by The Jerusalem Connection | Nov 18, 2016 | Israel's wars
By Joseph Farah, World Net Daily— Someone asked Joshua Muravchik, the distinguished scholar of international studies at Johns Hopkins University, why the left, which once embraced Israel, now detests the Jewish state. He explained,...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Nov 5, 2016 | Israel's wars
By Jonathan Tobin, Commentary— Ninety-nine years ago, a 67-word message changed the world. The Balfour Declaration, issued on November 2, 1917, is generally considered the moment when the dream of the rebirth of Jewish sovereignty in their ancient homeland began...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Oct 31, 2016 | Israel's wars
By Dr. Alex Grobman, Arutz7— Palestinian Arabs have threatened to sue the British for issuing the Balfour Declaration, but Israel was not a creation ex nihilo. These rights were upheld by the U.N. under Article 80 of the UN Charter after the U.N. replaced the...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Oct 11, 2016 | Israel's wars, Jerusalem
By Eli Hertz— The artificiality of a Palestinian identity is reflected in the attitudes and actions of neighboring Arab nations who never established a Palestinian state themselves. Arabs in neighboring states, who control 99.9 percent of the Middle East land,...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Aug 14, 2016 | Israel's wars, Judea and Samaria
By Eli E. Hertz, Myths and Facts— The artificiality of a Palestinian identity is reflected in the attitudes and actions of neighboring Arab nations who never established a Palestinian state themselves. The rhetoric by Arab leaders on behalf of the Palestinians...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Aug 11, 2016 | Israel's wars, Israeli Politics
By Susan Michael, ICEJ— The Palestinian Liberation Organization Charter states that “Zionism is a colonialist movement in its inception.” This claim – echoed by many throughout the Middle East and beyond – asserts that Israel was founded illegally The truth is...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jun 29, 2016 | Gaza, Israel's wars
By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST— In any future war, Israel will be hit with the largest rocket salvos seen in its history – that was the stark warning issued by Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich, commander of air defenses in the Israel Air Force on Monday. Speaking at the...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jun 4, 2016 | Israel's wars
By David Harris, Huffington Post— Mention history and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to the equation and folks might start running for the hills, unwilling to get caught up in the seemingly bottomless pit of details and disputes. But...
by The Jerusalem Connection | Jun 4, 2016 | Israel's wars
By Yoram Ettinger, Israel Hayom— Contrary to conventional “wisdom,” most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine — and most of the 320,000 1948 Arab refugees — were migrant workers and descendants of 1831-1947 Muslim immigrants from across the...
