By François Hollande, President of France Soon the United Nations Security Council will consider a French proposal to place international peacekeepers at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif to maintain order and reduce tensions. While opposition to such a move is formidable ...
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By John Kirby, State Department Spokesman As a former rear admiral in the US Navy and a PR and media relations officer for many years, I’ve faced my share of policies and activities that were a challenge to explain and ...
Read More »We Will Defuse The Jerusalem Situation With A Nice Provocative Gesture
By Ayman Odeh, Head, Joint Arab List Tensions over the Haram al-Sharif – that’s the so-called Temple Mount to those Jews – have only been increasing of late, so the responsible thing for political leaders to do right now is ...
Read More »The Existence Of Jews Violates My Religious Rights
By Mahmoud al-Zahar, Hamas Official You Western people talk a lot about religious tolerance, but everyone knows it’s nothing but a sham. You show absolutely no consistency when it comes to the religious rights of Muslims, such as their right ...
Read More »Sucker! That Other Goat Gets Slaughtered While I Take A Nice Walk
By Azazel the Goat Jerusalem, 10 Tishrei – It’s Yom Kippur, which means those Jews in their temple are doing that atonement thing. And it means I lucked out, because that other goat was just selected as an offering for ...
Read More »Is Four Images Of Bar Refaeli Per Day Enough For The Home Page?
By Oded Shahar, Ynet Intern Pardon me, Mr. Home Page Editor? It’s Oded, Oded Shahar – I just started as an intern here last week, and, well – I just need to know as a general rule, is four images ...
Read More »How Much Can I Write About Gaza Misery Without Mentioning Rockets?
By Jodi Rudoren, NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Journalism is both a challenging and rewarding profession. While my responsibilities as bureau chief require me to engage in almost as much management of people as of stories, I still get to ...
Read More »It’s A Bit Creepy How You Never Tire Of Our ‘Occupation’ Mantra
By Saeb Erekat, Palestinian Negotiator It’s great to feel like the world has your back, it really is. International support has sustained the Palestinian cause for several generations now, and we appreciate it. But I must admit it’s a mite ...
Read More »I Emphatically Deny My E-mail Is Not In The Ashley Madison Database
By Binyamin Netanyahu Many a reputation has been sullied by the release of the e-mail addresses from the extramarital affairs website Ashley Madison. I, however, refuse to let the list define my character: The content of that database notwithstanding, I ...
Read More »I Hope They Don’t Find My Deleted Ashley Madison Messages
By Hillary Clinton It’s a decisive time in American politics, and I don’t just mean the Iran Deal. The Democratic primary race is heating up, and I hardly need tell you that certain issues are going to keep cropping up, ...
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