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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.)

King George Street and Jaffa Street
Opinion
Say their names: The forgotten American victims of Palestinian terror
Where are the memorial rallies and candle-lit vigils? Where are the demands to bring the killers to justice? Where are the letter-writing campaigns to press the Trump administration to act?
Sept. 14, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Thomas L. Friedman
Opinion
Unpleasant news for Thomas Friedman
Does the level of the Kinneret have anything to do with the prospects for peace in the Middle East? He’d like you to think that it does.
Sept. 7, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian Authority textbooks. Credit: Matzav.com.
Opinion
Symbols (and symbolism) reveal a bitter Mideast truth
It’s more than about a map. Entire generations of Palestinian-Arab children have been raised on an image with a powerful message: All of Palestine belongs to the Arabs. None of it belongs to the Jews.
Aug. 31, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Hamas and Turkey
Featured Columnist
Old terrorists do not die, they just move to Turkey
I welcomed the idea of putting Sami Al-Arian on trial. Let Americans and the world see the lengths that terror’s supporters go in order to murder civilians riding a public bus.
Aug. 25, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Seth Rogen speaks at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International on July 20, 2018. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
Advice to Jewish celebs: Grow up!
They’re mad at their parents for being pro-Israel, so they take it out on the rest of us, battering the Jewish world with their incessant whining.
Aug. 3, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami addressing the 2019 J Street National Conference in Washington. Source: J Street/Flickr.
Opinion
How J Street is attempting to desecrate Tisha B’Av
The organization is making outlandish comparisons to a day of ancient Jewish mourning and trying to distract from the facts on the ground.
July 27, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Taylor Force
Featured Columnist
Return to rewarding terrorism?
The Democrat-controlled House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs officially adopted an amendment to send $250 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, despite an ongoing pay-to-slay Israelis policy.
July 13, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Fatah threatens the burning of Jewish towns as part of continued terrorism against Israelis and as an effort, along with the proposition of murder, to stop the Fifth World Holocaust Forum and other commemorative memorials from taking place during the week of Jan. 19, 2020. Source: Palestinian Media Watch.
Opinion
What do U.S. Jews really think about annexation?
The only way to know is to poll the Jewish population. But the answers may come as a surprise.
July 6, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Emmanuel Macron
Featured Columnist
EU hypocrites take territory while blasting Israeli annexation
France, the Grand Annexer, lectures Israel? How do you say chutzpah in French?
June 8, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Mourners at the funeral of IDF Staff Sgt. Amit Ben-Yigal, who was hit on the head by a rock by Palestinian attackers and died of his wounds, May 12, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Featured Columnist
The silence of the Jews
What we need from our organizations, from left to right, is genuine sympathy for a terror victim, and the courage to tell the truth about Palestinian Arab behavior.
May 18, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
Jewish students plant a garden in Tal Menashe community in Samaria. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
No, annexation wouldn’t hurt Israel
Various governments will condemn Israel, but they will continue to have relations with the Jewish state because it’s in their interest to do so. Their bark is much worse than their bite.
May 10, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
A promotional image for the series “Umm Haroun” (“The Mother of Aaron”), aired by the private Saudi-owned satellite channel MBC for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Source: Arab Media.
Opinion
The myth of Saudi moderation
“Umm Haroun” depicts the Saudi version of the “Good Jew”—the one who lives submissively under Muslim domination. They have a word for that in Arabic: “dhimmi.”
May 5, 2020
Stephen M. Flatow
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