Category Archives: Politics

Soldiers who fought in Gaza worry about traveling overseas

JERUSALEM POST by Yonah Jeremy Bob October 13, 2014 Now that the summer war in Gaza is over, some soldiers who fought in Operation Protective Edge have a new worry – whether or not they will be able to travel … Continue reading

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Congress: Stop Subsidizing Biased Middle East Studies

MIDDLE EAST FORUM by Daniel Pipes October 8, 2014 In return for receiving taxpayer funds for foreign regional studies, universities must agree, according to Title VI of the Higher Education Act (HAE), to conduct “public outreach” programs aimed at K-12 … Continue reading

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Chicago Tribune Endorsement : Dold over Schneider

CHICAGO TRIBUNE Editorial Board October 13, 2014 The Tribune begins endorsements today for the U.S. House, starting with one of the most closely watched races in the country. Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider, a Deerfield management consultant, wrested the 10th Congressional … Continue reading

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Clinton email shows Jewish law cited as possible Lewinsky defense

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Lazar Newman October 12, 2014 An email citing Jewish law as the basis for a possible defense for president Bill Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky affair was released Friday by the National Archives. “According to classical … Continue reading

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Twitter C.E.O. Dick Costolo on Receiving Death Threats from ISIS

VANITY FAIR by Caleb Garling October 9, 2014 Twitter C.E.O. Dick Costolo and his staff have received death threats from ISIS, Costolo said on stage at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit. After shutting down some of the group’s Twitter accounts, … Continue reading

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EU Prepares to Impose Crushing Sanctions on Israel

BREITBART by Thomas Rose October 8, 2014 Even as details of the latest ISIS plot to behead innocents on the streets of London emerges, the machinery of the European Union’s massive bureaucracy is well along its plan to impose crippling economic … Continue reading

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Chicago Tribune endorses Bruce Rauner, to revive Illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE by Editorial Board October 10, 2014 You don’t see it in satellite photos, or from the Mississippi River gazing east. But Illinois has shrunk. If you’ve lived here for a while, you sense it: A place that for … Continue reading

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What Israel Can Teach the Secret Service

POLITICO by Avi Dichter October 7, 2014 The former head of the Shin Bet on how to protect the president The murder of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the first-ever assassination of an Israeli prime minister—was a terrible blow to all Israelis. … Continue reading

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Israel Bashers’ Phony Contrition

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick October 7, 2014 Dr. Richard Horton, the editor of the English medical journal The Lancet, was not transformed by his visit to Israel last week. Horton came to Israel last week the guest of Rambam … Continue reading

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The Islamic State Is Here

FRONT PAGE MAG by Robert Spencer October 9, 2014 During the recent race riots in Ferguson, Missouri, CNN’s Jake Tapper was walking down a street and filming a segment when someone emerged out of the shadows behind him, holding a … Continue reading

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