The Truthful Project

 As appeared in my Times of Israel blog . “Israel has begun to pay increasingly exorbitant prices for its hostages” writes Amit Segal, a well-respected Israeli political commentator, in his recent January 23, 2025, Wall Street Journal article. For at least the second time in less than 15 years, Israel is in the midst of an on-going extortion agreement with an Islamic Jihadist terrorist group for return of mistreated (alive and dead) hostages abducted on October 7, 2023, in return for release of a disproportionate number of convicted terrorist murderers. As was Gilad Shalit’s exchange (after more than five years of captivity), in October 2011 for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian terrorist prisoners, including Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader behind the horrendous October 7 th attack on Israel. To lessen the chances of this from happening once again, let’s look at two parallel subjects: The Abraham Accords and the Two-State Solution based on history, facts,...

 As appeared on my Times of Israel blog.   The Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy article entitled “ Why Arab States Hate Trump’s Plan to Relocate Palestinians ” (Feb 1. 2025). It opens with an absolute correct observation: “The Arab world is pushing back, ostensibly because it would undermine efforts to create a Palestinian state. But Arab leaders have another reason to oppose providing safe haven to millions of Gazans forced from their homes: past experience. Palestinian refugees have been a headache for Arab governments since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.” Even though the headline asks “Why”, the writers answered “What” to do with the Palestinian refugee problem? Yes, the question should be “Why is there a Palestinian refugee problem?” After all, from the tens of millions of refugees from World War II, there are none remaining. In addition, there are no Jewish refugees after the shocking expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab lands in the early 1...