Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


December, 2005

Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Book Review by Leora Ross
Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society, by Justus Reid Weiner
Justus Reid Weiner’s latest monograph Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society is essential reading for anyone interested in the universal recognition of human rights. Tragically, as Weiner writes, the voice of one significant community, the Palestinian Christian community’s voice, is […]

O little town of Bethlehem, ‘gainst thee we wage jihad

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

From Jihad Watch:
Gunmen storm Bethlehem mayor office,” from AFP, with thanks to JE:
PALESTINIAN gunmen from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stormed the offices of the mayor of Bethlehem today, according to security sources and witnesses in the West Bank town.
About 15 members of the faction, an armed offshoot of the ruling Fatah movement, burst into […]

Jerusalem municipality hands out Christmas trees

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

From David Frankfurter:
Thanks to all of you who responded to this morning’s letter, forwarding it to friends, and even translating parts to other languages. By coincidence, sometime after sending it, I received the following Press Release from the Jerusalem City Council. It makes an interesting contrast to see how the “ultra-orthodox” Jewish mayor […]

Latin Patriarch misleads - again!

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

From David Meir-Levi:
Mr. Sabbah, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, uses the language of peace and quotes the prophets of Jewish and Christian Scripture to present an image of peace and non-violence. But if you parse his words carefully, you will see that his message is a message of support for the Arab terrorist forces […]

The second draft of history

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

We all know that the media lens can distort as much as amplify, but the website Second Draft demonstrates the issue very graphically. It contains video footage, maps and other details behind some of the dramatic pictures about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that have been shown on the world’s media. The phenomenon known as […]

Steven, Meet Mahmoud… So What Did You Expect?

Monday, December 19th, 2005

by Gerald A. Honigman
Well over a half century ago, Munich was the scene of a tragic sell-out of the Czech people and nation by its alleged friends.
Britain’s Chamberlain was promised peace if Hitler would just be handed the Sudetenland, an important region of Czechoslovakia heavily populated by ethnic Germans. Imagine Mexico doing likewise regarding somewhere […]