On November 12, 2009, the Jewish National Fund dedicated a memorial in Jerusalem to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  The United States and Israeli flags fly together alongside the memorial, believed to be the first such physical structure erected outside the U.S.  The dedication ceremony, attended by dignitaries including the U.S....
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The municipal government of Jerusalem this week approved the construction of 900 new apartments in the Jewish neighborhood of Gilo. After the 1967 war in which Arab states tried again to eliminate Israel, Israel was left in control of all of Jerusalem, including the area where Gilo now sits. (Note: The Washington Post misleadingly...
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The Palestinians’ problems at times seem insurmountable. Their justice system is in shambles. Extrajudicial killings are common. A terrorist group, Hamas, rival to the ruling Fatah party, delivers most social services. The Palestinians were promised peace, but their leaders have yet to deliver. Palestinian society remains largely dependent on foreign aid. One would think...
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A recent video captures the unidentified Director of UN Watch addressing the UN Commission on Human Rights. He chose to use his time to make an impassioned critique of the Commission’s disproportionate attention to and repeated denunciation of Israel. The Director said that, in the face of human rights abuses elsewhere in the world,...
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In grade school, there were students who had all the answers and volunteered them in class, saving the others the embarrassment of being called upon to supply an answer they did not have. Nevertheless, the students with the answers were ridiculed for being smart and shown no appreciation or respect. Israel is today’s school know-it-all and no...
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In the summer of 2006, Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah fought a war. Hizballah shot rockets into northern Israel, and Israel re-occupied parts of South Lebanon and bombed areas of Beirut to try to get the Lebanese goverment to reign in Hizballah. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 stopped the fighting. Among...
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Carl Von Clausewitz is credited with making the astute observation that “war is a continuation of politics by other means.” In no case does that ring more true than with the Palestinians, who routinely employ violence to renew world attention to their cause.  With the so-called “peace process” at a stalemate for a variety...
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