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Stephen M. Flatow

Stephen M. Flatow is president of the Religious Zionists of America. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995, and author of A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror. (The RZA is not affiliated with any American or Israeli political party.)

Protesters demonstrate against Israel's plan to evict the Arab tenants from Jewish-owned properties in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, May 28, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Opinion
Why is Israel so inept at expelling Arabs?
If there truly was a “decades-long effort” by the government to “force” Arab residents to leave, surely, they would have been gone long ago.
June 10, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Avraham Moshe (“Moishy”) Klinerman, Source: Screenshot.
Opinion
Moishy Klinerman: The terror victim you’ve never heard of
Trying to stone Jews to death has become a pastime for Palestinian Arab youngsters, just as hopscotch and sandlot baseball are pastimes for American children.
May 25, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
The main entrance to Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital in eastern Jerusalem, Aug. 18, 2018. Photo by Ameen Rammal via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Jerusalem Arab hospital is victim of bigotry
The U.S. president should not be cleaning up the P.A.’s mess. Instead, he should say to its leadership: “Stop paying terrorists, and start paying your hospital bills.”
May 13, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Opinion
‘New York Times’ finds the term ‘occupied’ so confusing
It’s not, however, a confusion based on unclear facts.
April 25, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations on Feb. 11, 2020. Source: Screenshot.
Opinion
When a condemnation isn’t a condemnation
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, referred to the spate of murder in Israel as “a shooting operation.”
April 11, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Israeli Border Police and soldiers patrol the Mahaneh Yehudah market in Jerusalem on April 1, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
The racism in US Mideast policy
Palestinian Arab terrorism—from suicide bombings to potentially lethal rock-throwing—has become so commonplace over the years that many officials long ago grew weary of trying to get them to stop.
April 6, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the Wye River Conference Center during the Wye River Memorandum talks, Oct. 16, 1998. Credit: U.S. Government, Department of Defense via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Hillary Clinton tries to rewrite history
It is strategically disastrous to coddle Palestinian Arab dictators, abandon victims of terrorism and heap one-sided pressure on Israel.
March 28, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Credit: Jewish Virtual Library.
Opinion
Another Palestinian ‘moderate’ is exposed
In meetings with members of Congress who were visiting Ramallah, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh launched into a series of venomous anti-Israel tirades.
March 18, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Gigi Hadid. Credit: FashionStock.com/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Some uncomfortable Ukraine-Israel analogies
The Arabs, like the Russians, are the aggressors, trying to take over a country that belongs to somebody else. Israel, like Ukraine, is an embattled democracy with deep roots in their land.
March 10, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
At center-front: Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), along with other members of U.S. Congress, meet with Palestinian children in Hebron as part of a delegation organized by J Street, Nov. 10, 2021. Source: Jamaal Bowman/Twitter.
Opinion
J Street convinces congressman to turn against the Jewish state
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) reversed course and announced that he officially withdrew support for the Israel Relations Normalization Act.
Feb. 21, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Rabbi Jill Jacobs. Source: Screenshot/Jewish Women's Archive.
Opinion
Jewish left leader accidentally calls Palestinian Authority chief an anti-Semite
I hope she will confront the powerful implications of her own words.
Feb. 14, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
Emma Watson. Credit: Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Emma Watson is right
Hopefully, her declaration about the Palestinians will stimulate a serious conversation about the cruel occupation that the international community has been ignoring.
Jan. 7, 2022
Stephen M. Flatow
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