Tag: Israel

Israel, Egypt Meet in Effort to Solidify Gaza Truce

JERUSALEM—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted Egypt’s intelligence chief and sent Israel’s foreign minister to Cairo on Sunday, amid efforts to build on a ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas a week ago that ended the worst violence in years. Egypt helped broker the truce that has held since May 21, a diplomatic success that thrust…


Rutgers University Apologizes to Palestinian Community After Condemning Anti-Semitic Attacks

A day after condemning the recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks, the administrators at New Jersey’s Rutgers University issued an apology, saying that their previous message has failed to show support to members of the Palestinian community. In a campus-wide statement sent out on May 26, Rutgers–New Brunswick Chancellor Christopher Molloy and Chancellor-Provost Francine Conway said…


Jewish House Democrats Urge Biden to Appoint Anti-Semitism Ambassador

Three Jewish House Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to appoint an ambassador-at-large to combat anti-Semitism.


Israelis Should Take the Lessons of War to Heart

Commentary So the Israelis have once again let themselves and much of the rest of the world down by calling a halt to their latest skirmish with the “Palestinians” of Hamas, to whom they unwisely transferred control of the Gaza strip back in 2005. The recent round of rocket-launching and retaliatory air strikes accomplished nothing…


Biden Sends Secretary of State to Middle East to Speak to Israel, Palestinian Leaders

President Joe Biden’s secretary of state will travel to the Middle East this week to speak with leaders in Israel and other partners in the region, the White House announced Monday. Biden, a Democrat, credited America’s “quiet, intensive diplomacy” with helping bring about the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a terrorist group that operates out…


A Ceasefire Solves Nothing

Commentary In outlining the goal for winning the Persian Gulf War against Saddam Hussein for invading and occupying Kuwait in 1991, Gen. Colin Powell, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “Our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. First, we’re going to cut it off, and then we’re going…


Cruz Accuses ‘Squad’ Members of Acting as ‘Press Secretaries for Hamas Terrorists’

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday accused the progressive “Squad” of acting as “press secretaries for Hamas terrorists.”


Reporting on War on Israel Shaped by Old Narrative About the West

Commentary It is said that the first casualty of war is truth. In fact, I believe, it is memory—that indispensable advocate for historical truth—that is the first to go. In war’s cataract, momentary crises gobble up our attention absolutely. Last week’s bombing, yesterday’s atrocity, this morning’s defection make it difficult to keep events in perspective….


NYC Principal Criticized Over Email Urging Staff to Promote Sanctions Against Israel

A Brooklyn middle school principal has come under fire for using her position to promote pro-Palestinian activism. In an email sent Wednesday, Charles O. Dewey MS 136 principal Amanda Bueno encouraged teachers and administrators to “take a stand” on the side of Palestinians in the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian jihadist groups in the…


Biden: Two-State Solution ‘The Only Answer’ to Israel-Palestine Conflict

President Joe Biden said on Friday there has been no shift in his commitment to the security of Israel, insisting “the only answer” was a two-state solution with Palestine. “There is no shift in my commitment … to the security of Israel. Period. No shift—not at all,” Biden told reporters at a White House press…