In favour of elections

It's fashionable to say that democracy won't work for the Palestinians. Reuel Marc Gerecht disagrees -- let the Palestinian people choose. 

Disproportionate criticism

Dan Henninger in the Wall Street Journal compares the massive world outcry over a small naval incident to the relative lack of concern by the international community about much more serious situations.

Here's a quote: "But if the world's powers unload like this only on relatively small, isolated nations like Israel, then clearly the keepers of the world order find it easier to be blowhards than statesmen. And that means we have a problem."

"Occupied" or "disputed"?

In an essay in the Wall Street Journal, Danny Ayalon writes that the land generally described as the "occupied territories" should  more accurately be called the "disputed territories". Moshe Yaroni, writing in Zeek, finds the distinction unimportant; "occupied" or "disputed", Israel's political obligations in the terrritories remain the same.

West Bank boom

Shops and restaurants in Hebron are full and villas comparable in size to those on the Cote d'Azur have sprung up on the hills around the city. In Ramallah luxury car dealerships and health clubs are to be seen. Tom Gross, for the Wall Street Journal, filed this report on the Palestinian economy.

Hebron, then and now

Hebron Jews are relentlessly vilified as fanatics who illegally occupy someone else's land. Until 1929, Jews had lived in Hebron for three millennia. Jerold S. Auerbach relates this modern story of Jewish exile and return.

How to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace

The President of Egypt has stated his position in this article published in the Wall Street Journal.

Egypt: Iran's New Target

Tehran sees Egypt as rival.

What should Hillary do?

Israelis want peace and voted for realism and security.

Normalization of evil

What enables Hamas to become tolerated in public discourse? Judea Pearl says we should look at how our universities are being manipulated by terrorist sympathizers.