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A Crazy state does not play by the rules

A Palestinian state has good chances of becoming a rogue state – the kind of polity the United States is currently grappling with Iran, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere.

A Dangerous Silence

The author laments the Obama administration’s verbal attacks on Israel and compares the modern pressure on Israel to historical threats, calling for Jewish leaders …

A Genuine Nightmare

Beginning in 1917, the British Government ruled the land known as Palestine and ruled its inhabitants, both Arabs and Jews, for more than 30 years. That British in-depth …

A Nuclear Iran Could Become the First 'Suicide State'

President Barack Obama this week launched a special nuclear security summit in Washington finally acknowledges that Iranian threats to annihilate Israel are serious. …

A Secure Israel - A Condition for Peace

A strong Israel is a vital asset to the United States and the rest of the free world. To be a strong and dependable friend in a ‘rough neighborhood,’ Israel …

A Secure Israel is a Condition for Peace

Objectively, how vulnerable is Israel? To say that Israel is a tiny nation does not begin to describe the state’s predicament. Slightly larger than the Canary …

A Truce Agreement with Hamas following "A Failure worse than the Second Lebanon War"

On Tuesday evening, June 17th, the Egyptian government announced that a truce agreement between Israel and the Hamas in Gaza would commence at 6 A.M. on Thursday, June …

About The Author

Eli E. Hertz is the President of Myths and Facts, Inc., a nonprofit organization devoted to research and publication of information regarding U.S. global interests in the …

Aggression - The Illegal Use of Force

UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 have never branded Israel as an occupier or aggressor. As a matter of fact, the UN rejected every draft resolution that …

Annapolis - Leaving Democracy at the Door

The Arab League, which has systematically opposed and blocked peace efforts for 60 years and is to this moment in a declared state-of-war with Israel, and more recently, …

Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish state

A record of the League of Arab States’ rejection of Israel as a Jewish state, from the League’s founding in 1945 through the 2002 Beirut Declaration.

Arab Member of Knesset Rewriting History

(IsraelNN.com) Israeli Arab Knesset Member Ahmed Tibi (United Arab List/Ram Ta’al) attacked the State of Israel in a fiery editorial published in the …

Arab Unlawful Acts of Aggression in 1967 - Series 2

In June 1967, the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan attacked Israel with the clear purpose expressed by Egypt’s President: “Destruction of …

Arab-Israeli Peace Agreements

Between 1993 and 2001, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) signed six agreements with Israel and conducted countless meetings …

Arbitrarily Created Countries

The League of Nations unanimously recognized the Jewish people’s historical connection to Palestine in 1922, yet modern Arab states were arbitrarily carved from the …

Birthing a Palestinian state at Annapolis?

As the Bush administration prepares to create a Palestinian state next month in Annapolis, an ironic fact remains widely unnoticed. It is that all “official” …

Britain's University and College Union Boycott

Writing this letter is a good way for me to discuss your horrible denial of facts and the disrespect that you bestow on your parents, grandparents and your British …

Catherine Ashton

On Palestinian children: What kind of society consciously sacrifices its own youth for political gain?

Charters/Constitutions - FATEH Constitution

FATEH – the main faction of the PLO to which Arafat belonged and was its founding member – displays its constitution on its website. It calls under Article 12 for the: …

Charters/Constitutions - PLO Charter

With great fanfare, the Palestine National Council (PNC) met in Gaza in the spring of 1994 to consider amending the PLO Charter, as Yasser Arafat had promised following …

Child Murder in the Village of Itamar

UN Security Council Resolution 1377 reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of …

Combating Terrorism

UN Security Council resolutions and international law define crimes against humanity and impose mandatory counter-terrorist obligations on all states to pursue and hold …

Combating Terrorism from Gaza

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and International treaties define crimes against humanity as the “participation in, and knowledge of, a …

Condi's Gift to Israel at 60

“Israeli and Palestinian negotiators should decide once and for all where to draw the line between Israeli and Palestinian territory, ending the argument over …

Dear President Obama

Mr. President, Before putting together the final touches on your anticipated ‘Peace Speech’ expected to be delivered in Egypt on June 4, 2009, I request of …

European Union - Jews are Here to Stay...

A corollary of the inalienable right of the Jewish people to its Land is the right to live in any part of Eretz Yisrael, including Judea and Samaria which are an integral …

Facing A Changed Game

The Obama administration’s strategic doctrine emphasizing nuclear disarmament poses challenges for Israel. Israeli planners must reconsider their strategic posture …

Facing Nuclear Madmen? Israel's Security and Enemy Rationality

What does it mean for Israel to face a potentially irrational nuclear adversary? An analysis of nuclear deterrence, rationality, and strategy in Israel’s security …

Freedom of Religion - Protecting all Faiths

In Israel, both Jews and non-Jews are free to practice their faiths freely and openly on individual and institutional levels. That contrasts sharply with neighboring Arab …

Freeze Arab's illegal Construction First

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s calls for a freeze on Jewish construction in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem while Arab construction continues unfettered are …