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Reuven Berko

Dr. Reuven Berko was the adviser on Arab affairs to the Jerusalem district police and a writer for Israel Hayom.

Arab-Israeli leaders at the “Gate of Mercy” site on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Feb, 25, 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

Jordan’s survival depends on Al-Aqsa

King Abdullah understands that if the Hashemite dynasty cedes control over managing Al-Aqsa, the throne will lose its religious legitimacy. They have not forgotten that the Palestinians tried to take control of Jordan and kick out the royal family in the 1970s.

March 12, 2019

Arafat Irfaiya, 29, who confessed to the terrorist rape and murder of 19-year-old Tekoa resident Ori Ansbacher on Feb. 7, 2019 in the outskirts of Jerusalem. Photo Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The Palestinian incitement to rape

In pre-state Israel, Palestinian Arabs would rape Jewish women, including minors, in the name of “national liberation” and the legacy of Islam.

February 14, 2019

Thousands of Palestinians in Ramallah protest against a social-security law established by the Palestinian Authority that has them concerned over the distribution of funds, Oct. 29, 2018. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

The lost art of Palestinian ‘protection’

No magic wand can unite the hostile tribes in Gaza, and Judea and Samaria. Even their murderous hatred of the Jews isn’t enough.

January 29, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech on the Trump administration’s Mideast policies at the American University in Cairo on Jan. 10, 2019. Credit: Screenshot.

A tale of two (Cairo) speeches

Historical perspective has not been particularly kind to the vision former U.S. President Barack Obama presented in his speech, the regional and global repercussions of which have been destructive.

January 14, 2019

Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh, leader of the Joint Arab List Party. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

In their wildest fantasies

In the morning, the Palestinians contemplate the use of terror, and at night, they plot to incite Arab citizens of Israel against the regimes of “betrayal and peace.”

January 6, 2019

Members of Hamas's security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Understanding the local tribal code

The Palestinians are contemptuous of the stupidity and naiveté of the left, and see these as an asymmetry that holds their salvation—not to mention an Achilles’ heel via which they can strike at our people.

December 26, 2018

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/AP.

Palestinians are trying to have it both ways

Even as it collaborates with Israel, the Palestinian Authority is trying to outdo Hamas by inciting against Israel, hoping that this will improve its standing among the masses and shed its corrupt image.

December 18, 2018

A pro-Hamas rally in Ramallah. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Fulfilling the prophecy

Throughout the ages, our path has ‎always been riddled with homegrown detractors trying ‎to undermine the elected leadership, however ‎successful and whether elected by God or by the ‎people via a democratic process.

December 9, 2018

File photo: Head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh (right) and senior Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmed at a news conference in Gaza City. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas’s salvation through the gutter

The inter-Palestinian reconciliation is analogous to a death from a thousand cuts. The Gaza Strip and West Bank, two hostile entities towards one another, are not united in anything other than their dream to destroy Israel.

December 2, 2018