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Hundreds of Palestinians and supporters protest in front of the U.S. embassy against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2017. (Anne Paq/Activestills)
In Berlin, a fight for Palestinian identity — and a place to call home
Berlin's Palestinian community, many of whom are refugees twice over, are striving to carve out a space in a country ambivalent about their presence.
By Hebh Jamal February 14, 2022
Israeli surveillance cameras on Route 60 near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, October 21, 2021. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
The post-9/11 logic at work in Israel’s attack on Palestinian civil society
Israel's outlawing of six Palestinian NGOs is part of a post- 9/11 trend of governments exploiting counterterrorism laws to quash human rights work.
By Anwar Mhajne October 27, 2021
Stock photo of French marines patrolling in Paris. (Photo by Kavalenkau / Shutterstock.com)
France needs no one’s advice on fighting Islamist terror
A look at the facts. In Israel and America, France has this reputation of being the ultimate effete, left-liberal country – so politically correct, so multiculti, so morally relativist and scared to death of offending any minority, especially Muslims, that it’s incapable of dealing with the threat of jihadist terror. Israelis and Americans (led of…
By Larry Derfner January 11, 2015
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The remains of the Zafer 4 tower in Gaza. (photo: Jehad Saftawi)
Why did Netanyahu take aim at Gaza’s tallest towers?
The answer has nothing to do with alleged militants. The third of three Gaza towers felled by Israeli F-16s housed, among other offices, a media consultancy representing several international news organizations. But when Al Basha Tower was hit early Tuesday morning, that consultancy had already been driven out by Israeli shelling, which had destroyed its…
By Samer Badawi August 26, 2014
Bombed out buildings in Aleppo, Syria. December 26, 2012 (Freedom House/CC)
The least terrible policy in Syria: Doing nothing
Sending armies or air forces to stop jihadists from grabbing Syria’s chemical weapons would be inordinately daunting and dangerous – and inconclusive.    I, too, would like to neutralize the threat of the jihadists in Syria, and Hezbollah, and the possibility that they will take control of Assad’s chemical weapons (and worse, much worse, his…
By Larry Derfner April 29, 2013
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