Israel as normal or unique
Interestingly, the legacy of Herzl is claimed both by the right as nationalist, and by the left as cosmopolitan. Despite, or perhaps because of, its successes Israel's goal of becoming a state like any other remains elusive
- 17 March 2018
A smart move, a just move: Trump recognises Jerusalem
President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognised that the Eiffel Tower is in Paris, that the Pope is indeed a Catholic, and that Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel. Rumour has it that he will soon break precedent with world leaders everywhere and declare that the square root of nine is three
- 7 December 2017
An indulgent, damaging MidEast "peace" conference
The so called "peace conference" in Paris is nothing of the sort. It is yet another event that confirms the world's self-imposed ignorance about the real cause of the Israel-Palestine conflict which is Palestinian rejectionism
- 15 January 2017
Amid the bad news in 2016, 2 miracles for Israel
The Christian world has a sometimes contradictory relationship with Israel and the Jewish people. For all the problems of 2016, there were some truly positive developments including a potentially landmark book on Christians and Jews
- 13 January 2017
A miracle in Bossey
After the Holocaust in Europe, Christians started to do the tough work of unpacking the relationship between the New Testament, Christian theology and the history of antisemitism in Western civilization. It is time for scholars at Al Azhar University to start doing the heavy lifting and confront the relationship between Islamic sources and the catastrophe unfolding in the Middle East today
- 10 October 2016
Bernie Sanders and his strange take on Israel
Bernie Sanders, for all his fulminations about the “establishment”, political and financial, is on the Israel issue the epitome of fashionable, and sometimes bigoted, political correctness
- 18 April 2016
Will Chris Gunness ever be held to account?
The UNRWA's spokesperson is assisting in Hamas's "dead baby strategy". This bias is intolerable and violates UNRWA's own policies on neutrality. When will this outrage be brought to an end?
- 4 September 2015
Arab Christian leaders: Same old song and dance on Israel
When one pauses to reflect on what significant Arab Christian leaders have been saying about the problems in the Middle East these past few years, one throws up one's hands in despair. You guessed it. Their real complaint is with Israel
- 8 August 2015
Truth under siege from Artists for Palestine
The abuse of art by anti-Israeli activists has reared its ugly head in London again. If this was the usual suspects it wouldn't be so bad. But mainstream actors and taxpayers' money add a sinister new twist to on old hatred
- 26 May 2015
The two-state delusion
The liberal-Left in Britain, and elsewhere, is engaged in willful blindness about Israel's ability to forge a two-state solution. The reality is that it isn't in Israel's gift to bring one about because the Palestinians always reject it. It's time the West woke up
- 25 March 2015
Victory for Netanyahu and success all round for Israel
When it came down to putting envelopes in boxes, “King Bibi” was the candidate who has shown a willingness to face up to international pressure (particularly from the US) and not to back down on the nation’s security in successive failed peace talks with the rejectionist Palestinians
- 18 March 2015
Anti-Israel Anglican vicar “temporarily unavailable”
Amazing as it may sound, vicars in the Church of England can actually go too far in their hostility to Israel. Rev Sizer's website link to a 9/11 conspiracy theory blaming Israel for the attacks has got him into big trouble
- 16 February 2015
Muslim persecution of Christians: A 1,400 year tradition
Muslim persecution of Christians exists in 40 nations today as part of a continuum -- or “tradition” -- that started nearly 14 centuries ago. A new study shows a horrific reality that you just won't read in our mainstream media
- 6 February 2015
The Peters Principle on the Middle East conflict
The Peters Principle is really concerned with the “flight from fact,” -- the assault on truth, justice and reason associated with the attempt to delegitimise Israel. The crucial fact is that the Palestinian narrative is largely false. The Jews have the prior claim to the land
- 9 January 2015
A crazy dream about the world and Israel
In Professor Curtis's dream, the United Nations actually cared about human rights, and not just demonising Israel. It was as if reason and decency had broken out across the world. What a crazy dream!
- 30 December 2014
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