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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.)

The city of Ma’ale Adumim, located four miles from Jerusalem’s municipal boundary. Credit: David Mosberg via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
The ‘annexation’ scare
Israeli journalist Micah Goodman’s plan to “shrink the conflict” turns out to be just another plan to shrink Israel. There is no shortage of those plans around.
Oct. 7, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian youths participate in the graduation ceremony for a military-style camp organized by the Hamas terror group in Gaza on Aug. 18, 2017. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
Summer camp, a time for fun?
Young boys in Gaza go through military training, running obstacle courses and crawling under barbed wire with what appears to be live fire overhead, in addition to “campers” field-stripping rifles while blindfolded.
Aug. 12, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
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Featured Columnist
Ten Jewish groups unite against Israeli democracy
The critics of Israel are able to set aside their petty personal differences in order to be more effective. Why can’t the defenders of Israel do likewise?
Jul. 1, 2019
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
When the ruling party threatens violence
On June 16, Fatah posted on its official Facebook page a large photo of a masked Palestinian about to throw a rock—that is, about to attempt to stone a Jew to death.
Jun. 27, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Trump
Opinion
Is President Trump siding with J Street?
The illegal settlers in Khan al-Ahmar set up some tents and waited for sympathetic journalists and Jewish “peace” activists to go to bat for them, which didn’t take long.
Jun. 19, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. Credit: White House/Shealah Craighead.
Featured Columnist
No American weapons to anti-Semitic governments
At a time when the murders in Pittsburgh and Poway are still fresh in our memories, what kind of message does it send to supply a country like Qatar with military hardware?
Jun. 12, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Israeli security forces and medics remove the body of a Palestinian man who stabbed two Israelis in the Old City of Jerusalem, on May 31, 2019. The attack occurred as Muslims marked the last Friday of the month of Ramadan. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Palestinian stabs Israelis, and here come the excuses
A knife-wielding man entered Jerusalem on a permit to pray at Al-Aqsa. Maybe the Israelis do have a reason to scrutinize and restrict the foreign citizens who they allow to enter their capital city.
Jun. 3, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Hanan Ashrawi moderates the first-ever Palestine Festival (PalFest) of Literature event in May 2008. Credit: Flickr/Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Hanan Ashrawi, friend of terror
Nobody is denying the PLO senior official access to the world’s media outlets. But America is under no obligation to open its doors to those who endorse and consort with terrorists.
May. 21, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Cory Booker
Featured Columnist
Sen. Cory Booker needs a history lesson
He needs to understand that the idea of unconditionally creating a Palestinian state is a recent invention, and the idea that it is longstanding American policy is a falsehood ginned up by advocates for “Palestine.”
May. 13, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Brandeis University
Opinion
Israel-haters at Brandeis
Hostility towards Jews was what brought Brandeis into existence. And now, hostility towards Jews has reared its ugly head at Brandeis itself.
May. 8, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Washington D.C.'s historic Sixth and I synagogue. Credit: Sixth and I.
Opinion
Synagogue will mourn Palestinians, ignore Israeli Independence Day
I do not question the right of Sixth & I to do this. I question the wisdom and morality of their decision to publicly proclaim that Israel and the Palestinian Arabs are morally equivalent. They are not.
May. 1, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
Thousands of Palestinians attend a rally in Gaza City celebrating the 31st anniversary of Hamas on Dec. 16, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
Poverty isn’t the cause of terrorism, so let’s stop blaming it
Myths die hard. But the evidence is overwhelming that poverty is not what causes Muslims—whether Sri Lankan or Palestinian—to become terrorists.
Apr. 29, 2019
Stephen M. Flatow
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