In Stinging Defeat, UN Rejects Palestinian Bid for Statehood

The UN Security Council rejected on Tuesday the Palestinian draft resolution calling for the full Israeli withdrawal from East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria by the end of 2017.
PA Submits Resolution to UN Calling for Statehood Despite US Veto Threat

A draft resolution calling for a full Israeli withdrawal from East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria by the end of 2017 was submitted to the UN Security Council late Monday.
Report: Kerry Threatens Abbas with Sanctions Should UN Bid Continue

John Kerry is reported to have hinted at Mahmoud Abbas that should he continue to push his UN bid for statehood at the UN, Washington would be forced to adopt sanctions against the Palestinians.
Presidential Hopeful Ben Carson Awed by Israeli Resilience, Pledges Support

Potential Republican candidate for the 2016 US Presidential elections Ben Carson visited Israel this week, pledging his support for the Middle Eastern ally and praising its leader.
WATCH: Netanyahu Delivers Christmas Message, Calls for Prayer & Tolerance

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Christians around the world a “very merry Christmas” in a special video statement released on Christmas Eve.
A Maccabean Solution for the Gaza Strip

Just as the Hanukka candles that we kindle each night stand ramrod straight, giving off light in defiance of their surroundings, so too must Israel.
As Palestinian-State Fest Continues, So Do the Atrocities

The only kind of terror the world doesn’t seem to mind.
Why ‘Palestine’ Would Be a Dangerous Legal Fiction

An informed brief according to international law which constitutes an important, scholarly exposition of Israel’s situation in the face of the PA demand for statehood.
Intellectuals in Service of Palestinian Propaganda

Petition urging European parliaments to support statehood only reinforces rejectionist approach and drives further anti-Semitism.
Chutzpah Redefined

In September 1993, when Yasser Arafat was recast from the role of “granddaddy of terrorism” to that of “peacemaker,” the Oslo Accords were marketed to the Israeli public and to world Jewry wrapped in the package of “reversibility.”