Monthly Archives: July 2015

Michael Oren responds to ‘Ally’ backlash at Los Angeles event [VIDEO]

JEWISH JOURNAL by Ryan Torok July 3, 2015 Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren’s dual loyalties — and his frustration with the growing separation between Israel and America — were evident in his remarks July 1 when … Continue reading

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Will Samantha Power Be the First American UN Ambassador to Abandon Israel?

ALGEMEINER by Shmuley Boteach July 5, 2015 …Yet statements in April by Ambassador Power refusing to rule out supporting UN resolutions that target Israel, added to recent claims by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, have raised serious questions about the specter of betrayal … Continue reading

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All Four Democratic Presidential Candidates Support ‘Sanctuary Cities’ 

DAILY CALLER by Chuck Ross July 5, 2015 All four of the Democratic candidates for president have expressed support for sanctuary cities, a controversial policy that is being blamed for the recent release of a five times-deported illegal alien who … Continue reading

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Is the World Becoming Fed Up?

PJ MEDIA by Victor Davis Hanson July 5, 2015 Given European socialism, and given its therapeutic culture that assumes morality is relative and situational, it is quite stunning — especially to the Greeks — that suddenly debts are to mean not … Continue reading

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Welcome to John Roberts’ America, Where Words Mean Nothing

DAILY SIGNAL by Kim Holmes July 5, 2015 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s lament last week that “words no longer have meaning” got me to thinking. I don’t claim to know Chief Justice John Roberts’ motivations in deciding in favor … Continue reading

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Operation Entebbe – In Animation

The daring rescue operation which stunned the world. July 4th 1976, 39 years ago this past weekend.

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The Central Pillar Supporting the Iran Deal Has a Big Crack In It

THE TOWER by Emanuele Ottolenghi July 2015 If the emerging deal is “not based on trust,” as John Kerry says, then it has to be based on the credible threat of re-imposed sanctions. And that’s a huge problem. There is … Continue reading

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Ramadan Terror

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS by Mordechai Kedar July 2, 2015 Ramadan may be a month of fasting and prayer, but it is also a month of terror and violence ….This  [Iran] agreement will strengthen Shiite Islam and infuriate the Sunnis, who will … Continue reading

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Israel losing Democrats, ‘can’t claim bipartisan US support,’ top pollster warns

TIMES OF ISRAEL by David Horovitz July 5, 2015 New survey by Frank Luntz shows almost half of active Democrats think Israel is racist, barely half believe it wants peace, and three quarters feel it has too much influence on … Continue reading

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In Defense of Pessimism

AMERICAN INTEREST by Jeffrey Herf June 30, 2015 A lesson from German history for our dealings with Iran today: take the ideas of others seriously. Since 1979, the leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran have said many despicable things … Continue reading

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