Will the West Fund Hamas?
One thing is certain: both Hamas and Fatah are hoping to use the unity government as a ploy to attract financial aid from the international community, particularly Western donors.
End US Aid to the Palestinians
For at a time when Washington is battling to reduce its enormous national debt, there are surely better ways to spend half a billion dollars each year than by propping up a Palestinian terrorist entity.
Misplaced Outrage
This month the entire world was transfixed by the heinous kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian, Christian school girls by the radical Islamic group Boko Haram, who were then forced to convert to Islam; And then this week we watched as a Sudanese Court handed out the death sentence to 27 year old Meriam YehyaI Ibrahim, for the crime of apostasy.
Pope Ascends Temple Mount on Last Day in Israel
Pope Francis made his way to Tel Aviv yesterday after meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and holding mass in Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Sunday.
Netanyahu: Decision to Release Terrorists “Toughest of All”
Speaking to Jeffrey Goldberg of Bloomberg, Netanyahu blamed the collapse of peace talks on the actions and decisions of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas.
Wars Within Wars
With Syrian presidential elections scheduled for June, the incumbent and shoo-in for reelection, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is campaigning on the promise that 2014 will be the year in which military operations in Syria end.
Arabs: We Want Democracy – Like Israel
The Tel Aviv District Court’s decision to send former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for corruption has prompted calls in the Arab world for endorsing Israel’s standards of accountability, transparency and justice.
Global Anti-Semitism Survey Results Thought-Provoking, Chilling
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released the results of its unprecedented global survey of anti-Semitic attitudes on Tuesday.
Waging ‘War by Other Means’
Since the coup of July 3, 2013, Egypt’s de facto ruler Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pursued a clear and uncompromising policy toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s Islamists.
US, Israel Search for Solution to Visa Dispute
The U.S. State Department is responding to concern from Israel’s friends on Capitol Hill by reviewing its policy on granting tourist visas to Israeli citizens.