Most Clicked This Week
- Spencer: “I see a correlation between those who believe absurd claims like dogs were trained to rape Palestinians and those who insist Israel committed genocide in Gaza”
- Latest Women's March board member canned. "She called Zionism 'racism' and said 'blaming Hamas for firing rockets at Israel is like blaming a woman for punching her rapist'"
- Peres at Rabin rally: Those who give up on peace are delusional
- #BretStephens: "In the humorless world of Woke, the satire is never funny and the statute of limitations never expires, even when it comes to hamantaschen".
- DePaul University sparks furor with fundraiser for convicted terrorist Rasmea Odeh
- #AmnestyInternational report “so riddled with errors of omission, fact, law and basic logic that not even the #NewYorkTimes – which routinely attacks #Israel’s very legitimacy – has deemed it ‘fit to print’”
- Anti-Israel activist Rob Malley to advise Obama on ISIL
- Swedish Medical Association supports Jewish doctor in lawsuit against Karolinska University Hospital over antisemitic environment
Category Archives: Politics
The Neo-Neocons
WALL STREET JOURNAL by Bret Stephens August 25, 2014 ISIS makes liberals rediscover the necessity of hard power. So now liberals want the U.S. to bomb Iraq, and maybe Syria as well, to stop and defeat ISIS, the vilest terror … Continue reading
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Gaza War’s Clear Loser: Netanyahu
BLOOMBERG by Daniel Gordis August 27, 2014 Back in 2009, Israel was festooned with election campaign banners that read, “A Strong Leader for a Strong Nation.” They were Benjamin Netanyahu’s banners, which, even if he had them in stock today, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Avigdor Liebermen, Ehud Olmert, Golda Meir, Hamas, Menachem Begin, Naftali Bennett, Yisrael Beitinu
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An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth
TABLET MAGAZINE by Matti Friedman August 26, 2014 A former AP correspondent explains how and why reporters get Israel so wrong, and why it matters Is there anything left to say about Israel and Gaza? Newspapers this summer have been … Continue reading
The Son of Hamas vs The Sword of Islam
JEWISH JOURNAL by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila August 22, 2014 …..In the face of this ugly wave of radicalism and fundamentalism that is sweeping across the world, there stands one courageous person who is willing to act against it, and speak … Continue reading
Wise Tactical Choices in Gaza
BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AFFAIRS by Major General (res.) Yaacov Amidror August 26, 2014 Executive Summary: Since the launch of Operation Protective Edge, Israel has made a series of wise tactical choices that contribute to the diplomatic and military effort. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Operation Protective Edge
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General Sherman in Gaza
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON BLOG August 22, 2014 His march through Georgia has been gravely misunderstood ― as has Israel’s strategy in Gaza. William Tecumseh Sherman 150 years ago took Atlanta before heading out on his infamous March to the Sea to make … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Confederates, Gaza, General William Tecumseh Sherman, Hamas, IDF
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Understanding the Israeli-Egyptian-Saudi alliance
JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick August 21, 2014 Hamas’s war with Israel is not a stand-alone event. It is happening in the context of the vast changes that are casting asunder old patterns of behavior and strategic understandings as actors … Continue reading
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Tagged Caroline Glick, Egypt, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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The Myth of the Palestinian Underdog
COMMENTARY by Evelyn Gordon August 21, 2014 One of the enduring myths of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is that much of the West supports the Palestinians out of natural sympathy for the underdog. Victor Davis Hanson of Stanford’s Hoover Institution effectively … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 