Hillel Frisch
ARTICLES BY: Hillel Frisch
The Hamas Takeover of Gaza Killed the Two-State Solution
JNS.org - Earlier this month, Israel postponed a large housing project in Atarot, north of Jerusalem, where a Jewish settlement once stood. The project aimed to...
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,...
Concessions to Hamas Lead to Violence; Holding Firm Leads to Calm
After a deluge of dire warnings from Hamas, its mouthpiece -- Qatar’s Al Jazeera (especially in Arabic) -- most of the Israeli media, and an...
Hamas Has Lost Its Gaza Constituency
Never has Hamas faced a victory as shallow as the latest round of fighting it initiated with Israel, the evidence of which Hamas itself produced. On...
The Strategic Genius Behind Allowing Qatari Suitcases of Cash Into Gaza
Qatar’s head of state and his cronies no doubt felt duped, as nearly a billion dollars of investment in Hamas went up in smoke —...
Israel Must Immediately Confiscate All Illegal Weapons
JNS.org - Make no mistake about it: Among the many pressing challenges confronting Israel in the aftermath of the latest Gaza war, the most important...
Israeli Appeasement and Palestinian Violence
It took only hours for Israel’s conciliatory moves during Jerusalem Day to trigger an avalanche of rockets and missiles from the Gaza Strip, and mass...
Hamas Is Undermining Israel’s Sovereignty in Jerusalem
Once upon a time (though not that long ago), Hamas was content to make do with threatening Israel over its military incursions into Gaza. Not anymore....
The Battle Between Erdogan’s Turkey and Sisi’s Egypt
The ascendance of non-Arab states and the decline of Arabic-speaking states over the past few decades has become a common theme in political commentary and...
The Truth About Palestinian Fatalities in the 2014 Hamas-Israel Confrontation
Whether or not Israel cooperates with a judicial team from the International Criminal Court, there is now likely to be renewed focus on the confrontation...
Are ‘Human Rights’ Organizations for Palestinian Rights, or Lawfare Against Israel?
Recently, an Arab Christian gynecologist, Dr. Salamah Qumsiyeh, was brutally attacked in Bethlehem by a man who attempted to slash his wrists (there is a...
The PA Is Winning in Area C
All too often, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is dismissed as a failed entity. This is wishful thinking. To the contrary: the PA is winning one of...
Is the Phrase ‘State of Palestine’ Catching On?
In January 2013, Mahmoud Abbas issued with great fanfare a presidential decree that the Palestinian Authority (PA) would henceforth appear on all official letterhead, in...
President Biden: Assure Decency Toward Israel When Reengaging With Institutions
President Joe Biden takes pride in the fact that he is a decent person. His warning to the newly appointed in his administration that that...
