Category Archives: Politics

It defies logic: As Chicago crime INCREASES, policing DECREASES

NATIONAL REVIEW Chicago Is Breaking by David French January 5, 2017 When a culture breaks, it falls to the police to keep order. When they pull back, people die. That’s the lesson of Chicago. On January 1, 60 Minutes ran … Continue reading

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As current administration prepares their exit, some Democrats step forward to oppose Obama’s Israel policies [VIDEO]

JERUSALEM POST Democrats join Senate condemnation of Obama-backed UN Israel resolution by Michael Wilner January 6, 2017 Nearly a dozen senators joined their Republican counterparts on Wednesday to condemn the United Nations for its “anti-Israel efforts,” specifically action last month … Continue reading

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Krauthammer: “The principal strategic challenge facing the United States is the rise of revisionist powers — Russia, China and Iran — striving to expel American influence from their regions”

WASHINGTON POST Cold War relic, present day threat by Charles Krauthammer January 5, 2017 You can kick the can down the road, but when Kim Jong Un announces, as he did last Sunday, that “we have reached the final stage … Continue reading

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Trump “may well prove to ‎be a turning point for Israel, reversing the tide of global hostility of the last eight years in which ‎the outgoing administration regarded us diplomatically as a rogue state rather than as an ally”

ISRAEL HAYOM Israel and the Trump administration by Isi Leibler January 5, 2017 …What gives us grounds for optimism is the fact that, whatever divisions may emerge between ‎the Trump administration and the Republicans who dominate both the Senate and … Continue reading

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Yishai Fleisher’s message to every Jihadist terrorist: “When you come to Israel to harm our civilians, you’re going to lose your life”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu calls to pardon Elor Azaria after Hebron manslaughter conviction by Herb Keinon January 4, 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized the manslaughter conviction handed down to Elor Azaria as a “difficult and painful day for all of … Continue reading

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This totally makes sense: DNC chooses Anti-Israel Social Justice Warrior restaurant for candidate forum

FREE BEACON DNC Chair Candidate Forum to Be Held at Anti-Israel Restaurant by Brent Scher January 5, 2017 The Democratic party’s slate of nominees have agreed to participate in a candidate forum hosted at a restaurant owned by a fierce … Continue reading

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#Obama foreign policy: “United States and its allies are today in the weakest regional position since at least the 1979 Iranian revolution and perhaps since the 1956 Suez crisis”

AMERICAN INTEREST Can Trump Overcome Obama’s Israel Failure? by Robert Satloff January 3, 2017 …Indeed, for all his protestations, President Obama is the first chief executive since President Johnson to register neither achievement nor even progress toward Arab-Israeli peace on … Continue reading

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UN Res 2334 “completely overturned Res 242, which was passed 50 years ago and which was the cornerstone of all subsequent initiatives like the Oslo Accords, the Roadmap and the Bush letter of ’04”

AMERICAN THINKER Since when did the Palestinians become entitled to a state? By Ted Belman January 1, 2017 As Newt Gingrich said in 2011, “The Palestinians are an invented people.” In 1964, the Palestine Liberation Organization was formed to liberate … Continue reading

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Bibi to DC for Trump inauguration ?

JEWISH NEWS SERVICE Trump team wants Netanyahu to become first Israeli PM to attend inauguration January 2, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers would like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend his inauguration Jan. 20, the New York Post reported … Continue reading

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Memo to #Trump: A Five-step program for UN Resolution 2334

WASHINGTON POST Five ways the Trump administration can negate the anti-Israel U.N. Security Council resolution by Eugene Kontorovich January 2, 2017 …Of course, the goal of the Obama administration was to box in President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The most … Continue reading

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