Lilac Sigan

Mahmoud Abbas's historical portrait is a fake.

Osama Bin Laden's death is a time to sharpen our choices about which side we are on.

Reporting wrongdoings in open democracies like Israel takes rather less courage than doing the same in, say, Syria.

It seems that the UN and then Goldstone were the ones who should be accused of shooting first, and asking the questions later.

Until today, Libya was part of the UN Human Rights council, meaning 155 countries thought Libya was eligible for the job.

What do things like the proposed UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building really mean?

Sadly, I have to live in the real one.

When you live in a western democracy, it’s a little difficult to understand the mentality of other regime types, especially if they exist in faraway countries. Until suddenly, a million people walk out to the streets to demand their rights.

It’s called terror, and there are countries that are run by it, every day. While pretending to be an elected government, they are run by terror movements, who become stronger and richer while waiting for the right opportunity to show everyone who the real boss is.

Media reports which only show Israeli retaliation to the rockets that have been shot at its civilians, make it look like Israel’s actions came for no real reason. As if they were just someone’s whim.

It seems like the world is letting Turkey off easy instead of pushing it to do the right thing.

What has this anarchistic figure, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, done for us?

If you were in Abbas's shoes, tell the truth: who would you rather confront Israel, the democracy that is almost always willing to negotiate, or barbaric terrorists?

The invitation to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Gaza can only be to foment terror - the world's problem, not just Israel's.

While the phrase “human rights” sounds great, what stands behind it is not always quite so great.

Thomas Friedman's complaint that Israel is behaving like a spoiled child is out of line with the facts, and disappointingly conventional.

Film director Mike Leigh's gesture in cancelling a planned visit to Israel only helps promote an industry of bias and lies.

"Time" magazine managed to stretch the media’s anti-Semitic borders a bit more, when it tried to establish a new fact on its cover: Israelis don’t care about peace.

Can't we cut the fine words and get on with roasting Israel?

Last week raised questions about the world's view of Israel. But is anyone asking?

Alan Dershowitz speaks his mind to "Globes" about corruption, law, US-Israel relations, how Israel can improve its case in the court of public opinion.

Israelis do feel for their neighbors, but in Facebook terms, it's complicated.

Israeli Arab MK Jamal Zahalka gives hutzpah a bad name - and we take it.

An open letter to Naomi Klein, who called in "The Guardian" for a boycott of Israel.