Sublime

One of the main forces behind Israeli aid is the NGO IsraAID.

The decision not to go to America or back home meant being condemned to an indefinite number of years in limbo in a D.P. camp, or it meant having to board leaky, suffocatingly crowded tramp steamers to run a British blockade, and most likely end up in another prison camp in Cyprus until further notice. Yet by their refusal to go elsewhere, by placi

Here was a shameless attempt to libel the Jewish State, the only country in the Middle East with a growing, thriving Christian community.

Terrorism could not defeat Israel, only stain the Palestinians’ reputation and divert global attention from settlements. But a policy designed to isolate, delegitimize, and sanction Israel could bring about its downfall. Lawfare, rather than warfare, became Abbas’s weapon of choice.

From the outset, though, Netanyahu had thought Oslo a misstep for Israel, and during the three years of his administration, did whatever he could to reverse the dangers that he believed Oslo had wrought.

Israel’s international image also suffered. Despite his own losses, Arafat refused to leave Beirut. He appeared on Western television regularly, showing pictures of maimed Palestinian children and still-smoldering Palestinian homes. As a result of Israel’s attack on Beirut, to many millions of international viewers, Arafat was suddenly a hero, the

AFTER QIBYA, CONDEMNATIONS POURED in from across the globe, including from the American Jewish community.13 But Ben-Gurion was unmoved. When the prime minister called Sharon in to discuss the details of the notorious night, Sharon recalled Ben-Gurion’s reaction: “It doesn’t make any real difference what will be said about Qibya around the world. Th