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- Gérard Araud, former ambassador to Israel, dismissive of Trump plan, calls West Bank “an apartheid state”
- “American Jews who do not feel a real connection to the Jewish collective are going to see that connection as an increasingly troublesome burden which they will try to make less visible as long as they can safely integrate totally into the surrounding society"
- “Wiesenthal Center and NGO Monitor slam Germany for ignoring Iran’s genocidal antisemitism”
- Israel Is the Victim of Mohammed’s War Against the Jews
- “Connecting the dots between high taxes, unsustainable pension costs and slow economic growth is a practice many elected officials in Chicago and Illinois would rather we shut up about”
- ISIS executes 100 of its own fighters for desertion
- "Will Naftali Bennett give up his right-wing values and realize a one-time opportunity to become prime minister?"
- The amazing journey of Son of Saul star Géza Röhrig [VIDEO]
Category Archives: Politics
Knesset votes to dissolve, sets new elections for March 17
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff December 8, 2014 Members of Israel’s 19th Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to dissolve the parliament, officially putting an end to the current government and paving the way for new elections in … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Hatnua, Knesset, Likud, Tzipi Livni, Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu
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War Clouds on the Horizon?
NATIONAL REVIEW by Victor Davis Hanson December 4, 2014 A large war is looming absent preventive American vigilance. The world is changing and becoming even more dangerous — in a way we’ve seen before. In the decade before World War … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged British Empire, Estonia, France, Germany, Napoleon, NATO, Soviet Union, United States, Versaille Treaty, Vladimir Putin, World War I, World War II
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Indyk’s insidious analysis
ISRAEL HAYOM by Ruthie Blum December 5, 2014 The disbanding of the Israeli government this week is breathing new life into dead arguments from the American Left about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One example worth noting is Christiane Amanpour’s “interview” … Continue reading
Israel is the only state favoring one religious tradition…except for all the others
CIFWATCH by Adam Levick December 4, 2014 If the Guardian or New York Times published a long essay about some tiny, obscure indigenous tribe in Africa with a language, culture, and religious tradition unique in the region, whose history extends … Continue reading
British architects conclude Israel boycott was illegal
WASHINGTON POST by Eugene Kontorovich December 5, 2014 Earlier this year, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) voted to recommend barring their Israeli colleagues from the international architects’ association. The action, naturally, proved both divisive and expensive. Now RIBA has reversed … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Architects, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects
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Israelis still a long way from US visa waiver
GLOBES by Ron Dagoni December 4, 2014 A bill to extend cooperation between Israel and the US, and which describes Israel as “an important strategic partner” of Washington and establishes the right of Israeli citizens to enter the US without … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged United States, US Congress, US Senate, Visa
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Increasing numbers of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama
WORD FROM JERUSALEM by Isi Leibler December 4, 2014 It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic Party in the recent midterm congressional elections. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that increasing numbers … Continue reading
American Mobacracy
COMMENTARY by Abe Greenwald December 4, 2014 “The future belongs to crowds,” wrote Don DeLillo in his 1991 novel Mao II. Boy, was he right. Today it’s protests in response to a baffling grand jury decision, but the phenomenon has … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 