Monthly Archives: December 2016

“Over Memorial Day weekend, when The New York Times tracked every shooting in #Chicago, the largest concentration of them was in the city’s 11th police district. But why?”

NEW YORK TIMES In Chicago, Bodies Pile Up at Intersection of ‘Depression and Rage’ by Monica Davey December 9, 2016 …Living on Chicago’s West Side, where the dazzling downtown skyline always seems to shimmer in view but out of reach, … Continue reading

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Lieberman: “To date, the Iranian regime has made clear it has no intent to honor the spirit or letter of the JCPOA”

WASHINGTON POST How Trump should renegotiate the Iran deal by Joseph I. Lieberman and Mark D. Wallace December 6, 2016 ..But we hope that he and his administration will first try to aggressively enforce and then renegotiate the deal beyond … Continue reading

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Jewish leftists “whose utter despair at last month’s election results knows no bounds” oppose Conference of Presidents gathering at Trump Hotel

ALGEMEINER How the Grinch Stole Hanukkah by Ruthie Blum December 9, 2016 A Hanukkah party co-hosted by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Embassy of Azerbaijan next Wednesday is causing a stir among left-wing Jews. … Continue reading

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#MAGA “Jerusalem is now looking at what may be the most pro-Israel White House in the history of the bilateral relationship”

TABLET MAG Will Trump and Netanyahu Make the America-Israel Relationship Great Again? by Lee Smith December 7, 2016 …There is no doubt that Netanyahu sees Trump as a much more sympathetic listener than his predecessor, Obama. It is no secret … Continue reading

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“There is one metric by which #BDS is an unqualified success: inciting #anti-Semitic hatred”

JNS Jewish students must realize that SJP is about hate—only hate by Rabbi Yaakov Menken December 9, 2016 …[Toronto] Ryerson student Tamar Lyons experienced firsthand the real agenda of SJP [Students for Justice in Palestine) as well as the Muslim … Continue reading

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#Democrats abandon traditional base, pivoting to radical anti-Israel left

THE HILL Past ties make Ellison the worst possible choice for DNC chairman by Alan Dershowitz December 7, 2016 The Democrats lost the Electoral College, both houses of Congress and many local elections, not because they lost the votes of … Continue reading

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“Like Blockbuster or Kodak, the American pro-Israel community has had a great run. But the Barack Obama years have broken the community’s old model”

THE FEDERALIST Israel Supporters Need To Realize Obama Has Killed Bipartisan Support For Their Cause by Jonathan Greenberg December 8, 2016 …For a few decades now, Israel has enjoyed an unprecedented window of broad bipartisan support. Bolstered by a confluence … Continue reading

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#Bias #SPLC has been caught red-handed covering up evidence of anti-white hate being peddled in American schools

CLARION PROJECT Southern Poverty Law Center Covers Up Anti-White Hate Crime by Elliot Friedland December 6, 2016 …That adds up to some 2,000 instances of bias against white students which were deliberately erased from the [Southern Poverty Law Center or … Continue reading

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#SanctuaryCities Mayor #Emanuel may want to “rethink his defiant attitude, because #Chicago is desperately dependent on federal funding for its social safety net”

AMERICAN THINKER Oops! Trump’s ‘sanctuary city’ penalties could cost Chicago $3.6 billion by Thomas Lifson December 10, 2016 A multibillion-dollar game of chicken is unfolding between Rahm Emanuel and Donald Trump. The Better Government Association (BGA) of Chicago is an … Continue reading

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#BDSFail Anti-Israel activist shown the door at Ben-Gurion International Airport

ISRAEL HAYOM In first, airport authorities deny BDS activist’s entry to Israel by Ilan Gattegno December 6, 2016 A boycott, divestment and sanctions movement activist was refused entry to Israel Monday, a first such case since the government introduced a … Continue reading

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