Category Archives: Politics

Obama’s Jewish Support Sinks to 50 Percent

JEWISH PRESS by Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu April 12, 2015 Jewish voters’ support for President Barack Obama has sunk from 61 percent in January to only 50 percent in March, according to a new Gallup poll. The gap between approval of the … Continue reading

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Dangers to Democracy in the Prosecution of Senator Menendez

Sunday’s posting had a faulty hyperlink so I’ve reposted today GATESTONE by Alan Dershowitz April 10, 2015 Whenever a prominent political figure is indicted on charges of alleged corruption, serious questions arise. Is the prosecution part of a growing and dangerous … Continue reading

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SodaStream Adds ‘Made in West Bank’ to Labels

TABLET MAG by Stephanie Butnick April 8, 2015 SodaStream, the Israeli at-home carbonation company whose West Bank factory has made it one of the prime targets of BDS activists, has agreed to add “Made in the West Bank” to labels … Continue reading

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In Our Neck of the Woods, Actions Speak Louder than Words

ARUTZ SHEVA by Dr Mordechai Kedar April 2, 2015 Talk is cheap, but meaningless in the Middle East. Look at what they do, not at what they say. ….Israel has to learn from Sisi, the man who succeeded in forcing … Continue reading

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Hillary’s Path to 9/11

AMERICAN THINKER by Howard Hyde April 10, 2015 ….Imagine for moment a world in which any of the movies Flight 93, World Trade Center, Zero Dark 30, or American Sniper had been produced but never screened in theaters, because some … Continue reading

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The Revolution Lives !

NEW YORK TIMES by David Brooks April 10, 2015 Beyond all the talk of centrifuges and enrichment capacities, President Obama’s deal with Iran is really a giant gamble on the nature of the Iranian regime. The core question is: Are … Continue reading

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The Iran deal: Anatomy of a disaster

WASHINGTON POST by Charles Krauthammer April 9, 2015 …An overriding objective of these negotiations, as Obama has said, is to prevent the inevitable proliferation — Egypt, Turkey, the Gulf states — that would occur if Iran went nuclear. Yet the … Continue reading

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How the Haters Handed Defeat to Students at Stanford

THE TOWER by Miriam Pollock April 2015 One of the most prestigious universities in the United States recently fell victim to anti-Israel madness. How did it happen? And how can it be prevented on other campuses? “Stanford ID?” said one … Continue reading

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There is No Better Deal with Iran

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER by Prof. Efraim Inbar April 9, 2015 The steps suggested by Israel and other critics to improve the efficacy of the nuclear deal with Iran will have little effect. The deal is basically dangerous in nature, and needs to … Continue reading

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To win broad U.S. Jewish support, Obama must truly tackle Iran

HAARETZ by Rabbi Eric Yoffie April 8, 2015 Eric Yoffie was past president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Not to state the obvious, but the writer presumes the President actually cares (at this point) to win broad Jewish support. Yoffie also … Continue reading

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