Middle East

The Only 'Solution' is Victory

by Daniel Pipes

If Israel is to protect itself, it must achieve a comprehensive military victory over the Palestinians, so that the latter give up their goal of obliterating it.

The Only Way to Peace

by Peter Hitchens

A clear perspective on the Mideast -- past and future -- from the London Sunday Mail.

Key facts In The Mideast Conflict

by Mona Charen

Nearly every dispatch from the Middle East lacks basic context. Here are some of the facts to keep in mind when reading these flawed reports.

Arab-Israeli Conflict #4: The Birth of Terrorism

by Mitchell Bard

After 1967, the scale of terrorism intensified, with the PLO increasingly choosing to attack Israeli targets, or simply Jews, outside the Middle East.

Israel's Right to the Land

by Senator Jim Inhofe

A skillful presentation by U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) on the Senate floor, March 4, 2002.

Time to Proclaim: I Am A Jew

by Catherine Ford

With the crisis in Israel, a non-Jewish columnist for the Montreal Gazette stands united with the Jewish people.

Playing the Anti-Semitism Card

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

An equation of Jew-hatred with fear of Islamist terror is not only misleading, it is offensive.

Arab-Israeli Conflict #3: Six Day War

by Mitchell Bard

Arabs launch a war of annihilation, and wind up humiliated.

Running on Empty

by Rabbi Berel Wein

Israelis are feeling a sense of desperate tension.

The Saudi Peace Sham

by Charles Krauthammer

This phony plan designed to get Arafat off the hook is guaranteed to make things worse.

Behind the Saudi Peace Plan

by HonestReporting.com

Saudi Arabia talks peace from one side, and war from the other.

Arab-Israeli Conflict #2: 1948 War of Independence

by Mitchell Bard

A few rag-tag Jewish militiamen manage to stave off a coordinated Arab onslaught.

Arab-Israeli Conflict #1: Pre-State Palestine

by Mitchell Bard

Arab riots and British capitulation characterized Palestine in the first half of the 20th century.

Arafat Must Go

by Charles Krauthammer

How many moments of truth does a liar get?

Arafat's Contempt for Human Life

by Natan Sharansky

Arafat's "vision of peace" is another attempt to hide evil behind a respectable veneer.

Why Support Israel?

by Victor Davis Hanson

If Israel were wiped out tomorrow, Europeans would ask for a brief minute of silence, then sigh relief, and roll up their sleeves to get down to trade and business.

Jihad University

by Daniel Pipes

The Al-Arian case is not about academic freedom of speech but about a professor being held accountable for being part of a terrorist apparatus that has killed Americans.

Arafat's Blurred Vision

by Jonathan Abbett

Arafat's "Vision of Peace" NY Times op-ed warrants a full rebuttal.

Why Israel Does Not Want U.N. Observers

by Saul Singer

History shows that international observers will not protect a cease-fire; they will protect the Palestinians' ability to violate it.

Bernard Lewis Unplugged

by Yaron London

Professor Bernard Lewis, the great historian of the Muslim world, talks about bin Laden, the Intifada, and the new threat from Iran.

Arabs Still Want to Destroy Israel

by Daniel Pipes

The latest terrorist attack in Israel reminds us that while Militant Islamic rule in Afghanistan may be history, militant Islam is not.

Ship Of Truth

by Charles Krauthammer

The ship is an announcement of Arafat's duplicitous intentions: a temporary truce -- as he girds for war, a far wider, deadlier, more explosive war.

Israel Update: January 2002

by Aish.com Staff

In this issue: PA pays fake prisoners, celebrity status for the mothers of rioters, and Arab MK's are at it again.

Who Are We Fighting?

by Daniel Pipes

The war against terror should be aimed at Militant Islam.

Give Revolution a Chance

by Paul A. Rahe

Toward transforming the Middle East.

Arafat's War on Terrorism Bombs

by Don Feder

Arafat is committed to continuing the slaughter until he has all he wants.

Three Principles for Victory

by Binyamin Netanyahu

Moral and strategic clarity, along with the imperative for victory over terrorism are the necessary values for winning this war.

Textbook Incitement

by Avi Davis

Peace does not lie in characters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of people.

Israel Update: December 2001

by Aish.com Staff

In this issue: Fatah continues the Intifada, French Ambassador poo-poos Israel, and Arab MK's show their true colors.

Arafat's Palm Pilot

by Michael Freund

Arafat's speech was far too little, and way too late.

Arafat's Suicide Factory

by Daniel Pipes

Why blame Arafat for the suicide bombings?

Arabs Have Never Accepted Israel

by Daniel Pipes

The latest attacks on Israel remind us that the attempt to destroy the Jewish state has gone on since it came into existence in 1948.

Cycle of Absurdity

by Michael Freund

With the body count of Israeli civilians mounting, it's time to get tough.

Truth versus Terror

by HonestReporting.com

With suicide attacks plaguing Israel, it is more important than ever that the media get its facts straight.

Secretary Powell's 'Vision' is a Mirage

by Cal Thomas

Powell made numerous false assumptions in his speech, chief among them that the Palestinians would be satisfied with their own state adjacent to Israel.

Victory Shifts the Muslim World

by Daniel Pipes

The Sept. 11 attacks were expected to take a major step toward extinguishing America. Instead they served as a rousing call to arms, reducing the prospects of militant Islam.

The 'Good' Terrorist

by Seth and Sherri Mandell

When a man sprays machine-gun fire at a busload of schoolchildren, is that activism, militancy -- or just plain terror?

Israel Update: November 2001

by Aish.com Staff

In this issue: Arafat fails to crack down on terror, and Hamas calls for putting anthrax in the U.S. water supply.

Neighborhood Bully

by Bob Dylan

He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to lay down and die.

U.S./Israel Parallels on Terrorism

by Alan M. Dershowitz

With both nations facing a similar war against terrorism, it is wrong for the United States to demand more of Israel than it asks of itself.

Dear George

by Saul Singer

How Prime Minister Sharon should respond to Tom Friedman's mock letter from President Bush.

With Allies Like These...

by Jeff Jacoby

If these are the partners we are relying on in our war to rid the world of terror, that war is as good as lost.

The Sheik's Screed

by Memri.org

The Arab world spreads a conspiracy theory about a purported Jewish plot to terrorize America and discredit Islam.

Containment: The U.S. War Aim?

by Daniel Pipes

Without precise goals, the war will almost certainly go awry. Here's one suggestion: contain radical anti-Westernism among Muslims so that its adherents no longer assault Americans or their allies.

Spread Freedom In The Mideast

by Natan Sharansky

The democratic world must not only destroy the empire of terror, it must also seek to expand the very freedom our enemies want to destroy.

Israel Update: October, 2001

by Aish.com Staff

In this issue: anti-American incitement in Palestinian textbooks; two-faced terrorists; and the squeaky un-clean record of Yasser Arafat.

The Common Islamist Rage

by Jonathan Rosenblum

The terror attacks on Jews in Israel have little to do with the living conditions of Palestinians.

Quash the PLO, not the PA

by Lenny Ben-David

Splitting the PLO from the PA presents the United States government with the option to officially label the PLO - and not necessarily the PA - as a terrorist group.