The Escalating International War Against Israel

Israel has no choice but to fight the U.N.’s new permanent inquisition against it, and any business, government or judge that uses its reality-free reports.
Palestinian Leaders are Burying their Own Dream

At this rate, 2022 could wind up becoming the year that puts paid to what little remains of idea of Palestinian nationalism.
For Palestinians, Terrorism or Peace? Abbas Wants It Both Ways

If Abbas is really interested in returning to the negotiating table with Israel, he needs to decide whether he is on the side of his peace partners in Israel or his political enemies in Hamas.
The Other War

Eleven days of war with Israel didn’t change anything. Only hours after the ceasefire, the Associated Press reported that thousands of Hamas supporters demonstrated against the rule of Abbas in the West Bank, chanting, “Dogs of the Palestinian Authority, out, out. The people want the president to leave.”
Why Hamas Fights Israel

A new book sheds light on the wars with Gaza’s rulers.
Meretz’s Pilgrimage to Ramallah

It seems that only the left in Israel and elsewhere still buys the “two-state solution” baloney.
A Palestinian State Would Cripple US Interests in the Region

A wide gap exists between the Palestinian track record, on the one hand, and Washington’s well-intentioned two-state-policy on the other.
The Lapid-Bennett Government’s Foreign Policy ‘Doctrine’

Under Yair Lapid’s stewardship, Israel’s foreign policy isn’t based on Israel’s national interests, but on sucking up to the cool kids—the progressives in America, the jetsetters in Brussels and the Palestinians.
Taliban Win in Afghanistan Could Fuel Hamas, Hezbollah

The Taliban are a militant movement that is seeking to capture a country from the internationally recognized central government.
I Suspect that Many Israelis Today are Feeling the Way that Israelis Did When Israel’s Then, Longest-Serving Founding Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, Stepped Aside.

Last Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah