One of the direct benefits of this change is the return of the word “occupation” to our discourse, a word that over the years has almost turned into a mockery.
Using legal and humanitarian arguments to justify Palestinian demands ignores Israel’s legitimate claims to Judea and Samaria and its security needs.
Israel should base its policy on the principle that ultimately there will be an independent, and yes, demilitarized Palestinian state that lives in peace with Israel.
The confrontation between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian Arab terrorists in Jenin on May 29th might seem to have been a routine incident.
In the eyes of the State Department, granting a group of Jews permission to study Torah in a yeshiva in Samaria raises the same level of concern as the murder of Nigerian children.
There are some who claim that the Six Day War marked the beginning of the “occupation,” but their opinion is unsubstantiated.
According to the Palestinians, it was they, not the Zionists, who made the desert bloom. And of course, no human being ever walked on the surface of the moon.
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
No moral human being can look at what we as Israelis are doing to the Palestinian people and not feel outrage.
Israelis are right to rebel against a government bent on altering the laws for the expediency of forming a ruthless coalition government.
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