Sean Durns
ARTICLES BY: Sean Durns
More False Narratives Promoted About Israel in the Media
The Washington Post can’t seem to find the true culprit for the lack of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. It’s not Hamas, the US-designated terrorist group that...
No, Israel Isn’t ‘Pulling the United States Toward Conflict’ With Iran
Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine, three former US diplomats warn that “Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict.” In an April 26, 2021, article,...
Once Again, ‘Politico’ Ignores Palestinian Rejectionism and Palestinian Terror
“Joe Biden,” a Politico headline blared on April 6, 2021, “is not planning to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” This may or may not be true....
Politico Lobs Softballs in Interview With Iran’s Foreign Minister
Less than four months ago, Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, used an antisemitic Persian term for Jews -- jahood -- in a December 9, 2020,...
Washington Post Obituary on Adelson Attacks Israel and Defends Hamas
On January 12, 2021, it was announced that Sheldon Adelson, the American billionaire and philanthropist, had died at the age of 87. The Washington Post...
More False Attacks Against Israel on COVID-19 Vaccines
“Palestinians,” the former Associated Press journalist and author Matti Friedman wrote in 2014, “are not taken seriously as agents of their own fate.” A December...
The Facts — and Myths — of the Middle East and Palestinian Conflict
“The more you know about the past,” Theodore Roosevelt once observed, “the better prepared you are for the future.” Regrettably, The Washington Post is leaving readers...
This West Bank Land Is Not ‘Palestinian’
“Who can challenge the rights of the Jews in Palestine?” Yusuf al-Khalidi wrote to the chief rabbi of France on March 1, 1899. “Good Lord, historically...
North Jersey Paper Aims at Israel — and Misses
“Get your facts first,” Mark Twain once intoned, “and then you can distort them as you please.” Yet, when it comes to the Israel-Islamist conflict,...
Remembering Israel’s Forgotten War — and Its Lessons for Today
Edmund Burke, the British parliamentarian and political theorist, once claimed that “you can never plan the future by the past.” But the past does often...
Is Abbas Destroying Evidence of the PA’s Support for Terrorism?
The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security services to destroy “secret documents, fearing possible Israeli raids on their offices,” according...
Bias Gives Way to False Claims on Israel, Gaza, and Coronavirus
On April 15, 2020, The Washington Post published an op-ed entitled “Gaza is an open-air prison. As covid-19 spreads, it’s time to life the siege.” The author, Tarek...
Shouldering Israel With Palestinian Coronavirus Woes
“It’s up to Israel,” a Foreign Policy opinion headline blares, “to stop a coronavirus catastrophe among Palestinians.” The March 30, 2020, commentary -- by Zaha Hassan and Hallaamal...
Israel’s Critics Distort the Country’s Coronavirus Response
At a time of a global pandemic, Israel is taking drastic measures to prevent COVID-19 from potentially killing thousands of its citizens. But while the...
