Tag: Israel

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency was founded in 1949 to help Palestinian refugees displaced by Israel's war of independence. It has, without a doubt, evolved into something more today. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra, File)

Beltway Confidential

US support for UNRWA has gone on long enough

Michael Rubin · January 17, 2018 4:20 am

By stating that "Palestine is the river to the sea and Al Quds is undoubtedly its capital," Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is actually saying that all of Jerusalem and all Israeli territory from the West Bank to the Mediterranean Sea is actually Palestinian territory. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei just explained why Israel takes a hardline on Iran

Tom Rogan · January 16, 2018 6:19 pm

In this photo from Tuesday, Israeli actress Gal Gadot, pictured left, and husband Yaron Versano attend the National Board of Review Awards Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. Meanwhile, Gadot's dress caused an uproar in Lebanon after the dress' Lebanese designer, Elie Saab, posted a photo on Instagram. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why Lebanese people are freaking out over Gal Gadot’s dress

Tom Rogan · January 11, 2018 8:05 pm

J Street, a pro-Israel advocacy group that opposes the Global BDS Movement and has an active, nationwide campus program, has called Israel's ban a "significant blow to the foundations of Israeli democracy."

Red Alert Politics

Israel bans 20 groups, including campus BDS clubs, from entering Jewish State

Jackson Richman · January 8, 2018 11:05 pm

Mike Pence made several foreign trips in 2017, often traveling weeks ahead of the president to begin bilateral talks and establish a relationship with foreign leaders. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

National Security

Pence sets dates for Middle East tour later this month

Gabby Morrongiello · January 8, 2018 6:13 pm

Man of Letters

Adam Rubenstein · January 7, 2018 6:55 pm

Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement activists are remarkably silent about countries that oppress their citizens as long as they can expect them to oppose Israel. (via Facebook)

BDS activists on campus are the biggest hypocrites

Elias Atienza · January 3, 2018 7:03 pm

A wave of protests swept into Tehran, Iran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hardliners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Some U.S. media coverage of Iran unrest as sloppy and predictable as you’d imagine

Becket Adams · January 3, 2018 12:27 am

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. would suspend millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan, and said the country has given the U.S. "nothing but lies and deceit" and granted terrorists a "safe haven." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump floats possibility of suspending aid to Palestinians

Diana Stancy Correll · January 2, 2018 11:42 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu applauds ‘brave’ protestors in Iran, supports their ‘noble quest for freedom’

Josh Siegel · January 1, 2018 5:07 pm

The debate in its entirety, which was conducted in front of an audience of business people in Dallas as part of the "Old Parkland Debate Series," continued with broad arguments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the refugee situation, the peace process, terrorism, and other familiar issues. It can be seen in full on C-SPAN. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: Debating the anti-Semitic BDS ‘movement’ with Cornel West

Alan Dershowitz · December 31, 2017 7:42 pm

Israel sent its official notice Friday that it would leave the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, effective Dec. 31, 2018. The U.S. also said it would be leaving due to "continuing anti-Israel bias." (iStock)

Israel formally notifies UNESCO of withdrawal from organization

Melissa Quinn · December 30, 2017 4:03 pm