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Like everyone else on the planet, I have heard about the "complicated" situation in the Middle East my whole life: promises to fix it, hopeful negotiations that crumble behind closed doors, rockets, wars, treaties,...

There are many organizations around the world calling for Israeli boycotts in the economic, political, and academic realm in an effort called “BDS” or Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions against Israel. According to the official...

A New Shoah is available at Amazon.com “This most impressive work is a valuable publication that presents a comprehensive picture of the many acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens.” Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset “Giulio Meotti’s book...

Watching trauma through the lens of a camera This is the first part of a New Voices series on Sderot. Find the second part of the series here. The chapel at my Episcopalian boarding school was...

It may have been peace and quiet now, but shrapnel wounds in the surrounding buildings and sight of bomb shelter after bomb shelter standing alongside the everyday homes, shops and restaurants were timely reminders...

Hi all, My name is Phillip Graham and I am a first year accounting major student at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm a Christian and have been a strong supporter of Israel my...

Last Monday, Sderot Media Center director Noam Bedein presented about the devastating situation in Sderot. Noam presented his firsthand account of the danger that the people of Sderot live under as a result of...

Below are more nice pictures of Gaza. Yes, there are poor areas of Gaza too. There are also plenty of slums in Paris (and London and Rome and New York), but the media tend...

In his Poetics, Aristotle suggests that “art imitates life.” This statement is certainly applicable to the Sderot Community Treatment Theatre’s current production, Children of Qassam Avenue, a dramatic reenactment of a dozen teenage girls’...

Reporting from Jerusalem Five years after then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon embarked on a landmark withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the disengagement continues to dominate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Here are some of the key lessons and...