Vehicular jihad is popular among “Palestinian” jihadis. A billboard in Nazareth actually called for attacks of this kind. “Moderate” Fatah also called for such attacks. “Two teen girls hurt, one seriously, in car-ramming terror attack at West Bank junction,” by Emanuel Fabian, Times of Israel, June 1, 2026: Two teenage girls were injured, including one seriously, in […]
‘Judea and Samaria’ for 3,000 Years, ‘West Bank’ for 19
The place name “West Bank,” although universally used today, appeared out of thin air. More on this relatively recent invention can be found here: “A 19-Year Name vs. 3,000 Years of History: Judea vs. ‘West Bank,’” by Micha Danzig, Algemeiner, May 7, 2026: Read a story about Israel from almost any major news outlet and […]
How the Jordanians Erased 3,000 Years of History
Wars and revolutions and deaths of leaders often determine what place names will be retained, and which replaced. Sometimes the change in a place name is made is to honor a triumphant political leader, and sometimes to change a toponym that is deemed is too redolent of a recent enemy. Consider St. Petersburg. When Russia […]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad filling vacuum in West Bank as Hamas remains focused on Gaza
A year ago, Brigadier General Amir Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense And Security Forum, warned that many of the released “murderous terrorists” from prison would make their way to Judea and Samaria, establish militias, and wage jihad there. He added that significant military pressure will be required to be put “on the terror infrastructure in […]
Jordanian MP Hail Ayash: ‘Jewish state represents an enemy to every Jordanian’
When Tucker Carlson asked U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee if Israel had a right to the land described in the Bible as stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, Huckabee responded, “It would be fine if they took it all.” The area from the Nile to the Euphrates includes modern-day Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, […]
IDF detains several Palestinians affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Judea and Samaria
The Palestinian “resistance” is part of the fabric of Palestinian society; the Palestinian Authority incentivizes it via its pay-for-slay program. Islamic State-linked activity has also been on the rise in Israel, particularly in Judea and Samaria. The Jerusalem Post reported in May that “Israel’s defense establishment warned of a sharp rise in involvement by Israeli […]
Israel receives “global backlash” from EU over expansion of control in Judea and Samaria
Following the lead of eight Muslim countries which condemned Israel’s expansion in Judea and Samaria, and what they termed “illegal control measures,” EU spokesperson Anouar El Anouni joined in the gang-up against the Jewish state on behalf of the EU. “A step in the wrong direction’: Israel’s West Bank plans prompt global backlash,” by Julian Borger, […]
Eight Muslim countries condemn Israel’s expansion in Judea and Samaria, and ‘illegal control measures’
The countries that condemn Israel for expanding its control in Judea and Samaria are Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey. The Palestinian cause is the central cause to the Muslim ummah (to which, of course, all these nations belong), as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has declared. Every OIC […]
Israeli ‘Settlers’ Are Not as They Have Been Painted
Is it just possible that Western journalists greatly exaggerate their reports, and that the violence that the “Palestinians” commit in Judea and Samaria is much greater than the violence they suffer?
Israel Announces It Will Build 19 More Settlements in Judea and Samaria
And much of the world is ready to condemn what it proclaims, with one ill-informed voice, as a “violation of international law.” No, it isn’t. More of this tragicomical story can be found here: “UK, Canada, Germany, others condemn Israel’s West Bank settlement plan,” Reuters, December 24, 2025: Countries including Britain, Canada, and Germany, and others […]