Category Archives: Politics

Could Obama Swing the Israeli Election?

MIDDLE EAST FORUM by Steven J. Rosen January 3, 2015 This is the first time since 2009 that the Obama Administration may think it has a credible opportunity to replace Benjamin Netanyahu with an Israeli government prepared to make more … Continue reading

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Organizations to check out

AMCHA Initiative – Protecting Jewish Students American Islamic Forum for Democracy Americans for Peace & Tolerance AJC – American Jewish Committee AIPAC – America’s Pro-Israel Lobby CAMERA – Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Canary Mission Center for … Continue reading

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Palestinians join war crimes court after U.N. rejection

REUTERS by Noah Browning December 31, 2014 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements on Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a day after a bid for … Continue reading

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During Visit to Israel, Indiana Governor Refuses Abbas Dinner Invitation

ALGEMEINER by Paul Miller December 29, 2014 Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence spent Christmas with his family in Israel, part of a nine-day trip that includes a three-day jobs mission to meet with government and business leaders….According to a Facebook post … Continue reading

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While American Jewish organizations fiddle

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Jeff Robbins December 29, 2014 …..The lesson for the American Jewish organizations [e.g. Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, AIPAC and the Jewish federations] ought to be that tired strategies aimed at the rich and the over-50 … Continue reading

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A War of Words (Some More Accurate Than Others) at Brandeis #StandwithMael

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus December 29, 2014 There’s an ugly tempest brewing at Brandeis University and it’s based, at least in part, on free speech, tolerance and student safety. The storm grew out of a more generalized anger with … Continue reading

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For the Media, the Climate of Hate is Always on the Right

AMERICAN THINKER by Clarence Feldman December 28, 2014 I must say that for some decades now, the media have proven to be terrible weather forecasters, always finding the climate of hate on the right, and never seeing it on the … Continue reading

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Brandeis Student Refuses to Show Sympathy for Assassinated Policemen — and Her Critic Is Attacked #StandwithMael

GATESTONE by Alan Dershowitz December 28, 2014 As I watched, with tears in my eyes, the funeral of police officer Rafael Ramos who was ambushed along with fellow officer, Wenjian Liu, in revenge for the deaths of two black young … Continue reading

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‘Are You Brain Dead?’ CNN Exec’s Shocking Question to Young Jewish Activist

ALGEMEINER by Staff December 25, 2014 Hayley Nagelberg, a high school senior from West Orange, NJ, has revealed that a top CNN executive asked her if she was “brain dead” following a question-and-answer session in Atlanta, where the news broadcaster … Continue reading

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The Laffer Curve turns 40: the legacy of a controversial idea

WASHINGTON POST by Stephen Moore December 26, 2014 It was 40 years ago this month that two of President Gerald Ford’s top White House advisers, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld, gathered for a steak dinner at the Two Continents restaurant … Continue reading

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