By: Yori Yanover The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday evening approved a non-binding resolution that “strongly supports United States policy to prevent the government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, rejects any United States policy that would rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable Iran; and urges the president to reaffirm [...]

The 1993 Oslo Accord between Israel and the Palestinians was introduced by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, surprising U.S. President Bill Clinton, who then facilitated the signing of the agreement. Similarly, the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty was the brainchild of Prime Minister Rabin, adopted by King Hussein, and codified by President [...]

Likud lawmaker Danny Danon slammed the deal made by Israel to end a mass hunger strike in its prisons; says he will try to block it. Gabe Kahn MK Danny Danon (Likud) on Monday slammed a deal signed Monday between Israel’s Shin Bet and hunger-striking Arab security prisoners being held on suspicion of terrorism. “This [...]

By Jerold S. Auerbach Palestine, variously known in history as Canaan, Judaea, Eretz Yisrael, Filastin, and Syria Palaestina, has long been a malleable geographical entity. Renamed by its successive Canaanite, Israelite, Roman, Christian, Mamluk, Muslim, Ottoman, and British conquerors, it became the revered “Holy Land” to 19th-century Western visitors. World War I transformed geographical nomenclature. [...]

By: Dr. Mordechai Kedar Muslim women protesting Photo Credit: Mohammed Othman/Flash90 A few years ago I attended a lecture given by Egyptian intellectual Tariq Hagi, who was visiting Israel. He made a great impression on me, mainly because he spoke frankly and openly about the many deep flaws that exist in Arab cultures. His message [...]

Leo Rennert In its coverage of Israel, the Washington Post has one consistent paradigm – the sky’s falling on the Jewish state. Last week, the Post speculated that the Arab Spring could bring hordes of refugees and terrorists streaming across the Syrian border into the Israel-held Golan Heights — even though turmoil in Syria has [...]

By Daniel Greenfield Islam is not a race. Even though Islamophobia has become the great obsession of the politically correct elites of the Western world– there is nothing innate about Islam. One is not born a Muslim and there is no double helix of DNA that intertwines with the Koran. Muslims are followers of a [...]

By: Yori Yanover Globe quoted a senior administration official earlier this week who said that, following three weeks of “haggling” with Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, the Obama administration has walked away from its effort to renew the freezing of construction in Jewish settlements for another 90 days, The Globe suggested the administration decided to “pull [...]

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus Did you know that J Street — which is a political lobbying organization (please, let’s acknowledge it already) — is launching a new national election-year initiative? The people at J Street have plans to train the organization’s supporters to lobby for the candidates they support and to ensure the defeat of [...]

Thre recent AFSI tour of Israel was not your sightseeing trip. Read this article for a virtual tour of the communities of Judea and Samaria – and maybe you will want to accompany their next tour. From Fern Sidman As the semi-annual Americans For a Safe Israel (AFSI) Chizuk [strengthening, ed] Mission to Israel drew [...]