In these days, when controversial statements are made by some leaders and representatives we may not be so familiar with, the question is often asked: “Are they spoken by a moderate person or does this individual really represent an extreme position?” In the case of Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam responsible for the initiative to […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has drawn attention to Britain’s condemnation of Libyan celebrations for the 2009 release of convicted Lockerbie bombing terrorist Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi as “tasteless, offensive and deeply insensitive,” asking why the British and other governments have not similarly condemned recent Palestinian celebrations and honoring of convicted terrorists freed by Israel […]

Israeli academia is in an uproar. And this is a good thing. Last week, the Zionist student movement Im Tirtzu opened a rather modest campaign against Ben-Gurion University’s Politics and Government Department. And the howls of protest stretched from the Negev to the border with Lebanon. Im Tirtzu is a grass-roots initiative of university students. […]

Soeren Kern – Hudson New York, August 18th, 2010 As Americans debate the appropriateness of building a Muslim mosque near Ground Zero in New York City, similar discussions have been taking place in towns and cities across Europe, where the spread of Islam is far more advanced than it is in the United States. Although […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) believes that Israeli-Palestinian direct negotiations, due to commence on September 2, under the auspices of the Obama Administration, has virtually no chance of success without at a minimum there being a single Palestinian entity capable of speaking for Palestinian Arabs (presently, Fatah and Hamas control different Palestinian areas); and […]

By: Steven Plaut The most dramatic and important political change in Israel over the past 20 years has been the transformation of the Israeli Left from a movement of political naiveté to one of, in an increasing number of instances, political sedition. For most of its history, the Israeli Left was a well-meaning if rather […]

As of Tuesday evening, rumors continued to swirl that sponsors of the Ground Zero mosque may have decided to abandon their plans for the site. While the sponsors have denied this, it would make a lot of sense. Their patron in the White House is being savaged across the country – including by Democrats in […]

Israel’s leaders are reportedly concerning themselves with one question today. Are there any circumstances in which US President Barack Obama will order the US military to strike Iran’s nuclear installations before Iran develops a nuclear arsenal? From Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu down the line, Israel’s leaders reportedly raise this question with just about everyone they […]

By: Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel A recent news item shed piercing light on the reason for the intractability of the Arab war on Israel. The well-known 1970s disco group Boney M, invited by the Palestine International Festival to give a concert in Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah, was pressured to drop performing one of […]

By George F. Will JERUSALEM When Israel declared independence in 1948, it had to use mostly small arms to repel attacks by six Arab armies. Today, however, Israel feels, and is, more menaced than it was then or has been since. Hence the potentially world-shaking decision that will be made here, probably within two years. […]