Articles by Kenneth Bandler

President Trump’s declaration Wednesday that the United States formally recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city is an acknowledgement of historical fact and current reality.

The UN General Assembly demanded, yet again, that Israel withdraw completely from the Golan Heights and resume peace negotiations with Syria. The resolution, adopted by a vote of 105-6, with 58 abstentions, did not mention the civil war in Syria, now in its seventh year.

The construction industry is thriving in Gaza, but we have evidence once again that much of it is taking place underground.

On the path to peace and Palestinian statehood, Mahmoud Abbas remains stuck at a crossroads. The question confronting the octogenarian Palestinian Authority president is whether he will find a way to achieve peace through negotiations with Israel, or remain in a diplomatic roundabout, endlessly circling with neither the capacity nor the will to exit. Tragically, it is now clear that the latter is his chosen legacy for the Palestinian people.

In July 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli prime minister since 1987 to visit East Africa when he traveled to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia.

The Palestinians have long taken for granted the financial assistance from the United States, as well as the European Union.

The approval of Resolution 922 by the Israeli government in 2016 was a big step towards validating the needs of Israel's Arab citizens and building a shared society between Arabs and Jews. But how has the plan been implemented so far, and what are the next steps towards its success?

On the eve of President Trump’s first overseas trip, an unfortunate dispute has emerged over the question, “whose wall is it?”

On May 1, with much public fanfare, Hamas issued a new Document of General Principles and Policies that ostensibly updates the terrorist group’s 1988 founding charter that called for the destruction of Israel.

Assad has consistently used every weapon available to him to pursue his costly retribution against the Syrian people.

The sixth anniversary of the outbreak of Syria’s civil war passed this month as routinely as the previous five.

Historically, curtailing the pervasive bias against Israel at the UN has proved a Sisyphean ordeal. But with the new American administration and shifting Council membership, things may be about to change.