By former Prime Minster Ehud Olmert I said my piece today in court about my innocence, and about how I will respect the High Court’s rulings on my impending prison sentences. My legal team is examining what further options we ...
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By the European Union The legislation approved by Israel’s cabinet yesterday, requiring that NGOs receiving more than half their finding from foreign governments be marked as such in all their dealings in the Knesset, violates a central principle of democracy: only ...
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By Donald Trump, terrific, amazing billionaire We have to make America great again. Vote for me to become president and we’ll get there faster than you can say, “Multiple bankruptcies.” It’ll be amazing. You’ll never need to pee again. Only ...
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By Ahmad Al-Hajj Nobody ever said marriage was easy. Even in a male-dominated, patriarchal society such as ours, there is no substitute for a romantic relationship with a woman who chooses to love you despite – or perhaps because of – ...
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*especially of Jews By Western Europe If there is one thing Europe has learned from its bloody history, it is the supreme value of tolerance. Centuries of near-constant warfare, fed by religion, ethnicity, politics, and competition finally grew so destructive ...
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By Jeremy Ben-Ami, director, J-Street You’ve heard me say it many times, and you’ve seen our publicity campaigns: we’re a pro-peace, pro-Israel organization. In practice, that means we suborn our idea of “pro -Israel” to our idea of “peace.” To ...
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By Jodi Rudoren, NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief It’s been a challenging, exhilarating, fulfilling stint here at the Jerusalem bureau, and I’m grateful for all of you who helped make my time here so wonderful. It is a bittersweet departure ...
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By Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Official The attacks on Israelis over the last two months have served two purposes: one, to resist the ongoing Occupation by any means possible; and two, to educate the next generation in a primary tool of political ...
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By Suha Jabbari, 17 Dad, I want to go perform a heroic martyrdom operation and kill some pig Jews. What’s the best implement to use so I make sure to do the most dam- I mean, so that when the ...
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By Ali Mustafa, Daesh fighter I don’t know how many times we have to say why we want to kill you infidels before you finally take us at our word. Your seeming inability to comprehend why we want to kill ...
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