One additional thought about Newt Gingrich’s citing, during the Republican candidates’ debate Saturday, facts regarding Palestinians’ historical identity and U.S. funding of hate education in the Palestinian territories. It seems Newt understands the propaganda war that has been waged against Israel and feels it’s moral to speak the truth. He …
Saturday evening Newt Gingrich spoke some truth about the middle east that very few people–even including Jews–have had the courage to say or write in recent decades.
He may have done so imperfectly, using words that are not politically correct or ultra-sensitive to the Palestinians, …
This terrific editorial, which ran last week in The New York Times, should be required reading for anyone who thinks he or she can make peace in the mideast by putting the squeeze on Israel and/or employing high-level diplomacy. I would analogize the latter to attempting to make peace between a wife and her …
From The Jewish Standard
by HEATHER ROBINSON
On Sunday, demonstrators from Syria, Lebanon, the west bank, and Gaza converged in what appeared to be a coordinated attack on Israel, simultaneously breaching multiple borders and accosting IDF troops, in some cases throwing rocks and bottles. The clashes, which took …
Monday morning President Obama spoke at AIPAC. I attended and will blog a few points as well as share my impressions.
First: Obama received a standing ovation walking into the enormous hall at the Washington Convention Center, which was festooned in red, white and blue. He received healthy applause throughout most of his speech. Contrary to …
On Thursday, President Obama spoke about his vision for the middle east. Friday, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington and gave the President a dose of reality.
A few thoughts on these developments (I am on my way to the AIPAC conference in Washington DC this weekend and will be reporting …
Rhetorical sparks flew in Manhattan Friday as Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard University, and Scott Horton, contributing editor of Harper’s magazine, sparred on the subject of Lawfare, or the systematic use of law as a weapon of war against Western liberal democracies. The debate, which took place at …
The first hint of fall is in the air, and with it, the predictable announcement: mideast peace talks will begin.
In a demonstration of familiar American hubris, President Barack Obama has declared his intention to make peace in the region by creating a Palestinian state on the West Bank within a year.
Not sure …
Surprise surprise, now that Israel has screened the supplies the flotilla people were supposedly trying to bring into Gaza, Hamas won’t let them in with the supplies. Touching, isn’t it, these Palestinian “leaders’” concern for their people? As the American Spectator’s Philip Klein notes, this is more evidence (as if any were needed) that …
Was Turner’s victory a referendum on Obama’s Israel policies?
From Jewish World Review
by HEATHER ROBINSON
Tuesday marked the first Republican victory in nearly one hundred years in New York’s 9th congressional district, a Jewish and Italian stronghold. Republican Robert Turner’s victory in winning the seat encompassing Brooklyn and Queens and formerly held by Anthony Weiner has led many to speculate that …