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Tue,May 21,2013
12 Sivan 5773
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In the Trenches
Saturday Apr 06, 2013
For many nations, a 65th birthday may not generate much excitement. But if the country happens to be Israel, which celebrates its birthday this year on April 15-16, it’s another story.
Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only UN member state whose right to exist is regularly challenged, whose elimination from the world map is the aim of at least one other UN member state (Iran), and whose population centers are deemed...
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Sunday Mar 17, 2013
To know why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has proved so intractable, it’s worth reading the two op-eds published by The New York Times on March 13th, in advance of President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated visit to the region.
The first, placed at the top of the page, was by Rashid Khalidi, a Columbia University professor. The second, below it, was by Ari Shavit, an Israeli journalist.
After looking at both of them, I was...
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Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Argentina has just approved a memorandum of understanding with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA, or Jewish federation, building in Buenos Aires. The blast killed 85 people and wounded 300.
There’s only one problem with the agreement. The current Iranian regime, plus its proxy, Hezbollah, was responsible for the attack. That’s not speculation, but the conclusion, reached years ago, by the...
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Wednesday Dec 26, 2012
Europeans often express frustration that they are not more involved in seeking to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Given the geographical proximity and financial support for Palestinian development, Europeans wonder why their political role is so circumscribed.
The answer, I believe, lies in a widespread Israeli belief that Europe too often gives short shrift to Jerusalem's concerns.
Take, for example, the UN...
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Monday Nov 26, 2012
This week ushers in two significant events.
The first is a milestone anniversary. On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 33 in favor, 13 opposed, and ten abstentions, endorsed Resolution 181, otherwise known as the Palestine Partition Plan.
That plan recommended the division of the land, then under British mandatory rule, into two states – one Jewish, the other Arab.
While the Jewish side was...
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About This Blog
David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Senior Associate, St. Antony's College, Oxford University (2009-11),...
David Harris, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Senior Associate, St. Antony's College, Oxford University (2009-11), assesses challenges to Jewish security worldwide.
