, 2012
Jerold S. Auerbach
Perhaps the time has finally come for Israel to claim in full its settlement rights in Judea and Samaria under international law.
Start With a Lie, Then Bury the Truth December 2, 2012
Leo Rennert
The TImes today belatedly lets in a glimmer of truth while burying it so far down that hardly any readers would notice.
Self-defense and its limitations November 21, 2012
Ted Belman
Gaza 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.
If You Start to Take Vienna, Take Vienna November 18, 2012
Mike Konrad
Whatever one thinks of the justice of Israeli claims, it does not make military rule any more palatable to an Arab; and however poorly one thinks of the Arab cause, military rule is still noxious and oppressive.
Mainstream Media's Equivalence Game November 16, 2012
Leo Rennert
It's as if we should mourn the passing of Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden as much as the deaths of innocent children.
More Biased Photo Coverage at the Washington Post November 15, 2012
Leo Rennert
For Palestinian suffering, the Post pulls out a heart-tugging picture of utter grief, while Israeli pain gets back-of-the-bus treatment.
The Answer Is outside the Mideast November 11, 2012
Mike Konrad
The Palestinian emigration solution is not perfect. Nor is it wholly just. But Bismarck noted that "politics is the art of the possible;" for justice we will have to wait for the return of the Messiah.
Netanyahu's Settlement Jungle October 28, 2012
Jerold S. Auerbach
The largest Jewish settlement in the Middle East, routinely delegitimized in the international arena, is the State of Israel.
Abbas's Epic Fail October 22, 2012
Leo Rennert
The important conclusion to be drawn from the latest elections is that Abbas has lost the final shreds of domestic legitimacy to negotiate a final-status solution with Israel.
Palestinians Don't Want Peace with Israel and Mitt Romney was Correct to Say So September 20, 2012
Neil Snyder
Mitt Romney said what a president should say. Barack Obama, on the other hand, simply spouts out words with no meaning -- something that he has earned a reputation for doing