A Shavuot Faux Pas

J Street hosts dinner at Chinese restaurant on Jewish holy day
Palestinians commorate Nakba Day / AP

Jewish Democrats are upset with the liberal fringe group J Street for hosting a congressional dinner event on Wednesday evening during a major Jewish holiday.

Delegitimizing Israel

U.N. official under fire for photo op holding map that erases Israel
U.N. official holds map erasing Israel /  palwatch.org

A senior United Nations official was recently caught posing for a picture in Lebanon while holding “a map that erases the State of Israel and presents all of it as ‘Palestine,’” according to an Israeli media monitoring organization.

Damaging History

Hamas criticized for destroying historical sites
Harbor of Gaza City / AP

The Palestinian Authority has failed to explain to a United Nations organization reports that Hamas’s military wing is demolishing ancient historical sites in Gaza in order to construct a terrorist training facility despite demands to do since late last month.

Under Pressure

Jewish Democrats call on Netanyahu to make concessions ahead of Kerry visit
AP

More than 100 Jewish Democrats, Democratic donors, and liberal rabbis sent a letter this week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asking him “to make painful territorial sacrifices for the sake of peace” with the Palestinians.

Hamas, Qatar Ties Strengthen

Hamas reelects Qatar-based official to inner circle
Reelected Hamas chief Khaled Meshal, left, and Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh / AP

Hamas has reportedly reelected a prominent Qatar-based official to head its inner circle, further solidifying ties between the terror group and the wealthy Islamic government.

Flotilla Follies

Anti-Israel activists again attempting to break Gaza blockade
Mavi Marmara 2010 / AP

Anti-Israel activists are preparing to launch another flotilla aimed at breaching Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip three years after a similar endeavor led to a deadly encounter with Israeli soldiers.

Making Crime Pay

Norwegian TV station reveals EU paying salaries to imprisoned Palestinians
Palestinian president and then-Norwegian foreign minister in 2012 / AP

A Norwegian public television investigation that found taxpayer-funded developmental aid to the Palestinian Authority is being funneled to convicted terrorists in Israeli prisons has ignited controversy in Norway and could be the tipping point for the European Union’s reconsideration of aid, according to an activist group.

All the Intifada That Fits to Print

New York Times magazine article draws fire from pro-Israel community
A Palestinian protester hurls a stone at Israeli security forces in Nabi Saleh / AP

The New York Times is under fire from pro-Israel activists for publishing what they call a biased hit piece that glorifies terrorism.