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James Sinkinson

James Sinkinson is president of Facts and Logic About the Middle East (FLAME), which publishes educational messages to correct lies and misperceptions about Israel and its relationship to the United States.

Young Israelis from Ben Shemen pose for a picture in a harvest field ahead of Shavuot, on May 18, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel is among history’s greatest anti-colonialists

The story of the modern Jewish state is not one of colonialism but of indigenous self-determination.

James Sinkinson

May 23, 2023

Arab Israelis shop at the Arab-owned King Store supermarket chain in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva. July 27, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Palestinians suffer the greatest oppression at the hands of fellow Arabs

Western news media focuses on the alleged offenses of Israel, ignoring the real cruelty endured by Palestinians in Arab regions.

James Sinkinson

May 9, 2023

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah II to Ramallah, May 28, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Why the Palestinians have failed to create a state

Valuing terror over governance, Palestinian leaders have left their movement bereft of the basic qualities required of statehood.

James Sinkinson

May 3, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on July 15, 2022. Credit: Courtesy of ©C-SPAN.

Four tragic US diplomatic errors prolong the Israeli-Palestinian war

American policy has been dominated by wishful thinking instead of hard facts on the ground. No wonder it has failed.

James Sinkinson

April 18, 2023

Centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in Iran. Source: Twitter.

It’s time for the US to keep its promise on Iran

It doesn’t make sense for the United States and other Western powers to allow Israel to take on this threat single handedly.

James Sinkinson

April 5, 2023

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 23, 2022. Source: YouTube.

How the Palestinians got their name

The Palestinians can call themselves whatever they want, but they cannot hijack 3,000 years of history.

James Sinkinson

March 29, 2023

Headquarters of “The New York Times” at night. Credit: Osugi/Shutterstock.

The New York Times’ blatant antisemitism

Advertisers have no business supporting it and truth-loving people have no reason to read it.

James Sinkinson

March 14, 2023

A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Dec. 21, 2021. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías.

US again betrays promise of ‘unbreakable’ support for Israel at the UN

U.S. financial and political support of the Palestinians’ war against Israel is shameful.

James Sinkinson

March 8, 2023

A Hamas rally in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 27, 2022. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gazans speak out: Hamas’s warmongering keeps us oppressed and poor

“It’s forbidden to say you don’t want war.”

James Sinkinson

February 28, 2023

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