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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.)

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.
March 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.
March 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
On Nov. 10, 2016, Vice President Joe Biden meets with then Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the White House. Credit: Office of the Vice President of the United States.
Featured Columnist
Two vice presidential visits to Israel: what a difference!
Watching Pence’s address, I could not help but recall the very different actions of the last vice president who visited Israel.
Jan. 25, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
An Israeli soldier who took part in a counter-terror raid in Jenin in 2018. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Opinion
How one raid tells all you need to know about Israel’s predicament
You wouldn’t think that one isolated Israeli counter-terror raid could explode every major myth about Israel’s conflict with the Palestinian Arabs. But last week’s raid in Jenin came pretty close to doing just that.
Jan. 22, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly in September 2015. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.
Opinion
Mahmoud Abbas has a problem with women
JNS columnist Stephen M. Flatow asks: Why is it that every time a female U.S. government official says something that the PA doesn’t like, PA leaders respond by making a disparaging remark related to the fact that she is a woman?
Jan. 17, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Opinion
Panicky critics of Israel push fake ‘one state’ threat
You know that critics of Israel are getting panicky when they start trotting out the old “one state” bogeyman. “As a 2-State Solution Loses Steam, a 1-State Plan Gains Traction,” a New York Times headline announced on Jan. 5, above an article so palpably absurd that it can only reflect the mad panic among advocates of Palestinian statehood as they see their dream fading away. And the fact that The Times chose to make it page one news says a lot about the fearful mindset among the left-wing news media, Israel-bashing pundits and Jewish peace camp types, writes JNS columnist Stephen M. Flatow.
Jan. 8, 2018
Stephen M. Flatow
Featured Columnist
Democrats should disown official who accused Israel, Rachael Ray of ‘cultural genocide’
The latest in a long series of extremist remarks by James Zogby, but this should be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Dec. 28, 2017
Stephen M. Flatow
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