Mahmoud Abbas

Analysis: Hamas-Fatah rivalry makes peace impossible

How can Arab-Israeli peace be achieved in the absence of peace between Hamas and Fatah? By Daniel Krygier, World Israel News Since 1967, the Arab-Israeli conflict has been generally seen through the lens ...
October 9, 2018
Gamla, an ancient Jewish community, in the Golan Heights. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Opinion: Keeping the Golan – less talk, more action

While Israel is reportedly pressuring Washington to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, Jerusalem would be better served by creating realities on the ground that keep the Golan under Israeli sovereignty.
August 26, 2018
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Opinion: Germany is Israel’s friend in words but not deeds

While Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently described Auschwitz as “the most horrible place on earth,” his nation supports relations with the Iranian regime, which threatens to wipe the Jewish state off the map.
August 24, 2018

Is Sweden from Venus and Israel from Mars?

With Sweden’s Foreign Minister vowing to 'fight with and for' the Palestinians at a virulently anti-Israel event hosted by the PLO in Stockholm, the Jewish state may need to look elsewhere for Scandinavian allies.
June 10, 2018
Israel Iran

Are Israel and Iran heading to war?

Iran’s preference for proxy wars stems from the Islamic Republic’s inferior military capabilities, preferring to avoid direct confrontations.
April 27, 2018
Liberation of Jerusalem 1967

Israel: 70 Years of Success Against All Odds

In just seven decades, the Jewish people rebuilt their ancestral homeland, transforming it into a thriving democracy and thwarting the onslaught of internal and external attacks on its sovereignty.
April 18, 2018
Jude star

Fighting yesterday’s Jew-hatred

The purpose of a conference on anti-Semitism was to discuss current and future challenges, but the expert panel appeared mentally stuck in the past.
March 14, 2018