Munich on My Mind

To me, Munich is and always will be defined by the Palestinian Arab hostage taking, terror attack, botched rescue, and murder of 11 Israeli athletes 48 years ago this week at the Munich Olympics.
Netanyahu, Trump and Obama Doctrines on Display with El Al Flight to Emirates

While Israel’s prime minister clearly prefers working with a friendly Trump administration, he has demonstrated his ability to improve Israel’s diplomatic position regardless of which American political party is in power.
Symbols (and Symbolism) Reveal a Bitter Mideast Truth

It’s more than about a map. Entire generations of Palestinian-Arab children have been raised on an image with a powerful message: All of Palestine belongs to the Arabs. None of it belongs to the Jews.
Why they Scrawl ‘Free Palestine’ on Synagogues

Despite supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, Jews are targeted amid the riots because of anti-Semitic intersectional myths that should not be tolerated.
The Palestinians Have Been Left on Their Own

Peace between Israel and the UAE can benefit the Palestinians enormously, but they prefer to cling to frustration, anger and hopeless dreams.
Trump’s Abraham Accords brings True sons of Ishmael to Temple Mt as Prophesied in Zohar

Rabbi Nachman Kahana noted that this agreement would bring the Bnei Yishmael (the sons of Ishmael) to Israel, perhaps for the first time.
The JCPOA and the Demise of the Post-Cold War “Order”

Many eulogies of Brent Scowcroft, president George H.W. Bush’s national security advisor who died on August 6, have referred to him as a foreign policy realist.
AMP Leader Abuirshaid Gushes Over Latest Meeting with Hamas-Supporting Erdogan

He’s a saber-rattling authoritarian who jails journalists and opponents, threatens neighbors and wants to rebuild an Islamist empire.
Germany’s Lessons for BDS

The discussion of Israel in Germany has historically been filtered through the experience of the Holocaust, which perhaps makes Germans more sensitive to the rising anti-Semitism around them.
Shakedown from the Strip

Not that there’s any less mafia shakedown and family wars today, but the shakedown from the Gaza Strip takes the level of humanity to a new low.