Author Archives: ArchitectGuy

“The main strategic takeaway from Gaza and from Judea and Samaria is that there is no solution, military or otherwise to the Palestinians’ never-ending war against the Jewish state”

JERUSALEM POST Mowing the Lawn in Gaza by Caroline B. Glick October 18, 2018 … Moreover, if Hamas [Gaza] were toppled tomorrow, it wouldn’t be replaced by a peaceful regime. It has no moderate opponents. As The Jerusalem Post’s Khaled … Continue reading

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Sbarro, Jerusalem, 2001: An open letter to Robert A. Sauerberg, president and CEO of Condé Nast

GHEULA CANARUTTO NEMNI BLOG Why Condé Nast and Vogue do not respect Jews October 9, 2018 On October 4, 2018, Vogue Arabia published a letter by Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager who is becoming an icon, despite the culture she … Continue reading

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Israeli war planners are profoundly aware of Israel’s lack of strategic depth. “This bitter reality has meant that Israel’s military doctrine has of necessity come to emphasize offensive tactics: carrying the war to the enemy and away from Israel’s population centers as quickly as possible”

TABLET MAG Killing the Lavi: Tracing the unintended consequences of the fateful 1987 cancellation of Israel’s largest single weapons development program by John W. Golan October 4, 2018 Thirty-one years ago, on Aug. 30, 1987, an Israeli cabinet voted to terminate … Continue reading

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#Jonathan Greenblatt #ADL’s “new executive director is betraying the organization’s purpose”

COMMENTARY The Shame of the Anti-Defamation League by Seth Mandel October 2018 …Like every organization, the ADL had its blind spots, but it never had an obstructed view of its own raison d’être—until the summer of 2015. That was when … Continue reading

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“There’s no justification for his murder. But don’t whitewash what he believed – his commitment to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, his hope that Israel would ‘die by force’, and the anti-Semitic Islamists with whom he spent his final days”

JNS The story behind the story of Jamal Khashoggi by Melanie Phillips October 18, 2018 …But even so, why would MBS have Khashoggi killed in this complicated, macabre and politically exposed way? Why did it need 15 men to do … Continue reading

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#Palestinians on US mission change: “The US administration has fully endorsed the Israeli narrative, including on Jerusalem, Refugees and Settlements”

TIMES OF ISRAEL In blow to Palestinians, US places Jerusalem consulate under embassy by Alexander Fulbright October 18, 2018 The State Department announced Thursday that it would bring its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians under the auspices of the … Continue reading

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“The recent outbursts on our streets have their root in the idea that only one opinion is the correct one and all others must be shut down”

NEW YORK POST Rage when you disagree: How ‘safe spaces’ led to today’s political mobs by Karol Markowicz October 14, 2018 …After the 2016 election, we heard lots of admissions that many of us reside in political bubbles where we … Continue reading

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Today’s Fun Fact: Iran’s leaders call for America’s destruction but they send their kids here to study and work

WASHINGTON TIMES ‘America is not the enemy, the enemy is right here’ by Tzvi Kahn October 15, 2018 Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian parliament, has described the United States as a “threat to the entire world.” But his daughter … Continue reading

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Said differently, “Oh sorry, I thought it was another dirty Hasidic Jew that I was beating up”

CBS NEWS LOCAL NYPD: Brutal Attack On 62-Year-Old Hasidic Man In Borough Park Was Case Of Mistaken Identity October 14, 2018 A suspect has been arrested on multiple charges after he allegedly viciously beat a man in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. … Continue reading

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#YishaiFleisher How many Jews and Arabs are there in the Middle East?

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