Recognizing That Western Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital Should Not Be Controversial

- Posted in Jerusalem
This month [October], Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reversed the previous government’s decision to recognize western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The question that should be asked is why that recognition was controversial at all. No fair-minded person who believes in two states for   read more ...

What Apartheid? Israeli Arabs Reject Palestinian Identity—and Overwhelmingly Identify as Israelis

- Posted in Apartheid
Dear Friend of FLAME: An Israeli mother posts on her Facebook page a photo of Muslim-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli healthcare professionals dancing together at a Hadassah Hospital staff function and writes the caption, “How dare anyone call my country an apartheid state? If Jews are so horrible to   read more ...

A Genealogy of the Idea of ‘Palestine’

- Posted in Palestine
The Genealogy of Ideas is the history of the evolution of thought around any particular subject.  It is part of the larger subfields of Cultural and Intellectual History. However, it touches upon every aspect of the field, such as Social History, Military History, Economic History, etc.. What   read more ...

When Hamas Seizes Power in the West Bank, How Will the Two-State Solution Survive?

- Posted in Israel's Security
Those who blithely advocate a “two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians invariably avoid addressing many seemingly intractable obstacles facing such a resolution to the conflict. The facts that current Palestinian dictatorships are harshly authoritarian and corrupt—and their   read more ...

Israel Needs to Promote Its Vision, Not the Palestinian One

- Posted in Israel and the Land
The following was among a collection of essays produced for and distributed at the Knesset Israel Victory Caucus on May 16. Translated from Hebrew. Imagine a post-modern reality in which the concept of truth has been discarded and a "narrative" has replaced a people's history, identity, values, and   read more ...