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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

Jul 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

The question no one dares ask

Why doesn’t the Palestinian majority in Jordan overthrow the Hashemite monarchy? Is there anyone who actually believes the Hashemite kingdom is legitimate? Anyone who believes it is an ancient and venerable institution? Anyone who believes it rules over its own indigenous...

Ari Z. Zivotofsky

Jul 2, 2018, 10:29 PM

Do the Palestinians Really Just Want the West Bank? The Dates Tell the Truth

The world cautiously awaits the release of the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan. In analyzing it, it will be important to see if they remember that 1964 was before 1967. Why? For decades, US and EU leaders have...

Jul 2, 2018, 10:20 PM

Why Palestinians Are History’s Oldest Refugees

Before traveling through Israel, Jordan, and Egypt last fall, I selected native-born guides from each country in order to get both a historical and cultural perspective of their land and people. My two Jordanian guides were Palestinians who were...

Jun 30, 2018, 12:51 AM

Empathy must conquer fear

No battles are as fierce as the ones fought between brothers. I speak not of the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, but of the rifts between right and left in Israel, and between Israeli and Diaspora Jews. Outsiders seldom...

Jun 28, 2018, 7:15 PM

Can an Arab love Israel?

We hear that Arabs cannot possibly love Israel, even those among us who are Israeli citizens. We hear that Arab Israelis can’t be expected to sing Hatikvah. We hear that Arabs not engaging in anti-Israel violence is the best...

Jun 28, 2018, 7:14 PM

“Embedded” Reporting: The Great Impartiality vs. Objectivity Debate

Journalism has become one of the most controversial aspects of the Israel-Palestine conflict, essentially exploding into a second front of a war over cultural, ideological and political disputes. The media can be a useful weapon if one wields it...

Jun 26, 2018, 6:39 PM

'We want to set fire to Israel'

File: Israeli firefighters battle a blaze in a field in southern Israel caused by kites flown by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on June 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Only the Palestinians use displacement as an excuse for terror tactics, as if they are justifiable

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 26, 2018, 9:40 AM

Never forget, despite the pain of remembering

Recently, I watched the award-winning movie, The Devil's Arithmetic. It ís about a modern-day American girl, Hannah, who is apathetic to her Jewish roots and especially to her family's survival from the Holocaust. Repeatedly, Hannah brushes off her relatives who want...

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