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Yaakov Ahimeir

Yaakov Ahimeir is a senior Israeli journalist, and a television and radio personality.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) addresses the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

Democrats’ support for Israel is waning

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s frank criticism of Israel’s settlement policy is further evidence of a crack in the veneer of bipartisan U.S. support for Israel.

August 13, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Labour’s anti-Semitism is no longer deniable

The anti-Semitism in the ranks of Great Britain’s leading left-wing party, which was recently exposed by the BBC of all outlets, should receive far more coverage in the Israeli media.

July 15, 2019

Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett presents data from the new Anti-Semitism Cyber Monitoring System. Credit: Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.

A candidate who will tackle anti-Semitism

The prime ministers of Israel see themselves as leaders of the entire Jewish people and responsible for their well-being.

February 17, 2019

Newly elected Australian leader Scott Morrison addresses the media on Aug. 24, 2018, after defeating Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Credit: Screenshot.

Half-recognition means redividing the capital

If the Australian government recognizes only half of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, will Israel acknowledge this gesture?

December 16, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.

The Oslo Accords, a play gone wrong

Are the Oslo Accords synonymous with a diplomatic-political crime and malpractice by Israeli statesmen or were they just a naïve attempt by non-Israeli intellectuals to make peace between two enemies?

December 9, 2018

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah, Jan. 14, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

A travesty of Palestinian education

A new generation of Palestinians is being raised on these texts, which are extinguishing even the smallest thought or chance of co-existence with Israel—or perhaps that should be the “Zionist entity.”

October 7, 2018