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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.)

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 28, 2015. Credit: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré.
Opinion
Biden urges democracy abroad, but will it apply to Palestinians?
His strong words about human rights were welcome. Now we’ll see if he means them when it comes to one of the main offenders.
Feb. 8, 2021
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House. Jan. 28, 2021. Source: U.S. President Joe Biden/Facebook.
Opinion
Biden returns to immoral equivalency
Halting incitement and stopping policies that incentivize terrorism are not “good ideas” or “confidence-building measures.” They are the P.A.’s signed, sworn obligations.
Feb. 3, 2021
Stephen M. Flatow
Ahlam Tamimi
Opinion
Pardon for a terrorist?
If the Jordanian government is claiming that its constitution forbids extraditing Ahlam Tamimi, then it has to be claiming that the Sbarro pizza massacre in Jerusalem was a “political” crime.
Jan. 18, 2021
Stephen M. Flatow
Dennis Ross
Opinion
Dennis Ross is the wrong choice for ambassador to Israel
During his career in Middle Eastern foreign policy, he’s made mistakes that have had life-and-death consequences for Israel.
Dec. 21, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, March 9, 2016. Credit: Flash90.
Opinion
Don’t let the Palestinians fool Israel twice
The think-tank crowd wants the one Jewish state on the planet to hand over even more territory in exchange for the Palestinian Authority making the same worthless promises.
Dec. 8, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Mahmoud Abbas
Featured Columnist
Will Biden tolerate ‘pay for slay?’
Through whatever financial or other pressure is available, we need to force the Palestinian Authority to stop paying terrorists, stop naming schools and streets after terrorists, and stop using their media to portray terrorists as heroes.
Nov. 30, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion
Thomas Friedman lectures about lying
The problem is that the columnist himself seems to disagree with his own words.
Nov. 16, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Feb. 13, 2017. Photo by Flash90.
Opinion
Lessons from a terrorist’s death
Released Palestinian Arab terrorists only return to their ways, whether as part of a “mainstream” movement or an “extremist” one.
Nov. 2, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
Palestinians choose guns over butter
Imagine how many Arab lives might have been saved if money had been spent on medicine and equipment as opposed to weapons to fight the Israelis.
Oct. 19, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologist Ari Levy holds a 2,000-year-old measuring table found near the Pilgrimage Road at the City of David in eastern Jerusalem on Jan. 6, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Palestinians’ most dangerous enemy is … archaeology
The mikvah was the latest in a series of discoveries in Israel during the past year, each of which contradicted the Arab propaganda narrative.
Oct. 6, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinians rally in support of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Tubas, northeastern Samaria, Sept. 27, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Featured Columnist
Nobody is ignoring the Palestinians
There is no occupation. There is no apartheid. There is no demographic danger. Israel has addressed the Palestinian Arab problem to the best of its ability.
Sept. 29, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Former Israeli minister Yossi Beilin attends a Constitution, Law and Justice, Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 9, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Featured Columnist
Yossi Beilin, still undermining Israel after all these years
Over the past decade-and-a-half, he has taken some positions that have surprised and alarmed many friends of the Jewish state.
Sept. 22, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
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