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Jun 25, 2018, 7:25 PM

A lesson for Prince William about the ‘occupied territories’

England’s royal ‘settlers’ understanding of Jerusalem appears to quite different from Great Britain's Foreign Office. The staff of Great Britain’s Prince William has set off a controversy by listing Jerusalem under “Occupied Palestinian Territories” in the itinerary for his visit...

Jun 6, 2018, 8:26 PM

Those rocks do kill; what can American Jews do about it?

Palestinian demonstrators use slingshots to hurl rocks at Israeli forces during clashes along the border with the Gaza Strip east of Khan Younis on May 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

US Jewry can work to diminish the projectiles' harm, starting with an investigation of Palestinian rock-throwers

Dec 12, 2017, 6:05 PM

Thank you Golbarg Bashi for ‘P is for Palestine’

The “P is for Palestine” children’s book that is causing so much controversy presents anti-Israel propaganda and deeply disturbing justifications for “intifada” violence. But it also contains one very important truth. Golbarg Bashi, the Iranian-born author, decided to use the...

Dec 6, 2017, 3:28 PM

Let’s not rejoice: The Taylor Force Act has been gutted

Israeli and American officials participate in a goodbye ceremony for Taylor Force, the US citizen killed in a stabbing terror attack in Jaffa, as his body is sent back to be buried in the United States, at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on Friday, March 11, 2016. (Flash90)

The adjusted bill is worse than no bill at all, because Congress won't see the need to revisit the issue of paying terrorists

Nov 5, 2017, 3:08 AM

The US pulls down its statues, the PA puts them up, and the US looks the other way

Inauguration ceremony of memorial to Saddam Hussein in the West Bank city of Qalqilya on October 18, 2017. (Qalqilya Municipality Facebook page)

There's a new statue honoring Saddam Hussein in the Palestinian Authority city of Qalqilya

Aug 27, 2017, 8:45 AM

A rite of August and the memory it brings back

On his daughter Alisa's early conviction that she would attend a Jewish day school, and only a Jewish day school

Jul 24, 2017, 4:10 PM

The Words They Won’t Say: ‘Arab Murders Israelis’

There are three words the headline-writers at The New York Times and Washington Post just can’t bring themselves to say: “Arab Murders Israelis.” Last Friday, three Arab terrorists murdered two Israeli policemen near the Temple Mount. The Washington Post used this...

Jun 29, 2017, 12:33 PM

A different take on the Western Wall controversy

Enemy rockets, missiles, and mortars aimed at Israel -- those might be just a bit more important

Mar 20, 2017, 3:03 PM

Not again, Beilin! Oslo disaster architect back with more of the same

Yossi Beilin negotiated with Arafat secretly when it was against the law and the results were tragic for Israelis. Now he wants to do a repeat performance. Since the Oslo accords of 1993 turned out to be a colossal disaster,...

Jan 25, 2017, 3:30 PM

What does it take to get the facts right? How about a crash course on the Mid-East?

No, the US has not supported a 2-state solution for the past 60 years

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About Me

Stephen M. Flatow is vice president of the Religious Zionists of America and an attorney living in New Jersey. He is the father of Alisa Flatow who was murdered by Iranian sponsored Palestinian terrorists in April 1995.