Edwin Black Archives

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Edwin BlackMarch 31, 2022

Ben & Jerry’s tries to force food apartheid

Food must never be withheld from a population. The very discussion is distasteful.

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Edwin BlackJanuary 31, 2022

Another desperate (and fake) ‘Israeli apartheid’ report

In an extraordinary move to attain media synchrony, Amnesty International actually pre-positioned an “embargoed” press release to maximize simultaneous anti-Israel impact.

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Edwin BlackNovember 28, 2021

Yom HaGirush: The inside story of ‘Expulsion Day’

That name, Yom HaGirush, marks when Jewish communities across many countries were once again dispossessed, but became repossessed in the free nation of Israel.

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Edwin BlackJune 2, 2021

On Farhud Day, many ask: Could it happen again?

The resurgence of Nazi-style, pro-Palestinian, anti-Jewish violence on our streets is not anti-Zionist or anti-Israel agitation, but rather vocal, visible and undisguised Jew-hatred.

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Edwin BlackApril 5, 2021

The vaccine blood libel: The wicked lie of ‘medical apartheid’

Israel’s nemeses, foreign and domestic, are engaged in a generational struggle to delegitimize the Jewish state’s very right to exist.

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Edwin BlackFebruary 18, 2021

IBM and the Holocaust

In view of what IBM was able to accomplish on the Nazis’ behalf in the 1930s, the thought of what Big Tech is capable of today is sobering indeed.

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Edwin BlackOctober 29, 2020

Walid Phares lasers in on US foreign policy in ‘The Choice’

Historians a generation from now will undoubtedly call upon this must-read book to help figure out just what the heck happened before, during and after November 2020.

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Edwin BlackMarch 16, 2020

Can Netanyahu be justly prosecuted for media manipulation?

The Israeli prime minister’s innocence or guilt is nowhere near as important as what his conviction on such charges would mean to Israel’s democracy.

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Edwin BlackAugust 21, 2019

Who’s funding illegal Palestinian settlements in Area C? Links to terrorists

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.

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Edwin BlackAugust 15, 2019

Who’s funding illegal Palestinian settlements in Area C? Nearly 10,000 cases

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.

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Edwin BlackAugust 14, 2019

Who’s funding illegal Palestinian settlements in Area C? Confronting history

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.

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Edwin BlackJuly 30, 2019

Israel’s 2007 decision to attack a Syrian nuclear facility stands as history … and a warning

The world’s attention is once again and inevitably riveted to the nuclear threat from Iran, generating kaleidoscopic theories about a potential military strike to disable Tehran’s program.

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Edwin BlackMay 20, 2019

Israel’s tourism triumph: The lure below

Amid all the veneration of Israel as a Holy Land, two Jerusalem tunnels have emerged as among Israel’s greatest attractions, drawing tourists from many countries.

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Edwin BlackMay 9, 2019

Israel’s tourism triumph: The restaurant scene

Unchained, and yet somehow tethered to a Jewish and regional past, today’s Israeli cuisine blends European, Arabic and Asian traditions in a visual audacity that erases taste borders.

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Edwin BlackApril 7, 2019

Israel’s tourism triumph: Luxury hotels beckon

In 2018, a record 4.1 million visitors streamed into Israel from all over the world. Massive tourist influxes are now seen from the Chinese and Indian travel markets, as well as America’s Christian community.