3,000 years of history
67 essays
Jerusalem has served as the political and spiritual capital of only the Jewish nation for more than 3,000 years, while Arab and Islamic claims to the city are recent and …
Today, 18 years after signing the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and 18 years after his tragic death, Yitzhak Rabin was lauded by President Barack Obama as a man of peace and …
Palestinians have nurtured a myth that historically there were two Jerusalems - an Arab ‘East Jerusalem’ and a Jewish ‘West Jerusalem.’ Jerusalem …
Despite 1,300 years of Muslim Arab rule, Jerusalem was never the capital of an Arab entity, nor was it ever mentioned in the Palestine Liberation Organization’s …
Eli E. Hertz responds to CBS journalist Bob Simon’s reporting on Palestinian security checkpoints by contrasting them with the extensive security measures Israeli …
The Global March to Jerusalem, scheduled for March 30, 2012, is an anti-Israel publicity stunt that aims to have a million people marching on Israel’s borders from …
Excerpts from Yitzhak Rabin’s final speech to the Knesset reveal his realistic vision for Israeli-Palestinian peace, including a Jewish state, united Jerusalem, and …
Arabs have systematically denied Jewish historical connections to Jerusalem, destroyed archaeological evidence, and used terrorist violence to make the city unbearable …
Following President Obama’s appointment of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine as his Middle East envoy, examining the tendentiousness of Mitchell’s …
Analysis of Secretary of State Rice’s position on Israeli settlements in Jerusalem and its contradiction with international law and historical claims to the city.
Palestinian Arabs have concentrated many of their terrorist attacks on Jews in Jerusalem, hoping to win the city by an onslaught of terror who seek to make life in the …
On Israel’s 60th anniversary, examining the UN Partition Plan and the true legal basis for Israeli statehood.
I read with interest your remarks on the Middle East given on July 16, 2007 at the White House. I appreciate your sincere commitment and devotion in promoting and …
Analysis of how Western media’s silence on terrorist activity during the 2005 Palestinian ceasefire created a false impression of Palestinian compliance and peace.
An examination of declassified British documents detailing counter-terrorism tactics used in Palestine during the Mandate period in 1938, and their comparison to …
First Published February 1989. An analysis of the strategic security risks posed by Palestinian statehood compared to continued Israeli administrative control of the …
In 1947 the British put the future of western Palestine into the hands of the United Nations, the successor organization to the League of Nations which had established …
A UN coalition sought to rewrite history by labeling the Territories ‘Occupied Territories,’ thus endowing them with an aura of bogus statehood and a false history. They …
Granting the right under international law for Jews to settle anywhere in western Palestine - the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea
Jerusalem and the Jewish people are so intertwined that telling the history of one is telling the history of the other. For more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has played a …
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 …
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 …
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, …
In June 1967, the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan attacked Israel with the clear purpose expressed by Egypt’s President: “Destruction of …
Between 1993 and 2001, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) signed six agreements with Israel and conducted countless meetings …
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: …
UN Security Council resolutions and international law define crimes against humanity and impose mandatory counter-terrorist obligations on all states to pursue and hold …
The Obama administration’s strategic doctrine emphasizing nuclear disarmament poses challenges for Israel. Israeli planners must reconsider their strategic posture …
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 …
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 …