A Palestinian Authority official told The New York Times on Nov. 21 that the P.A. would be changing its policy of rewarding terrorists with salaries based on the length of their prison sentence, and instead provide money on the basis of the needs of each individual terrorist’s family. However, Palestinian Media Watch reported on Sunday that the same official—director of Palestinian [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs Qadri Abu Bakr—had expressed the opposite sentiment two

The rise of violent extremist groups throughout Africa, as well as the constant attacks against Christian communities in the continent’s most populated country, has religious leaders fearful that “the next jihad” is underway as world leaders seem to be rushing to address the problem. “I know one thing has never really changed: No one gives a damn about Africa except for their natural resources or if there is going to be a big party because there is a peace treaty being signed

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Protestant Church made a far-reaching recognition of guilt Sunday for its failure to do more to help Jews during and after World War II, and for the church’s role in preparing ”the ground in which the seeds of anti-Semitism and hatred could grow.” The long-awaited, historic statement came at a solemn ceremony to mark Monday’s anniversary of the Nazis’ anti-Jewish Kristallnacht pogrom, or the “Night of Broken Glass.” On November 9, 1938

A Scottish newspaper promoted as fact the Palestinian narrative that the Balfour Declaration is one of the main causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict "because it failed to protect Palestinian Arabs." In fact, the Declaration explicitly stated that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine." More importantly, the Balfour Declaration is not a cause of the conflict. The Declaration set in motion

JEROLD S. AUERBACH Although I am not a Palestinian, I sympathize with the Palestinian lament of homelessness even if it is self-imposed. But as a historian, I must rely upon facts, not fantasies. Palestinians may fervently believe that they are being robbed of “their” land, but history—from antiquity to modernity—suggests otherwise. British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The British Labour Party has suspended its former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, af