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Jewish Democrats are supporting a party that is tacitly enabling the expression of potentially murderous anti-Semitism. Yet they have the gall to attack as an anti-Semite the man who is calling out the party for way it is progressively throwing Israel and the Jews under the bus.
For decades, open allegations have been publicly aired alleging links between the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the Popular Front for the Liberation Palestine.
Both left and right are uneasy about growing violence from the border, but the prime minister has a plan.
Talk of censuring ambassadors over the controversy while ignoring the congresswomen’s anti-Semitic connections is the real scandal.
Israel’s leading political parties used to exchange blood-libel accusations. Now, that’s what Americans are doing to each other.
What should pick at our consciences is the kind of society that China has now become, exactly 70 years after the Communist Party took power—a society created from a legacy of mass murder.
Israel’s democracy has proven time and again that it can withstand any criticism, whether from grassroots activists to nation-state leaders. Israel sent a strong message to Omar and Tlaib, and other BDS supporters: if you promote boycotts of Israel, then Israel boycotts you.
Banning members of Congress, even anti-Semitic BDS supporters, from entering the country is a grave mistake that will only help Israel’s foes.
To create a de facto Palestinian state without negotiation or even diplomatic consultation with the Israelis, European countries have pumped hundreds of millions of euros annually into illegal building.
Most Israeli Arabs shun violence. Indeed, just last month, defense officials reported that terrorist activity among Israeli Arabs—never high to begin with—has dropped sharply.
In the past half-decade, illegal Palestinian building and infrastructure have sprawled across more than 9,000 dunams (nine square kilometers) in 250 locations with access roads, retaining walls and terracing.
Syrian refugees who fled to neighboring Arab and Muslim countries have begun wearing out their welcome, yet fear returning. The world, much like before, is largely apathetic.