Daniel Mandel
ARTICLES BY: Daniel Mandel
A Fatal Flaw in the Palestinian Peace Process
Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state has assumed center stage in recent days. The Palestinians have repeatedly refused, insisting that their official...
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop May be Right on the Legality of Settlements
Julie Bishop had some sensible things to say in Jerusalem, as she broke ranks from a cosy, normally unexamined international consensus: the idea that, by...
How Well Has the U.S. Responded to 9/11?
On this, the 12th anniversary of 9/11, I am reposting here my opinion piece on the subject, published on September 16, 2001 in the Australian...
The Thatcher Legacy
One who does not disparage politicians as a class can still say that Margaret Thatcher was something relatively rare: a conviction politician, willing to forfeit...
Israel: Triumph of Resilience
Israel, having attained its 65th anniversary, resists easy definition. Sixty-five years ago, on May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion, its first prime minister, declared...
Naqba — Commemorating a Self-Inflicted Tragedy
Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the naqba (Arabic for catastrophe). It was on...
The Myth of Jewish Settlements in International Law
By permitting Jewish residence in the West Bank, is Israel ignoring international law? Ruth Gavison, a law professor at Jerusalem's Hebrew University,...
With Benghazi Obama’s Middle East Policies Exposed
In the final presidential debate, President Obama told us what he did after the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist murders in Benghazi of Ambassador J. Christopher...
Obama’s Nameless War With a Nameless Enemy
In the final presidential debate on October 22, President Barack Obama spoke briefly about the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on U.S. officials and personnel...
Hanan Ashrawi’s War on History
Hanan Ashrawi, the telegenic, kinder, gentler face of Palestinian politics, knows how to attract a headline, but one wonders if she is becoming reckless...
Writing on the Wall for Egyptian/Israeli Peace
Last week, a group of terrorists in Sinai killed 16 Egyptian soldiers before launching a failed attack into Israel. And a few days later, the...
A Lost Opportunity of Historic Proportions
Ninety years ago last month, the League of Nations, the precursor to today's United Nations, approved the Mandate for Palestine, out of which Israel was...
Israel Should Retake Philadelphi
Last week's failed attack from the Sinai peninsula, in which terrorists killed Egyptian soldiers, was extraordinary. Terrorists operating out of Gaza do not ...
Perverse Palestinian Pride
Today, Palestinians and their supporters, as they have done increasingly over the years, mark what they call the "naqba" (Arabic for catastrophe) day. But commemoration...
