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My running commentary on events: local, national, and international. Areas of special interest include Israel, Iraq, and dissidents in the Muslim world.

Rubio Sparks Adelson

April 25, 2015

by Heather Robinson

Greetings from Las Vegas, where I’ll be covering the Republican Jewish Coalition’s spring meeting, among the largest gatherings of conservative-leaning activists in the U.S.

With an 800+ turnout this year, the RJC leadership...

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A Vice Above Rubio’s

April 24, 2015

by Heather Robinson

By now most of the country has forgotten that last week Hillary Clinton, on the campaign trail in Iowa, claimed that her grandparents were all immigrants, when in fact only one of her grandparents was an immigrant. This misrepresentation...

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Peace and harmony through strength

March 12, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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A few thoughts in the aftermath of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech earlier this month. Reasonable and emotionally moving, the speech proposed a plan for dealing with Iran that plays to America’s and...

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Netanyahu at AIPAC: I respect President Obama and the office he holds

March 3, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an extremely diplomatic and strong, albeit brief, speech today at the AIPAC Policy Conference in which he said of the speech he will give tomorrow, “My speech [to Congress] is not...

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Mr. Netanyahu comes to Washington

March 1, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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Prior to his March 3 address to Congress, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be speaking on Monday morning to delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference. I’m here in DC to cover the...

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Marco Rubio to Senate colleagues: don’t boycott Netanyahu’s speech

February 17, 2015

by Heather Robinson

Important words this week from Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who asks his Senate colleagues not to boycott Netanyahu’s speech before Congress in early March, and who eloquently voices concern in the video below about what...
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Thoughts with family of Moaz al-Kasasbeh

February 4, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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Tonight my thoughts are with the family of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, a 26-year-old man who was burned alive today by a bunch of lowlife terrorists. G-d bless the soul of this brave young man who fearlessly pursued his dream to fly and to...

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He’s Jewish!

February 2, 2015

by Heather Robinson

Incredibly bitter loss for the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday night’s Superbowl. While I don’t usually blog about sports, I have a couple thoughts about it. For one, both teams played well and it was quite suspenseful. Apparently one...

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Aqui esta el futuro

January 21, 2015

by Heather Robinson

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A few thoughts following President Obama’s State of the Union speech this evening.

The President’s proposal to give away community college for free sounds appealing and like an easy way for him to be loved. But it won’t be smart policy....

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I may not agree with what cartoonists said, but defend their right to say it

January 8, 2015

by Heather Robinson

Tonight the world is rocked by the news that Islamist militants attacked and killed 12 and injured many more individuals at a satirical magazine in Paris. A few initial thoughts on this.

“I may disagree with what you say, but...

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