By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital— Predictably, the latest violence in the Middle East has spawned a slew of theories about the reasons for renewed hostilities between Israel and Gaza. Conventional wisdom has settled on the notion that the conflict was driven by fresh Israeli-Palestinian frictions over things like denial of access to parts of Jerusalem,…
By Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News— In advance of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region, a senior State Department official says that the Biden administration is “relieved” that the violence has ended. He told reporters that they worked behind the scenes to establish the ceasefire. “We appreciate the roles of Egypt,…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Monday’s stabbing attack in Jerusalem shows that the situation in the city remains tense despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which went into effect four days ago. That’s because the Palestinian Authority and Hamas have an interest in keeping Jerusalem in the headlines, each for its own reasons. The…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— On the eve of his first official visit to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed support for a two-state solution as the only way to provide hope to Israelis and Palestinians that they can live “with equal measures of security, of peace, and dignity.” During…
By Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he expects Israel to move towards a ceasefire with Hamas on Wednesday, but Netanyahu said Operation Guardian of the Walls will continue until Israeli citizens are secure. Following a phone call between the leaders, the White House said that Biden…
By Caroline Glick, JPost— Until Wednesday, President Joe Biden had maintained a fairly supportive posture towards Israel in the face of the Hamas terror regime in Gaza’s launch of its newest round of war against the Jewish state. In the first week of the new war, Biden’s administration blocked the UN Security Council from adopting…
Special Guest Lela Gilbert, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Lela will discuss the overall atmosphere of antisemitism—drawing on her own time living in Jerusalem. She will also enlighten us with how antisemitism relates to Christians and to the current situation in Israel.
By Israel National News— Egyptian mediators have proposed a truce between Israel and the terrorist organizations in Gaza, which will begin on Thursday at 6 AM, AL Arabiya reported. If the proposal is accepted, it will put an end to Operation Guardian of the Walls after a week and a half of fighting. Contacts between…
By Jonathan Schanzer and David May, Jerusalem Post Israel’s legal decision to evict Arab families from homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem was the spark that led to the latest eruption of hostilities. This is the narrative that has been regurgitated hundreds of times since the current conflict began. There’s one problem with…