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April 8, 2013
5:17 pm

Kerry’s plan is still missing a peace

The US Secretary of State is reportedly plugging a rehash of the Saudi plan, which fails the test of ensuring Israel’s safety

By Elihu D. Richter

March 1, 2013
12:59 am

A flawed study, a missed opportunity

A study panelist says the deep hatred taught in Palestinian schools got buried in a politically correct reading of data

By Elihu D. Richter

November 15, 2012
3:19 pm

Turn off the lights in Gaza

Making the case for zero tolerance for terror

By Elihu D. Richter

October 25, 2012
1:05 pm

Is there a Churchill in the house?

The last debate disclosed fundamental — indeed unsettling — differences between the two presidential candidates

By Elihu D. Richter

August 20, 2012
12:39 pm

South Sudan refugees protest in Tel Aviv against Israeli immigration policy, June 10, 2012 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Refugees and rape in Sinai: A coherent Israeli response

The time has come to put an end to the suffering of African migrants. Some can be absorbed into the Jewish state, but the roots of the problem must also be addressed — from Sudan to Egypt

By Tamar Pileggi and Elihu D. Richter

July 26, 2012
1:03 pm

Butchers and bystanders in Syria

Official definitions of civil war, revolution and genocide are debated, summits are held, and sanctions are discussed, but the horror stories add up — and the the body count keeps climbing

By Tamar Pileggi and Elihu D. Richter

April 12, 2012
6:50 pm

Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks during a press conference in Gaza City, 2008 (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash 90)

Desmond Tutu’s two-faced Passover

The ‘angel’ of the human rights world castigates the Jews — and passes over the suffering of his black brothers and sisters

By Elihu D. Richter and Charles Jacobs

March 25, 2012
5:40 pm

Iran: Shadowboxing vs. a rationally genocidal regime

Some comments on the bizarre ideas zipping through cyberspace in the last week or so, on the choices facing our leaders

By Elihu D. Richter and Yael Stein

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Elihu D. Richter

Kerry’s plan is still missing a peace

The US Secretary of State is reportedly plugging a rehash of the Saudi plan, which fails the test of ensuring Israel’s safety

A flawed study, a missed opportunity

A study panelist says the deep hatred taught in Palestinian schools got buried in a politically correct reading of data

Turn off the lights in Gaza

Making the case for zero tolerance for terror

Is there a Churchill in the house?

The last debate disclosed fundamental — indeed unsettling — differences between the two presidential candidates

Refugees and rape in Sinai: A coherent Israeli response

The time has come to put an end to the suffering of African migrants. Some can be absorbed into the Jewish state, but the roots of the problem must also be addressed — from Sudan to Egypt

Butchers and bystanders in Syria

Official definitions of civil war, revolution and genocide are debated, summits are held, and sanctions are discussed, but the horror stories add up — and the the body count keeps climbing

Desmond Tutu’s two-faced Passover

The ‘angel’ of the human rights world castigates the Jews — and passes over the suffering of his black brothers and sisters

Iran: Shadowboxing vs. a rationally genocidal regime

Some comments on the bizarre ideas zipping through cyberspace in the last week or so, on the choices facing our leaders

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