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For decades, but particularly during Arafat’s last years, the Palestinians’ position regarding Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in particular was that there was no Jewish connection at all...

I like Barry Rubin. He leans more to the right than I’d like but his commentary is frequently on target, measured, full of data points that are useful and may not be public knowledge, and...

This is Tel Aviv, at the beach, taken by Stina Baruh who seems to be Turkish and was on a visit to Israel when she took this image. Shabbat shalom!

A. Make sure to keep tracking Gila Weiss’s My Shrapnel blog. It is, without a doubt, one of the most compelling blogs I have ever read. Slowly, slowly, but with beautiful writing, Gila relates...

Hulah Valley or Hula Valley (in Hebrew: עמק החולה, `Emeq ha-Hūlāh) is region in northern Israel and is an important bottleneck site for birds migrating along the Syrian-African Rift Valley...

I know some Jewish voters who plan to vote for Barack Obama. I know some who plan to vote for Hillary Clinton. I even know two who will vote for the Republican nominee regardless of who it is. In...