Posts Tagged: Israel War of Independence
The Economist Keeps Making Up Facts to Demonize Israel
Here is the beginning of a new Economist article: BLESSED are the meek. While Israel's 1.4m Muslim citizens vociferously champ for the right to return to the...
Mass Graves in Jaffa – but Who Killed Them?
Over the past couple of days the Arab media have been reporting on the discovery of mass graves of Arabs in Jaffa. The Al Aqsa Foundation...
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...
Avigdor Lieberman: Israeli Arabs Who Mourn Israel Founding Should be PA Citizens
Jerusalem Post - Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday harshly criticized Israeli Arabs who mourned the founding of Israel on Independence...
The Historical Revisionism of ‘The Great Book Robbery’
'The Great Book Robbery' (watch here), a documentary that recently screened on a number of US college campuses, is the latest attempt by...
Harvard Needs Some Schooling on the Middle East
On March 3-4, Harvard University will host a two-day conference on the "One State Solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Guests include veteran anti-Israel...
