Commentary
AFP Implies Gaza Youth Injured by Israeli Missile, Even Though Seemingly Caused by Terrorist Rocket
“Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaban dreamed of returning to the classroom in Gaza for the start of the school year,” an article by Agence France-Presse (AFP)...
A Stunning Holocaust Documentary — But Not for Reasons You Suspect
The congregants at Temple Beth Torah in Massachusetts hang on every word of Misha Defonseca's story. She is a Holocaust survivor who, at the age of 7, walked thousands of miles through the woods from...
The Taliban and Al-Qaeda: What Next?
The Taliban proved that they value loyalty when they rejected US and Saudi pressure to hand over Osama bin Laden no matter the cost. The Taliban have since come to appreciate Al-Qaeda’s fighting skills and...
It’s Italy’s Turn to Shun the Durban Conference
JNS.org - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi knows very well that he must not allow the shame of past Durban conferences to regain the world stage. French President Emmanuel Macron already did so, by announcing...
They’re Saying This Taliban Is Different
JNS.org - The ink wasn’t dry on the optimistic predictions that the Afghan government put...
Why Rename Judea and Samaria?
There is good reason that the Arab world and the anti-Israel left insist on using...
Two Cranky Old Jews Symbolize Everything That’s Wrong With Our Political Culture
JNS.org - Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who...
CAIR Lectures Media About Accurately Quoting Jihadists
On Monday, after Kabul fell, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said that it was "a great...
New York Times Got ‘Permission’ From Hamas for Gaza Video Coverage
The violent conflict in Israel and Gaza may have reached an uneasy and imperfect ceasefire,...
AFP Implies Gaza Youth Injured by Israeli Missile, Even Though Seemingly Caused by Terrorist Rocket
“Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaban dreamed of returning to the classroom in Gaza for the start of the school year,” an article by Agence France-Presse (AFP) republished...
A Stunning Holocaust Documentary — But Not for Reasons You Suspect
The congregants at Temple Beth Torah in Massachusetts hang on every word of Misha Defonseca's story. She is a Holocaust survivor who, at the age...
The Taliban and Al-Qaeda: What Next?
The Taliban proved that they value loyalty when they rejected US and Saudi pressure to hand over Osama bin Laden no matter the cost. The...
It’s Italy’s Turn to Shun the Durban Conference
JNS.org - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi knows very well that he must not allow the shame of past Durban conferences to regain the world...
They’re Saying This Taliban Is Different
JNS.org - The ink wasn’t dry on the optimistic predictions that the Afghan government put in place by the Americans would hold out against the...
Why Rename Judea and Samaria?
There is good reason that the Arab world and the anti-Israel left insist on using the mendacious and geographically inaccurate term “West Bank” when they...
Two Cranky Old Jews Symbolize Everything That’s Wrong With Our Political Culture
JNS.org - Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who cares? In theory, no one ought to. But when the...
CAIR Lectures Media About Accurately Quoting Jihadists
On Monday, after Kabul fell, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said that it was "a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have...
New York Times Got ‘Permission’ From Hamas for Gaza Video Coverage
The violent conflict in Israel and Gaza may have reached an uneasy and imperfect ceasefire, but the New York Times just can’t let go. The Times...
Little Enthusiasm in the Middle East for the Taliban Victory
Though the Hamas leadership is certainly happy over the sweeping Taliban victory in Afghanistan, the response in its media sites only faintly registered it. Felesteen,...
Peter Beinart’s Blindness on Israel, Iran and Nuclear Weapons
In a New York Times op-ed predictably hailed as “brave,” Peter Beinart attempts to lay out the case that a prudent American policy on Iran’s...
Judaism and Monarchies
I am amazed that so many Americans are enamored with the British Monarchy. When I was the principal of Carmel College in 1973, we hosted...
As Media Berate Israel, Hamas Reportedly Hiding Enough Funds to Rebuild Gaza Strip
Leading German daily Die Welt has published an expose on Hamas’ secret foreign investment portfolio. According to documents obtained by the newspaper from Western intelligence...
CUNY and the Warfare of Academic Antisemitism
When the City University of New York (CUNY) faculty union -- the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) -- passed its June 10 resolution, so-called, “in support...
