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There are no guarantees that curiosity, self-doubt and free speech will create a more liberal society. But closed-mindedness and censorship, in the Middle East, Europe or anywhere, are not likely to, either.

Never before had delegates been forced to vote on whether the WZO should condemn the Israeli government in its various platforms...

Living well, as the saying goes, is the best revenge, even if it comes at the cost of international criticism.

We Americans now live with an entirely reasonable fear of war and terror. Indeed, there is precious little doubt that our country will become a recurrent victim of new attacks by those who openly seek the genocidal destruction of "infidels."

It’s no secret that many in the academic community support boycotts as a means of pressuring and punishing Israel. So it’s understandable that proposed legislation to prohibit use of public funds to promote boycotts – authored by New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and now being considered by the Assembly – has created an uproar. An identical bill was passed last week by the State Senate.

President Trump’s ill-advised decision to withdraw from Syria should be viewed in the context of two broader developments. In terms of foreign policy, both the Republicans and the Democrats are moving from international engagement to neo-isolationism; and strategically, the Pentagon is shifting from the war on terror to a renewed focus on Russia and China.

The Israeli Left is incentivizing the Palestinians to refuse negotiations and potentially use violence against Israel.

Jewish life in Israel due to global aliyah is truly remarkable-it's a portrait of cultural diversity

Following the move of the other organizations toward Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas was not able to convene the PLO institutions in Ramallah, which very likely led to his resolution to dissolve the Legislative Council.

We only have to think back to World War II and America’s making common cause with the Soviet Union to defeat the Nazis.

Jewish parallels abound in the show that just finished its third season.

May we make this Shavuot a time to increase our achdut, as well as our dedication to the Torah and following it's moral and ethical rules.

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SWOT analysis: Assessing resources, internal Strengths&Weaknesses; external Opportunities&Threats.

According to the Qu'ran, Muslims have every reason to abduct, beat and mutilate Jews, as they recently did in France It depicts Jews as inveterately evil intent on destroying the wellbeing of Muslims.

In his new memoir, the former U.S. president misleads readers in a way that will forever shape their negative perspective of the Jewish state.

"I wish there was as much concern for the victims and survivors of senseless violence in the city"

Obama owes the American people, and Benjamin Netanyahu, an explanation for his apparent hypocrisy and inconsistency.

the Balfour Declaration is the modern equivalent of the Jewish Magna Carta, constituting a recognition by the powerful of the rights of the powerless.

The Palestinian National Council, the official representative of the Palestinian people worldwide, adopted a resolution freezing Palestinian recognition of Israel and conditioning it on Israel’s recognizing a state of Palestine. The resolution was proposed by Mahmoud Abbas

The military has grown so large because of preferential tax treatment, subsidized labor, an extra-legal status, and old-boy networks.

A core element of international law is the basic rule of nullum crimen sine poena, or "no crime without a punishment."

Donald John Trump is a Philosemite.

Let’s clear the table and tell the "narrative" as it really is: Jerusalem was chosen as the Jewish people's national and religious center before the dawn of organized religion. Other religions followed suit and declared it their own holy city – with catastrophic results during various periods of history.

Advice that's worth its weight in gold

Concepts are not the same as words. Anybody can look up a word in a dictionary and translate it the way you like. We assume a concept means the same thing in every language. But cultures don't communicate -- they clash.

Two Israeli soldiers have been returned from captivity - dead!

Israel would love to be in the coalition,but it’s never going to happen, because, in the end, most of America’s allies would walk away if Israel were on board officially.

The principle is obvious: no person should be forced to use his or her creative abilities to promote something they deem abhorrent.

Americans weren't ready for a reversal after four years. Will Egyptians be ready to cast down Morsi after a much shorter period?