Category Archives: Politics

VIDEO : The Arab-Israeli Conflict in 5 Minutes

Prager University April 28, 2014

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PA Planned to Torpedo Talks Weeks in Advance

ARUTZ SHEVA By Ari Yasher May 7, 2014 National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen has sent protest letters in the last two weeks to the White House as well as various other Western governments, in which he argues that the Palestinian Authority (PA) planned the failure of … Continue reading

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Israel to send team of counter-terrorism experts to Nigeria

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE By Leon Usigbe -Abuja May 12, 2014 ISRAEL, on Sunday, informed President Goodluck Jonathan that it would be sending a team of Israeli counter-terrorism experts, to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operations of the girls abducted by … Continue reading

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The Closing of the Collegiate Mind

WALL STREET JOURNAL By Ruth Wisse May 11, 2014 There was a time when people looking for intellectual debate turned away from politics to the university. Political backrooms bred slogans and bagmen; universities fostered educated discussion. But when students in … Continue reading

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Syrian Rebel Wants a New Ally: Israel

DAILY BEAST May 9, 2014 To protect the innocent and to defeat the Assad dictatorship, Syrians should work with Israel to create a safe haven. I spent more than a decade in Syrian prisons and therefore know what kind of … Continue reading

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US Jewish establishment in turmoil after rejecting affiliation of anti-Israel group

BREITBART By Thomas Rose May 9, 2014 America’s organized Jewish community is in turmoil following last week’s rejection of a membership bid from the anti-Israel left wing lobbying group ‘J Street’ to join the umbrella President’s Conference of Major American … Continue reading

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#BringBackOurBalls

STEYN ONLINE By Mark Steyn May 9, 2014 It is hard not to have total contempt for a political culture that thinks the picture above is a useful contribution to rescuing 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by jihadist savages in Nigeria. Yet some … Continue reading

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Why it is hypocritical to boycott Israel

THE TELEGRAPH By Jake Wallis Simons May 5, 2014 We’re not normally called upon to justify a decision to travel abroad. Few people would challenge me if I were visiting China, despite that country’s appalling human rights record, repression of … Continue reading

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WhatsApp Ban Shows Iran’s True Colors

ALGEMEINER By Ronald Lauder May 8, 2014 This week, the Islamic Republic apparently banned the popular WhatsApp messaging application, which is owned by Facebook, reportedly because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is an “American Zionist” – a code word for “Jew.” … Continue reading

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Martin’s Myths

WEEKLY STANDARD By Elliott Abrams May 9, 2014 Last night Martin Indyk, now the chief assistant to Secretary of State Kerry in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, spoke at length to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. One account of his … Continue reading

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