Day Three of the War
The handshake on the White House lawn, between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat, as part of the Oslo accords, overseen by US president Bill Clinton, September…
Americans misunderstand Palestinian Arabs
Photo Source: Times of Israel Published in the December 13, 2021 issue of The Jerusalem Report. This fall, six Palestinian terrorists escaped from an Israeli prison. While the attention was…
Who is winning the Gaza War of Attrition?
Published in the October 11, 2021 issue of the Jerusalem Report. Image source: Amir Cohen, Reuters During a recent presentation, I was asked how Israel could get rid of Hamas…
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Two-State Solution
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U.S. Foreign Policy
Is the Palestinian Authority secular or Islamist?
Published in The Jerusalem Post. Everyone knows Hamas is part of the Muslim Brotherhood and is a religiously-motivated Islamist organization. But what about the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas?…
Palestinian Authority Textbook Anti-Semitism and J Street
Dear MEPIN Readers, First, a belated happy and healthy New Year to my Jewish readers. In past years, far too many congregants worshipping in the more pluralistic branches of Judaism…
Is Israel preparing for the inevitable civil war in the West Bank?
Published in The Hill. As President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken ponder how to entice the Palestinian Authority (PA) to negotiate with Israel, a far more significant problem…
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Zionism
The return of ‘Zionism is Racism’
Published in The Jerusalem Report on July 12, 2021. In 1975, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which “determine that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.”…
Middle East peace won’t happen without addressing religious issues
Published by the Hill. In the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine, there is an essential component that well-meaning Western negotiators have underestimated: religion factors more into the equation the…
The case for the status quo in Judea and Samaria
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} Supporters of extending Israeli sovereignty to 30% of the West Bank claim this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to permanently create defensible…