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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.)

A Palestinian in Gaza holds a rocket launcher. Photo by Ahmad Khateib/Flash90.
Opinion
Why the new Palestinian rockets matter
They can cause a lot more harm than a rifle or knife.
Aug. 21, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Michigan State Sen. Sylvia Santana. Source: LinkedIn.
Opinion
Why is a Michigan senator ignoring the state’s victims of terror?
I am sure the victims’ families would be very interested in speaking with Sen. Sylvia Santana.
Aug. 15, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides in his office, October 2022. Credit: David Azagury/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.
Featured Columnist
Ex-State Department officials admit they were wrong
So why should Israel listen to them now?
Jul. 31, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Portraits of the late King Hussein of Jordan (left) and his son, King Abdullah II. Credit: Amnat30/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Mideast leader flouts democracy, receives American aid anyway
King Abdullah II has been praised, funded and armed by American presidents since he assumed the royal throne 24 years ago.
Jul. 27, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinian and left-wing activists protest against the expulsion of Arab families from their homes in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Jan. 13, 2023. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
Opinion
George Orwell would have loved this guy
The same people trying to keep members of one ethnic group out of a neighborhood—the very definition of “apartheid”—were standing there with signs accusing the Israeli authorities of “apartheid.”
Jul. 18, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Opinion
Three reasons Biden is wrong about ‘Israeli extremism’
Polls have consistently shown there is a broad consensus among Israelis that Jews have a right to live in the territories.
Jul. 14, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Mahmoud Abbas. Credit: Comunicazione della Presidenza della Repubblica via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
See no Fatah, hear no Fatah
To acknowledge the truth is to admit that it never gave up terrorism and that creating a Palestinian state won’t bring peace.
Jul. 7, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Aaron David Miller. Credit: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Outrageous Jenin conspiracy theory peddled by ex-State Department official
According to Aaron David Miller, a military operation is meant not only to distract from judicial reform but award the right-wingers in his government.
Jul. 5, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) sign at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: DC Stock Photograph/Shutterstock.
Opinion
CAIR, one month later: Has the leopard changed its spots?
In sum, the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued no less than nine anti-Israel press releases since it was embraced by the Biden administration.
Jun. 27, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Palestinians protest against the evacuation of squatters from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah with a sign denigrating Jewish history and the Israeli government, Jan. 13, 2023. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
Opinion
Everyone can agree this is antisemitism
Outbursts by street-corner thugs are bad enough. But the official promulgation of antisemitism by a governing regime is far more dangerous.
Jun. 19, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
The entrance to An-Najah University Nablus. Credit: Almonroth via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
What the Palestinian student elections reveal
Why is it that there are no candidates who oppose violence and support peaceful coexistence with Israel?
Jun. 12, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
The Oslo Accords Map of the West Bank, 1995 (Area C is in gray). Source: Center for Israel Education.
Opinion
Blinken says Israel must be nine miles wide to be secure
That was bad enough. But he added insult to injury by also pressing Israel to make a series of concessions that would go above and beyond what the Oslo Accords require.
Jun. 8, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
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