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”
- Ilhan Omar, the elephant in the room at AIPAC
- The GOP platform document also references Iron Dome, the missile defense system slated for development during Trump's term
- "Hysterical children" at Chicago DePaul University condemn professor and demand his resignation for defending Israel
- 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
Category Archives: Politics
The Great Society at Fifty, What LBJ wrought
THE WEEKLY STANDARD by Nicholas Eberstadt May 19, 2014 May 22, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s “Great Society” address, delivered at the spring commencement for the University of Michigan. That speech remains the most ambitious … Continue reading
Why Israel Fears Containment of a Nuclear Iran
THE NATIONAL INTEREST by Avner Golov and Uri Sadot May 21, 2014 For Israelis, their country is too small to comply with existing mutual-deterrence models, because only two or three bombs are what it would take to wipe out their entire country. The … Continue reading
Zionism 101: Far Better Than the Courses at Vassar or Stanford, and About $60,000 Cheaper
ALGEMEINER By Edward Alexander May, 19, 2014 To those of us old enough to remember the first Israel Independence Day, in 1948, it stands as one of the few redeeming events in a century of blood and shame, one of … Continue reading
Self-inflicted wounds: White House flails on VA mess
NEW YORK POST by John Podhoretz May 21, 2014 My nephew once told me his grandmother had bought him a gun but told him he wasn’t allowed to use it to kill anything that wasn’t already dead. He was 5 … Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood Thinks It’s Winning Again, the dangerous delusions that will determine Egypt’s future
THE NEW REPUBLIC by Eric Trager May 19, 2014 Since the uprising-cum-coup that ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi last summer, Washington has encouraged the Muslim Brotherhood and the military-backed government to pursue “reconciliation.” Nearly a year later, however, neither side appears … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Egypt, Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sisi
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The Real Palestinian Refugee Crisis
THE TOWER By Asaf Romirowsky May 2014 Who are these refugees? How many actual refugees from 1948 are alive today? How is it possible that while other refugee populations shrink, the Palestinian refugees only grow? Why do they have their … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Kirk, Palestinians, Refugees, UN, UNWRA
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Britain, Lawfare and the ICC
GATESTONE by Richard Kemp May 21, 2014 The British government should deny its enemies the opportunities for exploitation presented by the International Criminal Court and withdraw now from the process. Any other course would represent an unprecedented and historic betrayal. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Goldstone, Iraq, Richard Kemp, UK, UNHRC
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The silencing of global warming critics.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Dr Cory Franklin May 21, 2014 President Barack Obama recently warned the country about climate change, referencing the recently released National Climate Assessment, mandated by Congress and published every four years as a guide to policymakers. In doing … Continue reading
J Street and the challenge of debate, from an ArchitectGuy reader :)
TIMES OF ISRAEL OP-ED by Bruce Rosengard MD, FRCS Brookline, MA May 19, 2014 Alan Solomont’s op-ed in the Times of Israel on May 15 accuses The J Street Challenge of “distortions, smears and personal attacks” and criticizes the JCC of Greater Boston for … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Dershowitz, J Street, JCC, Mearsheimer, Walt
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US senator pulls pro-Israel bill over Iran amendment
JERUSALEM POST JPost Staff May 20, 2014 Menendez withdrew bill since it would have forced Democrats to choose between shunning its pro-Israel friends or taking on the White House. A Democratic senator with a fiercely pro-Israel record who has also … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 