The Jew-Free State Solution
{Previously published on Forward.com} In a recent solicitation email, J Street President Jeremy Ben Ami proclaimed that the “Palestinians are the only party willing to publicly endorse the goal of…
What do the Palestinian Citizens of Israel Want?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} While the world’s focus has been on the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the assumption has been that dealing with the needs of Arab citizens of…
Dr. Mandel’s interview on Crossroads
Dr. Mandel speaks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his interview on Crossroads:
The West’s Refusal to Recognize the Religious Basis for the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} A future Palestinian state will have Islam as the dominant aspect of its governing system, despite Western wishful thinking to the contrary. Every few…
Cognitive Bias and UNSC Resolution 2334
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Israeli Amos Tversky and his colleague Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman are famous for their research regarding systematic human cognitive bias. Cognitive bias often leads…
Will Trump be Seduced by ‘Ultimate Deal,’ the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Trump would be wise to keep in mind a few bits of advice. “I would love to be able to be the one that…
Is Path Forward a Revised Arab Peace Initiative?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) In 2002 Saudi Arabia proposed the Arab Peace Initiative (API), which seemed at first to promise an end to the Arab world’s rejection of…
The West’s Wrongheaded Analysis Perpetuates the Conflict
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Since its creation Israel has been the convenient scapegoat to blame for all the problems of the Middle East. Dennis Ross, in “Misreading the…
Rationalizing Palestinian Terrorism and Anti-Israel NGO’s
Today’s Vlog deals with two issues, European government support for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) whose goal is to Boycott and Delegitimize Israel, and the rationalizations used to explain the “Knife Intifada”.…
Susan Rice, the State Department and the U.N.: A Trilogy of Anti-Israel Animus
Today’s VLOG deals with the State Department’s continued use of facts out of context in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, American credibility in the Middle East, and hostility to Israel…