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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.)

Harvard Yard on the university’s campus in Cambridge, Mass. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Harvard’s Jewish students flunk ‘Israeli History 101’
Anyone who is familiar with even the most cursory facts about the Middle East knows that the Jewish state’s occupation of the Palestinians ended 23 years ago.
Apr. 4, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinians wave a flag near the border fence east of Kahn Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 19, 2017. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90.
Opinion
‘Three little terrorists’ represent all that’s gone wrong in 30 years
The men who crossed into Israel from Gaza were nothing to worry about, according to the media and the left. It’s a story we’ve heard before, and it doesn’t have a happy ending.
Mar. 28, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström with former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
Swedish meatballs for Palestinian terrorists
In another form of Israel-bashing, the foreign minister of Sweden attempts to justify huge amounts of aid to the Palestinian Authority by saying the money is needed to feed “starving Palestinian children.” In reality, some of the money gets channeled for terror operations, while the kids have enough on their plates.
Mar. 22, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
Why does Ronald Lauder want Israel to be only nine miles wide?
Nine miles wide. It would take an Arab-tank column a matter of minutes to cut Israel in two.
Mar. 20, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli soldiers near the border fence east of Gaza City on Dec. 22, 2017. Credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90.
Featured Columnist
The Trump administration just doesn’t get Gaza
No matter how hard the State Department crowd wishes it, the Palestinian Authority is not going to fight Hamas for control of Gaza. In fact, it’s not going to fight Hamas at all.
Mar. 16, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Then-Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at the 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington. Credit: AIPAC.
Featured Columnist
A new consensus on Israel
The leadership of the Democrats, as represented by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, has now in effect joined hands with the leadership of the Republicans—and the majority of the American public.
Mar. 8, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Trump, Netanyahu
Opinion
The price for Trump’s Israel plan is too high
American Jewish leaders need to make it clear to the Trump administration that any international control over any part of Jerusalem is unacceptable.
Mar. 5, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Sarah Silverman at the Democratic National Convention in July 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Slap-happy comedian Sarah Silverman: Whose side are you on?
“Jews have to stand up even when—especially when—the wrongdoing is by Jews/the Israeli government,” Silverman pompously declared. She didn’t bother to explain what it was that was “wrong” about the Israeli authorities arresting someone who assaulted a soldier.
Feb. 21, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump meet on Jan. 25 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Opinion
Is President Trump preparing to put pressure on Israel?
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has repeatedly indicated that he intends to pressure Israel to make yet more concessions to the Palestinian Authority. I wonder why pro-Israel voices have not been expressing concern about this development.
Feb. 15, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visits the Western Wall in May 2017. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.
Opinion
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is unfairly attacked, again
Once again, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has spoken simple words of truth, and once again he’s under attack from the Palestinian Authority and the Jewish left.
Feb. 12, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Palestinian misogyny gets a pass yet again
A senior Palestinian Authority official this week declared that “Nikki Haley needs to shut up.” If a representative of any other regime had used such language against a female American diplomat, feminists everywhere would be up in arms—and rightly so. But for some reason, Palestinian misogyny gets a pass.
Feb. 6, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center), Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat shake hands after addressing reporters on the subject of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., in July 2013. Credit: U.S. State Department.
Featured Columnist
Why polls on a Palestinian state are a mirage
Ever wonder why polls consistently show that a large portion of the Israeli public supports creating a Palestinian state?
Jan. 30, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
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