Thomas Friedman lied about the Saudis

For the past 15 years, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has been promoting the so-called “Saudi Initiative,” a plan which he says proves that Saudi Arabia sincerely wants peace with Israel. But this week, a senior Palestinian leader revealed that at the very moment the Saudis were launching that plan, they were financing a major wave of terrorism against Israel…Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

Palestinian statehood: an idea whose time has passed

John Kerry and J Street are worried. They see their cherished dream of a Palestinian state slipping away…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

Palestinian ethnic cleansing mob attacks two Jewish women

Talk about bad timing for the Palestinian PR machine…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

So this is what peace looks like…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org

It’s not the end of the world just because an Egyptian athlete refused to shake hands with his Israeli counterpart at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last week. After all, the Egyptian is the one who violated judo etiquette. He’s the one whom the fans booed. Read more

Tel Aviv terror attack shatters five myths…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org

The June 8 terrorist massacre in Tel Aviv exposed all five of the major myths that cloud discussions of Israel and the Palestinians. Read more

Jewish novelist Michael Chabon rails against fictional ‘occupation’

As a novelist, Michael Chabon has a vivid imagination…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

The president’s party endorses stabbings—where’s the outrage?

No, the headline doesn’t refer to America’s president. Read more

Palestinian teachers on strike—against the real ‘occupier’

It has taken more than a month, but the international news media are finally waking up to the fact that the largest teacher’s strike in memory is raging in the Middle East. Read more

On Palestinian incitement, Kerry merely slaps Abbas’s wrist

Just when you thought Secretary of State John Kerry couldn’t get any weaker on the problem of Palestinian incitement and violence, he did…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

British hypocrisy on Arab terror

The British government says Israel is being too harsh in giving prison sentences of 15 years each to five Palestinians who murdered a Jewish toddler. Yet when the British had to deal with Palestinian terrorists, they themselves were a lot harsher…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

Lessons from the Munich massacre revelations

The gruesome revelations about the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorists castrating one of their Israeli victims is not just another horror story. There are important political and strategic implications…writes Stephen M. Flattow. Read more

A new type of Palestinian terrorist

Terrorists who get caught before they strike don’t usually attract much attention. But the arrest of Mrs. Ayman Kanjou deserves extra attention, because she defies every stereotype we have ever been taught about Palestinian terrorists……writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

Obama administration flunks choice between fighting and appeasing terrorists

Two very different ways to respond to terrorism were on display this week…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

The ‘normalising’ of Palestinian terrorism

A city square named after a notorious terrorist. A television program glorifying the killer. Terrorists granted shelter. It’s just another ho-hum, business-as-usual day in the Palestinian Authority (PA)…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

Terrorist doubling as soccer official points a bloody finger at Israel

Jibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Football (Soccer) Association, was all over the news this past week, calling Israel various ugly names and, ever the showman, dramatically hurling red penalty cards in front of eager television cameras at the 65th Congress of FIFA (world soccer’s governing body). Read more

Why the Palestinians’ gun culture should concern us

Another Palestinian teenager was shot to death last weekend…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS.org. Read more

When the president’s hero is a terrorist: a tale of two societies

The president of a normal, civilized country naturally is anxious to distance himself from any suspicion of ever having had a connection to a terrorist. Read more

Soccer and terrorism…writes Stephen M. Flatow

As part of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ongoing campaign to isolate and delegitimize Israel, the Palestinian Football (Soccer) Association is trying to get Israel suspended from international soccer’s governing body. Read more

The forgotten issue in the Iran debate…writes Stephen M. Flatow

“There was nothing new in it.” With those six words, President Barack Obama tried to dismiss the significance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Read more

For victim Adele Biton, Palestinian rock-throwing is murder, not ‘resistance’

Parents in Israel are in mourning over the death of their child at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. Read more

Palestinian leader two-faced on suppressing satirists

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas denounced as “heinous” the attack on French satirists who mocked Islam…writes Stephen M Flatow/JNS.org Read more

Paris attack shows France’s appeasement of Palestinians and Islamists failed…writes Stephen M. Flatow

Less than three months ago, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry claimed that there was a link between Islamist terrorism and frustration over the Palestinian issue. Yet despite vigorous recent attempts by the French to champion the Palestinian cause, Islamist terrorists have just struck in Paris, killing 12 people at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Where did Kerry’s theory go wrong? Read more

What to do about car terrorism…writes Stephen Flatow

As I prepare for an upcoming visit to Israel, I can’t help but feel a twinge of apprehension. How could it be otherwise? Read more

Harvard students make time for Arafat, but not for Harvard terror victims…writes Stephen Flatow

The controversy over the Harvard University students who recently posed, smiling, at Yasser Arafat’s grave sent a shot of pain through every one of us who has lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks that Arafat and his allies have waged over the years. Read more

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