Iran’s Revealing Defiance of the U.S. and U.N.

Roger Aronoff

The latest act of defiance by Iran is an $8 billion dollar shopping spree, courtesy of its recently unfrozen assets, which were released because they supposedly convinced the IAEA that they have no plans to develop nuclear weapons.

The New Palestinian People

Ben-Dror_Yemini

MK Anat Berko says there is no such thing as a Palestinian people, and MK Azmi Bishara calls Palestinian nationality ‘a colonial invention’. It may be historically true that there once was no such thing as a Palestinian people, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one now.

Palestinian Leaders: Who Are They Fooling?

Khaled Abu Toameh

For Abbas and the Palestinian leadership, the death of more than 170 Palestinians and 26 Israelis in the past five months occurred in the context of a “popular and peaceful uprising.”

Perpetuating the Conflict

Ben-Dror_Yemini

There was nothing humanitarian about the meeting of Balad MKs with terrorists’ families. Their minute of silence in memory of the murderers was a statement of support of terrorism; meanwhile, insisting on holding onto the Arab villages around Jerusalem as part of the capital is pure foolishness. Both only serve to perpetuate the conflict.

Free Speech vs. Islamic Law?

Denis MacEoin

Legislation such as H. Res, 569 would not only end America’s long tradition of free and open debate; worse, it would reverse the protection of the First Amendment.