Category Archives: Politics

A year working as a journalist in Israel and the Palestinian Territories made Hunter Stuart rethink his positions on the conflict

JERUSALEM POST How a Pro-Palestinian American Reporter Changed His Views on Israel and the Conflict by Hunter Stuart February 15, 2017 In the summer of 2015, just three days after I moved to Israel for a one-and-a-half year stint freelance reporting … Continue reading

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#BDSFail BDS has failed to turn Israel into a pariah state [VIDEO]

COMMENTARY Is BDS a Bust? by Jonathan Marks February 16, 2017 In 2005, a coalition of organizations claiming to represent Palestinian civil society issued a call to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel…At least as Gallup measures it, that effect … Continue reading

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“Much of the media is abuzz with the story of how the Palestinians are feeling sidelined by U.S. ‎President Donald Trump’s embrace of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”

ISRAEL HAYOM Back to the drawing board by Sarah Stern February 13, 2017 …It is time to impose a little reality therapy on the Arab and Muslim worlds. Israel is here to stay, and it ‎cannot be negotiated down to … Continue reading

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reportedly offers Tzipi Livni role as deputy secretary general

TIMES OF ISRAEL Will Tzipi Livni be the first Israeli deputy chief of the UN? by Staff February 12, 2017 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reportedly offered a post of deputy secretary-general to former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. … Continue reading

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Winnetka rocked by New Trier efforts to train future Social Justice Warriors

ZERO HEDGE Authoritarians At The Gate: How One High School Is Ripping Its Community Apart by Tyler Durden February 7, 2017 We strongly advise you to put down all sharp objects before reading the following…Not since the Vietnam War have … Continue reading

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NYC gay man looks back at the liberal bubble he inhabited: “What I saw was ugly, lock step, incurious and mean-spirited”

NEW YORK POST I’m a gay New Yorker — and I’m coming out as a conservative by Chadwick Moore February 11, 2017 When Out magazine assigned me an interview with the rabble-rouser Milo Yiannopoulos, I knew it would be controversial. … Continue reading

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Bibi’s DC visit next week marks “beginning of a new era in Israel’s relations with the US. But to make the most of this unprecedented opportunity, Israel needs to recognize its role as America’s ally”

JERUSALEM POST Beautiful Friendship by Caroline B. Glick February 9, 2017 …Democrats in both houses of Congress joined with their Republican counterparts in condemning UN Security Council Resolution 2334 that criminalized Israel. A significant number of Democratic lawmakers support Trump’s … Continue reading

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“More than a decade ago historian Bernard Lewis warned that if current migration trends continue, Europe will be Islamic by the end of the 21st century. Germany’s political elites are at the vanguard of making that prediction come true”

GATESTONE Germany’s Muslim Demographic Future by Soeren Kern February 8, 2017 Germany will need to take in 300,000 migrants annually for the next 40 years to stop population decline, according to a leaked government report. The document, parts of which … Continue reading

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Trump interviewed in Israel Hayom, modulating Israel campaign messages

ISRAEL HAYOM ‘I won’t condemn Israel, it’s been through enough’ by Boaz Bismuth February 10, 2017 …[on Bibi]”We’ve always had good chemistry, and he is a good man. He wants to do the right thing for Israel. He would like … Continue reading

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“Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the 9th Circuit oral argument over President Trump‘s executive order was that lawyers for both sides seemed to know nothing about some of the most basic real-world issues surrounding the case”

WASHINGTON EXAMINEIR A fact-free debate on Trump’s executive order by Byron York February 8, 2017 …Many of the president’s adversaries have claimed that no terror-related crimes have been committed by nationals of the affected countries — Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, … Continue reading

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