Performative Palestinian advocacy helps no one - opinion
Delegitimizing Israel to speak up for Palestinians only harms their cause.
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Delegitimizing Israel to speak up for Palestinians only harms their cause.
Debating Israel’s one-state reality.
A recent essay touting a “one-state” approach to Israel-Palestinian issues is more about eliminating the world’s only Jewish state than offering real solutions to complex regional problems.
Not long ago, while walking through George Washington University’s campus, I came across several posters with headlines that read “Judaism does not equal Zionism,” “Judaism values love,” and “Jewish values reject Zionism.” One particular headline grabbed my attention: “Judaism exists without Zionism.” Really? I think not. Giving this proposition the slightest consideration would entail some
Israeli forces again entered the West Bank terrorist hotbed Jenin last Thursday, reportedly killing four people, including two senior members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The raid came less than a week after three Israelis were shot in Tel Aviv, two critically, in a terrorist attack claimed by Hamas. Terrorism originating from the West