Wrong Steps
It has been known world wide in these last days that Human Rights Watch has accused both the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas of routinely engaging in “systematic” unwarranted arrests...
Tag: Israel
October 25, 2018
B’nai B’rith Delegation Participates in Zionist General Council Meetings in Israel
An eight-member B’nai B’rith International delegation participated in meetings of the Zionist General Council that convened this week in Hadera, Israel under the title...
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October 12, 2018
Op-Ed by CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin in the Jerusalem Post: UN Funding Perpetuates Palestinian Narratives
The annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, with its dozens of speeches by presidents, prime ministers and other dignitaries, has concluded. But there is trouble ahead relating to UN...
September 12, 2018
Israel’s New Nation-State Law. The Controversy it Generated and a Few Considerations
The law recently approved by the Israeli Knesset, reaffirming that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, sparked a heated controversy not only inside Israel but also throughout the...
August 17, 2018
Understanding the Context and Implications of Israel’s Jewish State Law
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (People’s Council –May 14, 1948) “… We, members of the People’s Council … hereby declare the...
July 25, 2018
MASHAV at 60
MASHAV — Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation — this year celebrates 60 years of critical development work in fields ranging from agriculture to...
June 6, 2018
International Protection Mechanism
Last week, the American veto stopped yet another dangerously misguided U.N. Security Council resolution from passing. The resolution was tabled by Kuwait, the current non-permanent member of...
May 18, 2018
On the Defensive, Axis of Middle Eastern Extremists Seeks to Regain Upper Hand
As ever in the Middle East, it would be overly simplistic to assert that any power, including the regime in Iran, is purely on the rise or on the wane. But the radical, adventurist theocrats in...
May 15, 2018
Stars and Stripes Align over Jerusalem: Personal Reflections on the U.S. Embassy Relocation
Yesterday’s massive reception in Jerusalem at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in honor of the visiting delegation from the U.S., here to help inaugurate the new American embassy in...