Palestine on Townhall

• Israel: The Happy Little Country Sat Apr 20
  Caroline Glick
  As Independence Day celebrations were winding down Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a guest appearance on Channel 2's left-wing satire show Eretz Nehederet. ... more
• Obama: Palestinians Deserve Their Own State Fri Mar 22
  Washington, D.C.
  President Barack Obama says Palestinians deserve an independent and sovereign state and an end to occupation by Israel. Obama spoke at a news conference in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. ... more
• Obama in West Bank Thu Mar 21
  Washington, D.C.
  President Obama arrived in the West Bank Thursday, where he was greeted by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. ... more
• Resetting the Middle East Wed Mar 20
  Rich Galen
  President Barack Obama left last night for Israel in an attempt to "reset" the Israeli-US relationship. ... more
• What Can Israel Do? Wed Mar 13
  Ben Shapiro
  When Israel took action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip last year, the world media did its damndest to try to paint the Jewish state as a human rights violator. One of their chief cards in this effort was a photo of BBC video editor Jehad Misharawi holding his son Omar's body. Supposedly Omar had been killed in an Israeli missile strike. ... more
• Well Met In Palestine: How To Bring True Peace, Not Truce To The Middle East Wed Feb 27
  Ralph Benko
  Recently, in the offices of the Mayor of the city of Nablus, Palestine, the missing pieces that would permit a just and lasting peace in the Middle East to flourish may have been presented. If harmony can be restored (as it can) within the social fabric that underlies the political fabric, peace finally becomes a possibility. ... more
• Letter From the West Bank Thu Feb 7
  Cliff May
  It’s difficult not to like Salam Fayyad. The prime minister of the Palestinian Authority has an avuncular demeanor and old-fashioned professorial charm. He boasts a doctorate in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and remains loyal to the Longhorns. ... more
• Radical Teachers Push Children’s Books on ‘Palestine’ Wed Jan 23
  Kyle Olson
  The radical teachers group Rethinking Schools published an article in its Winter 2012-2013 magazine titled, “Books About Contemporary Palestine for Children,” EAGnews.org reported. ... more
• Who's a Coward? Fri Jan 18
  Mona Charen
  Who said this about a world leader: He's a "political coward -- an essentially unchallenged leader who nevertheless is unwilling to lead or spend political capital to advance the cause of compromise"? ... more
• Jews in the Judean Desert? Thu Dec 20
  Cliff May
  The European Union is outraged! ... more
• Roll Out the Red Carpet - A New State is Born (Kind Of) Tue Dec 4
  Paul Greenberg
  Happy Birthday, Palestine! Strike up the band. Ice the champagne. Run up the flag. Rally and cheer. Orate and pose for the cameras. Declare victory. Dance the night away. Sing another chorus of Baladi! Baladi! Better yet, gather 'round the campfire, and pass the finjan till dawn telling glorious stories of a past that never was. ... more
• State Department Wants to Continue Funding Palestine Sat Dec 1
  Washington DC
  State Department Wants to Continue Funding Palestine ... more
• Palestine Officially Recognized by the UN Thu Nov 29
  Mallory Carr
• The Battle of Gaza Thu Nov 29
  Cliff May
  Who won? ... more
• Hamas, Palestine Set for Increased Power at the United Nations Mon Nov 26
  Kevin Glass
• Holy Land Conflict: No Peace Among Wolves Mon Nov 26
  Matt Barber
  At times, complicated issues are most clearly understood in simple terms. Speaking before the Knesset in 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu captured, in two brief sentences, that which lies at the heart of the ongoing, centuries-old Arab-Israeli conflict: “The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms, there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms, there would be no more war.” ... more
• Not Enough Dead Jews Fri Nov 23
  Michael Brown
  In the aftermath of Israel’s latest conflict with Hamas terrorists, it seems that the Jewish state’s greatest failing was that it did not suffer enough casualties to satisfy its critics. ... more
• Is Middle East Peace a Mirage? Fri Nov 23
  Pat Buchanan
  With the truce in the week-long Gaza war, Barack Obama is being prompted by right and left to re-engage and renew U.S. efforts to solve the core question of Middle East peace. ... more
• A Vast Moral Difference Thu Nov 22
  Jeff Jacoby
  Palestinians have a fierce new song to accompany their intensified conflict with Israel. "Strike a Blow at Tel Aviv," recorded by Shadi al-Bourini and Qassem al-Najjar, was posted last week on various Palestinian websites, including the Facebook page of the TV show Fenjan Al-Balad, which describes its mission as "trying to influence young Palestinian society for the better." ... more
• Israel Prepares for Ground War Against Hamas Mon Nov 19
  Katie Pavlich
• Egypt's Role in Gaza Conflict Thu Nov 15
  New York, NY
  Fox News explains why we should be concerned: "I do think there will be an Israel-somebody war in the next year." ... more
• Why Another Terroristan? Thu Oct 11
  Ken Blackwell
  You could not have a better example of moral equivalence than a column written by Steve Clemons in The Atlantic Magazine’s online version. ... more
• Bumps (and Potholes) in the Road Fri Sep 28
  Suzanne Fields
  This is the week of Yom Kippur, when Jews reflect on the year just past and look forward to the new one, in hopes of being entered in the Book of Life. The shofar, or ram's horn, is a plaintive cry from the heart, marking natural events of birth, death and renewal. The Jewish new year is a holiday celebrated with solemnity, of repentance for the past and a step into the future and its fresh possibilities. ... more
• God, Jerusalem and American Foreign Policy Sat Sep 8
  Caroline Glick
  Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama and his supporters have been dogged by criticism of his position on Israel. From the very outset of his tenure in office, critics and supporters alike have not been able to shake the sense that Obama is deeply hostile to the Jewish state. ... more
• Obama vs. Romney, Vis-a-Vis Israel Tue Sep 4
  Daniel Pipes
  "President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus." That's what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party's nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons that he had deployed before, for example in May 2011 and Jan. 2012. ... more

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