No number of glitzy Hollywood events can change the fact that there is a preponderance of evidence showing that Masafer Yatta is a recent invention built up by activists, NGOs and foreign governments as a battering ram against Israel.
Lahav Harkov

Lahav Harkov
Senior political correspondent for Jewish Insider, and former diplomatic and political correspondent for The Jerusalem Post. Has spoken in dozens of Jewish communities and on many university campuses around the world.
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When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the leaders are expected to address a long list of interconnected issues with fateful repercussions for Israel’s …
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While the State of Israel cannot eradicate the world’s oldest hatred of antisemitism, it must take effective action to mitigate it.
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Israel played an outsize role in American politics in the last year, with protests accompanied with antisemitic harassment and sometimes violence across the country, a Muslim voters’ movement not to …
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Netanyahu can use the timing of his address to effectively make the case that Israel needs to strongly defend itself from the threats of the Shiite jihadist group on its northern border.
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Israel needs a formal, professional public diplomacy infrastructure in peacetime that will be prepared when crises occur.