Hamas Has Started a New Phase of Its War with Israel
It seized on earlier unrest to show its power.
May 12, 2021
In Sheikh Jarrah, an Ordinary Property Dispute Has Become a Pretext for Terror
A story wildly distorted by feckless reporting.
A consumer of Western media could easily conclude that the current fighting in Israel was sparked by the Israeli government’s attempt to evict a sizeable number of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem as part of an effort to settle Jews there. Across social media, one can easily find such slogans as “free Sheikh Jarrah,” after the neighborhood where the eviction is supposed to happen. But this story bears almost no resemblance to the truth: the violence has rather more to do with internal Palestinian politics than anything else, and it began before the Sheikh Jarrah affair entered the news. Moreover, as Avi Bell explains, the Israeli government isn’t trying to evict anyone; rather, private landlords are trying to evict four Palestinian families who haven’t been paying rent on their property:
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In Sheikh Jarrah, an Ordinary Property Dispute Has Become a Pretext for Terror
A story wildly distorted by feckless reporting.
The U.S. Stands Poised to Continue a Disastrous Strategy of Empowering Iran and Abandoning Its Allies
But the Islamic Republic will never bring stability.
Defending the Jewish Theology of the Family in a Progressive Age
Modern Orthodoxy needs more robust arguments for its positions on men, women, and marriage.
Archaeologists Found Half of an Ancient Lamp in Jerusalem. The Other Half Was in Hungary
Right and left sides of a single face.