The name Israel was decided on May 14, 1948 by a 7-3 vote. Most had assumed its name would be Judea; other contestants were Zion, Ever (the root of the word Hebrew), or simply “the Land of Israel.”
Trump has attacked Iran twice, both times amid nuclear negotiations and alongside Israel. The war has made it more likely that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons, and has undermined the cause of nuclear nonproliferation across the Middle East and beyond.
The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) has taken credit for a number of recent legislative efforts on behalf of Israel, including NDAA Section 219
After Trump banned CNN, MSNow and Politico from press access to the presidency, even Fox boycotted the White House. The press needs to show the same backbone when it comes to Gaza. Major news organizations need to boycott Israel until it opens up Gaza to international coverage
The Supreme Court’s decision to force Palestinian politician Sami Abu Shehadeh out of the upcoming Israeli elections is the latest sign that there is no place for Palestinian citizens of Israel in the ‘Jewish and democratic’ state.
After the Greens passed a motion declaring ‘Zionism is racism’, every establishment journalist is suddenly playing dumb about the most elementary of issues in international law
Indiscriminate, disproportionate bombing killed massive numbers of Gazans (as Palestinian reporters have said for 3 years); new levels of Israeli settler barbarity; more