Category Archives: Politics

Setting the stage for the last great struggle between the Obama administration and Israel

COMMENTARY French Set Up Obama-Israel Fight by Jonathan S. Tobin January 31, 2016 At first glance, the announcement on Friday by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that Paris will recognize Palestine if a new round of peace talks it has … Continue reading

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If this election is so crucial, why have the front-runners been so awful?

WALL STREET JOURNAL Defining Presidential Down by Bret Stephens February 1, 2016 …The results of Monday’s Iowa caucus won’t be known until after this column goes to print. But here’s what we know already about the four top contenders. No … Continue reading

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Since Israel is going to be attacked no matter what it does, we might as well do things that advance our interests

JERUSALEM POST Hope is Not a Strategy by Caroline Glick January 28, 2016 …Since the [political] price for expanding existing buildings is the same as the price for building new neighborhoods and communities, there is no reason to pay full … Continue reading

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After Im Tirtzu’s new campaign was slammed across the Israeli political spectrum, its chairman called it a ‘mistake’ [VIDEO]

TABLET MAGAZINE Far-Right Movement’s Campaign Names Israeli Cultural ‘Moles’ by Eylon Aslan-Levy January 29, 2016 The far-right NGO Im Tirtzu has made headlines again in the Hebrew press because of its new campaign that labels leading Israeli cultural figures as “moles.” On Wednesday night, the … Continue reading

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YouTube plea for protection from 16-year-old German girl reveals the widespread nightmare of migrant sexual violence [VIDEO]

FRONT PAGE MAG Germany’s “Rapefugee” Crisis by Stephen Brown January 29, 2016 “Why should we children have to grow up in such fear?” That is the very reasonable question 16-year-old German teenager Bibi Wilhailm asks, in her 20-minute YouTube video, garnering her … Continue reading

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We’re apparently ruled by criminals

NATIONAL REVIEW Tenured Thugs and Thieves by Kevin D. Williamson January 31, 2016 …Despite all of the dark whispering about the NRA and “dark money,” the right-wing bogeymen mostly are minor players. The two major teachers’ unions are between them … Continue reading

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Sanders Summarized: It’s the government’s job to redistribute wealth

WALL STREET JOURNAL Socialism Gets a Second Life by Peggy Noonan January 29, 2016 …[Sanders] described America as a place of broad suffering—“student debt,” “two-job families” with strained marriages and insufficient child care, “the old on fixed incomes.” We can turn … Continue reading

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Democratic strategists terrified to face Rubio in the fall

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT It’s Rubio Or Bust For Republicans Who Want To Win by David Wasserman January 28, 2016 A mediocre high school athlete of non-American parentage leaves his palm-tree-lined hometown to bounce between multiple colleges, eventually earning a political … Continue reading

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Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence: What are friends for?

THE INTERCEPT Spies In The Sky by Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke January 28, 2016 American and British intelligence secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike … Continue reading

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Fringe Israeli voices that demonize our society are given legitimacy in America

THE JEWISH WEEK Why Israel Is Frustrated With American Jewish Leaders by Gerald M Steinberg January 27, 2016 In Jerusalem, I read Gary Rosenblatt’s column, “Frustration With Israel Is Growing Here At Home” (Jan. 8), with my own sense of … Continue reading

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