Building Bridges, Not Walls
U.S. President Donald Trump has many competing issues to contend with. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history and a Democratic Party majority in the House of Representatives, has stalled the domestic agenda. In foreign policy, his long-awaited Middle East peace plan has yet to be put on the table.
The UN, the “State of Palestine” and the Torture of Women
A Palestinian mother of three has accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces of torturing her and threatening to rape her
“There is No New Thing Under the Sun”
This is a book about past wars. No, it’s a book about present wars. No, actually, it’s a book about future wars. Or it’s a book about your imagination.
Palestinians: While Abbas and Hamas were Hurling Insults at Each Other…
Abbas is punishing Hamas and Hamas is threatening Abbas. All the while, Palestinians in Syria are dying daily.
The Palestinians’ Uncivil War
The Palestinians’ major ruling groups, Fatah and Hamas, are now saying they are done with each other: that the divorce is final.
The Hamas Plan to Take the West Bank
It is clear by now that Hamas is behind some of the recent terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank.
Palestinians: No Difference Between Hamas and Fatah
The morning after the vote, Abbas will wake up to the realization that Hamas was a strange bedfellow indeed.
Pushing for an Israeli Victory Is the Only Way to End the Conflict with the Palestinians
Lieberman and Bennett failed to impose a new paradigm on how to deal with Hamas, but more and more people in Israel are recognizing that compromises and concessions have only led to more violence.
USAID To Fire 50% of Employees, Shutter Operations in Judea/Samaria by 2019
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced this week that they will be firing half of their employees in Judea and Samaria in the near future and plan to shut down operations entirely in early 2019.
A Fool’s Errand
Israelis, Arabs and others are impatiently waiting to see the “peace plan” devised by the Trump administration for Palestinian Arabs in the land beyond the 1949 Armistice Line, which was occupied by Jordan for 19 years.