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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.)

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.
July 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.
July 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.
July 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.
June 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.
June 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?
June 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.
June 8, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Brandeis University
Opinion
Brandeis should pick somebody else to brag about
The idea of the “Israel lobby” and the Israeli government paying and controlling Congress has been condemned by Jewish groups across the board as antisemitism.
June 5, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, May 10, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Opinion
Rockets in Judea and Samaria are a game-changer
Nothing could make clearer the danger of creating a Palestinian state.
May 30, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
Homesh
Opinion
I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is deeply troubled
Dismantling Homesh was not required by Oslo, and rebuilding Homesh is not prohibited by Oslo.
May 22, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
American Jewish historian Deborah Lipstadt. Source: YouTube.
Opinion
This is a case for the US antisemitism envoy
Deborah Lipstadt, where are you?
May 16, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorates the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Featured Columnist
Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?
In 1972, the year of the Olympics massacre, Yasser Arafat headed the Fatah terrorist organization, and Mahmoud Abbas—the current head of both Fatah and the Palestinian Authority—was his right-hand man.
May 8, 2023
Stephen M. Flatow
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