Topic: West Bank

Airbnb to face discrimination complaint in NY over blacklisting Jewish-owned homes in the West Bank
Airbnb to face discrimination complaint in NY over blacklisting Jewish-owned homes in the West Bank November 27, 2018 Thomas Lifson Company could be barred from transacting business in New York State if the complaint is upheld.
NYT Weeps for Palestinia​ns Getting Generous Jobs from Israeli 'Occupiers​'
NYT Weeps for Palestinia​ns Getting Generous Jobs from Israeli 'Occupiers​' February 12, 2014 Leo Rennert The Palestinians are 'conflicted.'
Seeing What isn't There
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.
MLA Lays the Groundwork for Promoting Punishment of Israel
MLA Lays the Groundwork for Promoting Punishment of Israel January 12, 2014 Peggy Shapiro The Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago this week took on the question of academic boycotts of Israel.
The NYT's Double Standard in Action
The NYT's Double Standard in Action January 6, 2014 Leo Rennert Suffering Palestinians vs.well-off Israeli suburbanites.
Some occupied territories are more equal than others
Some occupied territories are more equal than others December 28, 2013 Thomas Lifson A challenge to European Union hypocrisy reduces foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to, in essence, "because I say so"
Listening to the Palestinians
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.
No Territorial Concessions
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.
Making Arab Heads Explode
Making Arab Heads Explode September 3, 2013 Thomas Lifson Without firing a single cruise missile.
Australian Labour Stumbles over Anti-Jewish Policy
Australian Labour Stumbles over Anti-Jewish Policy September 1, 2013 David Singer Aussie Labour gets caught playing both ends against the middle.
Why WaPo Mideast Coverage is Untrustwor​thy
Why WaPo Mideast Coverage is Untrustwor​thy August 13, 2013 Leo Rennert Today's reportage peppered by falsehoods.
PA Fleeces new Palestinia​n City
PA Fleeces new Palestinia​n City August 11, 2013 Leo Rennert But NY Times flogs Israel.
WaPo's Strange Math
WaPo's Strange Math August 6, 2013 Leo Rennert Making up numbers to bash Israeli settlements.
WaPo picture tells the story its text won't touch
WaPo picture tells the story its text won't touch August 3, 2013 Michael Berenhaus What more proof does the world need?
Israel's Right to Negotiate
Israel's Right to Negotiate June 17, 2013 Ted Belman Is Benjamin Netanyahu playing both ends against the middle?
The View from the West Bank
The View from the West Bank June 16, 2013 Abraham Katsman You can't ask a nation to commit suicide.
The Legality of Israeli Settlements
The Legality of Israeli Settlements May 24, 2013 Michael Curtis International attacks on Israeli West Bank settlements are based almost totally on mythology, with no basis in fact.
For Israel, back-of-th​e-bus treatment in WaPo
For Israel, back-of-th​e-bus treatment in WaPo March 6, 2013 Leo Rennert No good deed goes unpunished.
The Peace Process Obsession
The Peace Process Obsession February 20, 2013 Richard Baehr Before the president and his new Secretary of State John Kerry begin to repeat the mistakes of the past and resume the effort at "peace processing," here is what they need to understand.
Religious Conviction and Reality
Religious Conviction and Reality February 17, 2013 Alon Ben-Meir The Arab-Israeli conflict is generally viewed as a political and territorial conflict, yet the underlying religious component has created a certain mindset that further complicates the struggle and adds to its intransigence.
Preservation vs. Vandalism
Preservation vs. Vandalism February 14, 2013 Leo Rennert A large contrast between Israeli and Palestinian attitudes toward antquity.
Judicial Bias against Israel
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.
Will the real Moderate Palestinians Please Stand Up?
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?
If You Start to Take Vienna, Take Vienna
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.
Some American Jews Have Short-Term Memory Loss
Some American Jews Have Short-Term Memory Loss November 5, 2012 Jerrold L. Sobel A large segment of the Jewish population either couldn't care less or does indeed have short-term memory loss regarding Barack Obama's dealings with Israel.
Netanyahu's Settlement Jungle
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.
Rethinking Palestine 2012
Rethinking Palestine 2012 October 4, 2012 Shoshana Bryen The Oslo Accords, negotiated without U.S. participation and signed in 1993, were founded on the mistaken belief that Palestinians and Israelis were trying to solve the same problem.