Gingrich comments provoke strong Palestinian reaction

Palestinians reacted angrily Saturday to comments by Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich that the Palestinians were “an invented” people.

In the comments, aired Friday on the Jewish Channel cable network, Gingrich said, “I think we have had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs.” (more…)

Bachmann pushes Obama to apologize to Israel’s PM for candid comments caught on an open mic

Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann called on President Barack Obama Tuesday to apologize to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for an unflattering exchange caught on an open microphone at a summit in France last week. (more…)

Palestinian president :Arabs erred in rejecting UN 47 Partition plan

The Palestinian president, in a remarkable assessment delivered on Israeli TV, said Friday the Arab world erred in rejecting the United Nations’ 1947 plan to partition Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state. (more…)

Helen Thomas is back at work

Helen Thomas is back at work–this time, with a column in a weekly Virginia newspaper.

Thomas was forced to resign last summer from her job as a columnist for Hearst after the controversy over her comments about Israel. (more…)

Letter from rabbis’ wives urges Israeli girls not to date Arabs

A letter from about 30 prominent rabbis’ wives was causing a stir in Israel Wednesday because it urges Israeli girls not to date Arabs.

The open letter comes three weeks after the uproar caused by another letter, which was written by 50 state-appointed rabbis and told Jews not to rent or sell property to non-Jews. (more…)

Helen Thomas: an Appreciation

The propagandists for the Israel Lobby, who occupy the Wall Street Journal editorial page while pretending to be journalists, are determined to remove Helen Thomas from the annals of journalism.

Jews in Vienna report more harassment after Gaza aid ship attack

Vienna’s Jewish community said Wednesday that its members were increasingly being harassed after the bloody Gaza aid ship incident some two weeks ago.

The group said it was mainly a small minority of Muslims who were hassling Jews.

“Almost daily we see verbal abuse, spitting, incidents against people who are recognizable as Jews through their clothes,” the community’s president Ariel Muzicant was quoted as saying by broadcaster ORF. (more…)

Helen Thomas draws fire for telling Jews ‘Go Home’

Helen Thomas a Lebanese American, columnist for the Hearst Newspapers, is under heavy fire by former U.S. officials and colleagues for her recent comments that Israelis should “get the hell out of Palestine.”

In a short interview on May 27 with Rabbi David Nesenoff at RabbiLive.com, Thomas suggested that Jews “go home” to Poland and Germany and America and “everywhere else.” Thomas, 89, has a front-row, center seat at the White House press briefings — due to her long-time career as a White House correspondent. (more…)

Jewish settlers suspected in West Bank mosque attack

Israeli settlers in the West Bank are suspected to have vandalised a mosque by spraying slogans on its walls, Palestinian officials say.

Nearby olive trees were uprooted and cars burned in the attack that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to reports.

The Israeli Defence Forces confirmed the incident occurred and said it was being investigated. (more…)

Dispute with Israel underscores limits of U.S. power, a shifting alliance

The two-week-old dispute between Israel and the United States over housing construction in East Jerusalem has exposed the limits of American power to pressure Israeli leaders