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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.

Anti-judicial reform protesters in New York City crowd the streets before the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2023. Photos by Luke Tress/Flash90.

The ‘Greater Israel’ claim is a paper tiger

Having rejected every Israeli peace offer, the Palestinians surely have no right to dictate what Israel should look like on a map.

James Sinkinson

October 3, 2023

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah on May 25, 2021. Photo: Flash90.

Abbas’s hateful antisemitism again proves he’s no peace partner

Surely, the Biden administration’s continued policy of subsidizing Abbas’s dictatorship—with no demands that the P.A. reverse its belligerent, racist behavior—does not help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

James Sinkinson

September 19, 2023

Israeli forces during a counterterror operation in Judea and Samaria. Credit: IDF

Israel critics unfairly slander the most humane army in history

When the United Nations, NGOs and media claim Israel’s army is inhumane, they falsely and unfairly demonize the Jewish state.

James Sinkinson

September 6, 2023

A vote on the "reasonableness bill" at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel needs a constitution

The judicial reform crisis is nothing compared to the catastrophe we will face if we don't create a constitution soon.

James Sinkinson

September 4, 2023

Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar. Credit: Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

US professors using classrooms to spread antisemitic lies

In today’s academia, professors who teach lies that smear Jews and Israel rarely face negative consequences. In fact, some even receive career advancement.

James Sinkinson

August 22, 2023

Armed Palestinians march after an Israeli military operation in Jenin, July 5, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Palestinian society sinks into shambles

Led by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, Palestinians are further from peace and statehood than ever.

James Sinkinson

August 9, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

President Biden attacks Israel over judicial reform, again

Biden’s meddling in internal Israeli politics is inappropriate and unwelcome.

James Sinkinson

July 25, 2023

Israeli soldiers in Jenin as part of a counter-terrorism operation, July 3, 2023. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

The media failed miserably on Jenin

The media and international community were egregiously irresponsible in reporting the IDF's Jenin raid.

James Sinkinson

July 18, 2023

Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) sign at its headquarters building entrance in Washington, D.C. CAIR bills itself as a Muslim civil-rights organization located on Capitol Hill. Credit: DC Stock Photograph/Shutterstock.

CAIR is no solution to antisemitism: It’s part of the problem

Biden's choice of CAIR to help fight antisemitism insults all victims of Jew hatred

James Sinkinson

July 3, 2023

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