Last week, the Obama Administration publicly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for incitement against Palestinians. What had he done? In a speech expounding the long history of Palestinian incitement and violence, predating Israel’s establishment by decades, Netanyahu had focused on the role of Haj Amin el-Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Palestine Mandate, […]

The UC Board of Regents held an open forum at UCLA to discuss proposed changes to the University of California’s Statements of Principles Against Intolerance and to address anti-Semitic behavior on UC campuses on Oct. 26.The proposed policy changes seek to adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism regarding Israel when such speech demonizes, […]

Students, professors and activists wrangled at a public forum Monday over how best to address intolerance at the University of California, with some Jewish groups arguing the schools should adopt a policy with a more precise definition of anti-Semitism and others saying it would stifle free speech.A working group of regents and university leaders invited […]

It’s hard to be an American Zionist these days. The media is spreading lies about Israel, college campuses are increasingly anti-Israel and the Israelis keep saying, “if you were really a Zionist you would move to Israel.”Despite these limitations, American Zionism doesn’t seem to be going away. In fact, 400 American delegates and alternates flew […]

Time for a Change on Policy of HelpingWhile it is certainly admirable to lead charitable efforts to care for the “migrants/refugees” from Syria, this is yet another example of misplaced Jewish community priorities — caring for others, in this case our enemies, at our own peril. (“On Refugee Crisis, Jewish Community Moves From Words to […]

After weeks of murderous Palestinian stabbing attacks upon innocent Israelis, how has the Obama Administration responded? Although Israel has been killing or apprehending knife-wielding terrorists, while Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) has been inciting and glorifying their acts of murder, the Administration presents both sides as morally equivalent, while insinuating or even asserting Israeli responsibility.Obama officials have been doing this […]

Secretary of State John F. Kerry is planning to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict again, as he departs Wednesday evening for Europe and the Middle East, where he will hold a series of meetings to try to help quell a wave of violence in Israel.His first stop is Germany, where he will meet with Israeli Prime […]

It is now evident that, by and large, the Jewish establishment has adopted a policy of deafening silence in relation to the virulent one-sided political attacks and sins of omission by the Obama administration concerning our barbaric adversaries. It is only the outspoken Zionist Organization of America and minor fringe groups that have been directly […]

ADecidedly Unpresidential Profile In your profile of J Street U new president, Amna Farooqi, you accept at face value Farooqi’s assertion of “loving Israel” (“J Street U’s New Muslim President,” Sept. 24). But absent from your profile were some disturbing facts.First, Farooqi does not merely criticize the “occupation” (98 percent of Palestinians today live under Palestinian […]

With the introspection of the YamimNora’im behind us, and as we look ahead to what 5776 may bring, it’s impossible to avoid the sobering—even frightening—significance of recent events in Washington. Many in our community are asking, “What can be done to protect Israel? What can I do?”Together with a group of policy experts, political insiders, […]