Category Archives: Politics

When it comes to Israel, Donald Trump says he is no apprentice

JNS.ORG by Jacob Kamaras June 29, 2015 In the middle of a phone interview with JNS.org on June 26, billionaire real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves his desk to scan the wall of his office for … Continue reading

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Newly Released Documents Confirm White House Officials Set Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Response

For some reason, the mainstream media is ignoring this very interesting story. JUDICIAL WATCH June 29, 2015 Judicial Watch today released new State Department documents showing that Hillary Clinton and the State Department’s response to the Benghazi attack was immediately … Continue reading

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Chicago’s Niagara Foundation disinvites Israeli consul general to the Midwest

CHICAGO TRIBUNE by Manya Brachear Pashman June 24, 2015 A nonprofit group devoted to promoting global fellowship and civic conversations is under fire for rescinding an invitation to one of Israel’s top U.S. diplomats. Roey Gilad, consul general of Israel to … Continue reading

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The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous

NEW YORK TIMES by Colonel Richard Kemp June 25, 2015 As a British officer who had more than his share of fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, it pains me greatly to see words and actions from the United … Continue reading

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Michael Oren’s Surprising New Book

FRONT PAGE MAG by Arnold Steinberg June 26, 2015 …Let’s briefly explore the backdrop for Oren’s new book and reopen old wounds. For about two decades, roughly the time Obama on and off attended Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s services, I went to Chabad … Continue reading

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Love Among the Ruins

This from a woman who supported gay marriage longer than our president or the Human Rights Campaign. [Ms Weiss was inadvertently referred to as Mr Weiss in yesterday’s posts, discerned by a sharp-eyed Boston reader. ArchitectGuy regrets the error] WALL STREET … Continue reading

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12 Must-Read Quotes From Scalia’s Blistering Same-Sex Marriage Dissent

THE BLAZE by Chris Field June 26, 2015 Anyone who thought Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Thursday’s Obamacare — which Scalia now calls “SCOTUScare” — ruling was intense should read his dissent in Friday’s 5-4 ruling legalizing same-sex … Continue reading

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The Iranian-American nuclear project

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick June 25, 2015 Under President Barack Obama, the US has implemented policies toward Iran that are catastrophic for Israel specifically, for US Middle East allies more generally and for US national security itself. Consider, first, … Continue reading

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ADL vs. Oren: When is a conspiracy theory a conspiracy theory?

JNS.ORG by Ben Cohen June 24, 2015 …What Oren wrote certainly didn’t warrant the frothing response of Abe Foxman, ADL’s outgoing national director. According to Foxman, Oren engaged in “borderline stereotyping and insensitivity”—the two cardinal sins in the ADL worldview. … Continue reading

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Amsterdam abandons sister city agreement with Tel Aviv

Common themes to the Niagara Foundation story posted today….”the mayor came under a firestorm of criticism from local left-wing parties and pro-Palestinian activists… on Thursday he announced he was revoking the proposal…”  TIMES OF ISRAEL by Daniel Bernstein June 25, 2015 … Continue reading

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