Massacring the Truth

Posted on: October 17th, 2012

The so-called “Jenin Massacre” of 2002 — a massacre that never happened — is emblematic of the way the truth is violated, over and over in this conflict. The most shocking aspect of the affair, for me, was the cynical way in which many were comfortable with inverting reality for ideological reasons.

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Jewish History and Sovereignty Slipping Away

Posted on: October 14th, 2012

This is one of those issues that ought to be shocking, but about which nothing is done. For years — I’ve written about this before — the Muslim waqf that controls the Temple Mount has been systematically destroying archaeological artifacts of Jewish provenance at the site.

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An Evil and Repugnant Ideology

Posted on: October 11th, 2012

Many of you have been shocked by the story of Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year old Pakistani girl shot in the head by a Taliban terrorist because of a blog she wrote and interviews she gave starting in 2009, criticizing the Taliban and calling for the education of women. This lovely, self-possessed girl, who speaks and writes on a level far above her age, and who planned to enter politics (video), may or may not survive. If she does not, it will be an enormous loss for Pakistan and for the world.

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Mitt, You Were Right the First Time!

Posted on: October 10th, 2012

While events — the Hamas takeover of Gaza, the Second Intifada — have convinced the great majority of Israelis that a practical two-state solution is a fantasy based on wishful thinking, this has generally not penetrated the US media or political establishment. So Mitt’s remarks in May came as a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, it seems as though Romney has now changed his mind.

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Some Things I Believe

Posted on: October 3rd, 2012

I am a Zionist. That means that I support a Jewish state in its historical homeland. I oppose efforts to change it into another Arab state, or to kill and disperse its Jewish inhabitants. It does not mean that I think that Jews are superior to Arabs or anyone else.

Islamo-Realism

Posted on: September 30th, 2012

Unfortunately, ‘respectable’ voices in our society, even — especially — among Jews, are unable to understand what the deliberately outrageous, over-the-top Geller sees clearly.

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Israel Should Pre-empt Hizbollah Now

Posted on: September 27th, 2012

As Israel comes closer to a confrontation with Iran, we should note that Iran’s primary strategy is unlikely to be direct conflict with Israel. Iran’s air and missile forces, despite their bragging, are not sufficiently well-developed to support such a conflict. Instead, I expect that they will depend on their main proxy, Hizballah.

Morsi and the NY Times Mislead Americans

Posted on: September 24th, 2012

In the article on The New York Times interview with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the Times wrote that the Camp David Accord "called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the West Bank and Gaza to make way for full Palestinian self-rule." this is quite false.

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Enraged Zionists Burn Apple stores!

Posted on: September 23rd, 2012

Imagine Jews reacted to slights the way Muslims reacted throughout the Middle East and Europe.

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The Arab Street Says ‘Don’t Bomb Iran!’ But Who Cares

Posted on: September 21st, 2012

Israel, of all nations, can’t let the Arab street set policy for it.

How our Media Blew a Story

Posted on: September 19th, 2012

The "Innocence of Muslims" film was a pretext to boost radical Islamists. The media are downplaying this angle, because it suggests that the administration policy toward the Muslim world expressed in the President’s Cairo speech of 2009 is dangerously wrong-headed.

The President Sends a Message of Submission

Posted on: September 13th, 2012

The Western media are not the only ones who fail to see the symbolism of raising al-Qaeda’s banner on 9/11. Our President missed it as well.

How Not to Keep Israel from Bombing Iran

Posted on: September 12th, 2012

Unwilling to issue an ultimatum, the U.S.will go no further than to repeat that “we will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon,” but it will not say — publicly or to Israel — how far it will allow Iran to go.

The Post-Structuralist Version of the Sermon on the Mount

Posted on: September 11th, 2012

We need to understand that a universalist civilization will not survive a contest with a tribalist one. If we don’t value our civilization, who will?

Evergreen State — a Total Immersion Experience

Posted on: September 10th, 2012

Students are drawn into psycho-political cyclotrons and are insulated from all other voices. What begins as a concern for human rights is amplified by contact with more and more extreme expressions of anti-Israel ideology.

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Surrender Corrupts the Soul of Israel

Posted on: September 7th, 2012

Fein is wrong. The corruption of the Jewish soul did not begin in 1967. It began with the adoption of the idea that surrender is pro-Israel.

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Should Israel bet the farm on U.S. promises?

Posted on: September 6th, 2012

A strategy of stopping Iran by getting the US to promise to enforce red lines is only a promise; and nations — the US is not alone in this — do not keep promises when doing so is not determined to be in their interest.

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Democratic Platform Tilts Against Israel: Side by Side Comparison to 2008, 2004

Posted on: September 5th, 2012

My pro-Obama friends tell me that nothing’s changed, that this administration is as pro-Israel as any previous one, Democratic or Republican, and I needn’t fear that a reelected President Obama will punish Israel. With all due respect, they are full of it.

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Why didn’t they leave the platform alone?

Posted on: September 5th, 2012

The interesting question is “why did they change it?” A platform is not a binding document; it is intended as a general statement of a party or candidate’s positions. Its planks are generally written to appeal the broadest possible constituencies. Most voters never read platforms or care about them. Is the change is intended to send a message to the leadership of the Muslim nations that Obama has been courting since his 2009 speech in Cairo that he is taking concrete steps to weaken the bond between the U.S. and Israel?

Do we ‘have Israel’s back’?

Posted on: September 3rd, 2012

In March, President Obama said "when the chips are down, I have Israel’s back," but U.S. actions since have shown otherwise.

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