Disputes Over Israeli Territory Must End

On December 10, 2009, in Israel, Judaism, Palestinians, terrorism, by jenhanin

No one would ever think of telling Gov­er­nor Rick Perry to return Texas to Mex­ico. Nor, would any­one chide Gov­er­nor Arnold Schwarzeneg­ger to return Cal­i­for­nia to Mex­ico. And no one, I mean no one, would ever demand that US Pres­i­dent Obama return Amer­ica to the United King­dom. Yet, the world, often influ­enced by Mid­dle East­ern oil money, […]

Israel is Still the World’s Favorite Whipping Boy

On December 8, 2009, in Iran, Israel, Judaism, Palestinians, terrorism, by jenhanin

Yes­ter­day, I encoun­tered an unsa­vory tweeter on Twitter.com. The hater couched him­self as a “human rights activist” while spew­ing vile lies about Israel and its peo­ple. But those of us abreast of the sit­u­a­tion in Israel, abroad and the UN know that this is just another thinly-veiled attempt to dis­credit and demo­nize the Jew­ish state. All […]

Propaganda ≠ Peace in the Middle East

On November 16, 2009, in Israel, Palestinians, by jenhanin

Sto­ry­telling is an admirable prac­tice when its pur­vey­ors do so to enter­tain or impart lessons. But what hap­pens when a dis­en­fran­chised group bent on killing you hijacks your his­tory, spins it for their ben­e­fit and hood­winks the rest of the world? This is exactly what the Pales­tin­ian move­ment has done to Israel. Let’s not for­get the […]

A Perfect Sleeper Terrorizes U.S. Military Base Fort Hood

On November 7, 2009, in Palestinians, by jenhanin

Some sce­nar­ios in life just don’t make sense. Con­sider how you would feel if your sur­geon botched your rou­tine pro­ce­dure due to his undis­closed case of Parkinson’s? Or that after drilling on your cav­ity for nearly two hours your den­tist apol­o­gizes while say­ing she will soon undergo dou­ble cataract surgery? Or what if the US […]

A One State Solution Threatens Israel’s Right to Exist

On November 5, 2009, in Israel, Palestinians, by jenhanin

How often have we heard reports of Arabs throw­ing rocks or fire­bombs at Israeli vehi­cles? Or Hamas and Hezbollah-led ter­ror­ist attacks claim­ing lives of Israeli men, women and chil­dren? Or Arab-led Anti-Semitic pro­pa­ganda being taught to chil­dren and rein­forced through schools, mosques and tele­vi­sion? Or the never-ending cyber attacks on Israel’s gov­ern­ment infra­struc­ture? Or what […]

No Common Ground in a Two-State Solution

On November 4, 2009, in Israel, Palestinians, by jenhanin

Like mil­lions of Amer­i­cans, I voted for Pres­i­dent Barak Obama. His opti­mistic plat­form rep­re­sented future pros­per­ity, path­break­ing change and an insa­tiable appetite to restore valor and respectabil­ity to the White House. But that enthu­si­asm turned to a dead calm when I read about U.S. Sec­re­tary of State Hillary Clin­ton and Pres­i­dent Obama’s spe­cial envoy, George Mitchell’s recent trip […]

A Palestinian State: Jordan Anyone?

On November 3, 2009, in Israel, Palestinians, by jenhanin

It’s hard to attend social gath­er­ings these days with­out con­ver­sa­tions dove­tail­ing into Mid­dle East peace­keep­ing. Dis­cus­sions can turn into heated exchanges depend­ing on whether you’re in favor of a Pales­tin­ian state or not. Even Jews dif­fer on this issue. But one thing seems uni­ver­sal  –  many form a view­point on this tumul­tuous region of the world before know­ing its […]

Prisoner Swap or Another Betrayal?

On November 1, 2009, in Israel, Palestinians, by jenhanin

Cap­tur­ing and detain­ing Gilad Shalit in a Hamas hell­hole for four years serves no pur­pose. Clearly, Hamas has its own agenda to lever­age this high-profile pris­oner. Israel also has her own highly politi­cized (and often crit­i­cized) stance regard­ing nego­ti­at­ing for hostages. But when will Hamas release Gilad? The deal struck with Hamas, Israel, Egypt and marginalized […]

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