Category Archives: Politics

“It is time to downgrade Freedom House from ‘not stupid’ to ‘mostly stupid'”

ISRAEL HAYOM ‘There is less freedom of press in US than in Israel’ by Staff April 28, 2016 Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East and has the most vibrant media in the region, but this did not … Continue reading

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Invoking the ever-reliable “Israelis are Nazis” meme, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone in hot water for commenting “Hitler supported Zionism” [VIDEO]

TIMES OF ISRAEL Herzog to UK Labour leaders: Visit Yad Vashem, remember what happened to the Jews by Staff April 30, 2016 Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog responded furiously Saturday to the ongoing row over anti-Semitism in Britain’s Labour Party, … Continue reading

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An evening at UMass to explore “triggering” ends up “triggering” [ENTERTAINING VIDEO]

BREITBART Milo Mocks Student Protesters Who Claim His Presence Is a ‘Threat to Their Physical Safety’ at UMass by Tom Ciccotta April 26, 2016 …The topic of the event was political correctness. Amongst the panelists, the overarching theme was that … Continue reading

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BDS and its Hamas roots run right through Chicago

JERUSALEM POST Defeating Hamas in America by Caroline Glick April 27, 2016 To defeat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel, it is first necessary to understand it. The BDS campaign is an extraordinary phenomenon. Activists from US coast … Continue reading

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“83 senators (minus Bernie Sanders) send Obama letter asking to approve new defense package; Oren mocks Obama for saying world more peaceful”

JERUSALEM POST Israel feels vindicated by congressmen pushing for more US military aid by Gil Hoffman April 26, 2016 Likud ministers and MK’s close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed satisfaction Monday with 83 US senators writing a letter to … Continue reading

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Many of the arguments against Trump are equally applicable to Obama and Hillary

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON BLOG What Do the Trumpsters Want? April 26, 2016 Count the reasons to oppose Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. His conservative credentials are thin, recent, and often haphazard. His brash style will likely … Continue reading

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“Bible-based religions affirm a morally judging God. For the Left, that is anathema. For the Left, the only judging allowed is Leftist judging of others”

NATIONAL REVIEW Why the Left Loathes Western Civilization by Dennis Prager April 26, 2016 This month, Stanford University students voted on a campus resolution that would have their college require a course on Western civilization, as it did until the … Continue reading

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Foundation for Defense of Democracy connects the dots on Palestinian funding of #BDS 

WALL STREET JOURNAL The Anti-Israel Money Trail by Bret Stephens April 25, 2016 …Student for Justice in Palestine’s self-declared goal is to end Israel’s “occupation and colonization of all Arab lands” while “promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to … Continue reading

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“Keep the Palestinians in poverty, victimhood, and dependence so that Israel can be blamed, with the hope that Israel would lose legitimacy and its Jewish residents would be thrown into the sea or they would pack up and leave” [VIDEO]

GATESTONE Palestinians: Peace Starts with Facing the Harsh Reality of Hate by Fred Maroun April 25, 2016 …All attempts by the U.S. to facilitate a final-status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians have failed. Has any reasonable person really expected … Continue reading

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BDS decision calls on Israel to end occupation, grant equal rights to Palestinians, and enact ‘right of return’ i.e. hasten destruction of the Jewish State

TIMES OF ISRAEL NYU graduate student union approves BDS resolution by JTA April 24, 2016 The graduate student union at New York University voted to approve a motion to support a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions resolution against Israel. The resolution … Continue reading

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