Purim 5778: Persians, Jews, and Kurds–Still Dealing With Haman and Achashverosh
Jews have lived in Iran at least since the days when Cyrus the Great liberated many of them from Babylonian captivity in what’s now Iraq, about 2,700 years ago.
US Embassy in Jerusalem Enhances US Interests
President Trump is determined to avoid – rather than repeat – the mistakes of his predecessors, fending off pressure and threats by rogue regimes, and therefore advancing US interests, law and heritage and this is served by moving the US embassy to Jerusalem.
Mayor: Jerusalem Among World’s Safest Cities Due to ‘Zero Misuse’ of Guns
Civilian handguns are an essential component of Israel’s security apparatus, yet Barkat noted that “only 3 percent of the population carries guns, and those who have them know how to use them.”
Confer Polish Citizenship on Abbas
Abbas’ thesis is that the Zionist movement worked hand in hand with the Nazis,
Israeli Bombing Syria ENHANCED US National Security
Evidence of the high rate-of-return on the annual US investment in Israel, which is erroneously defined as “foreign aid.” Israel is neither foreign to the US, nor is it a supplicant; it has been an unconditional junior partner of the US in the liberty-driven battle against rogue regimes.
Washington Post Claims Israel Used Iranian Drone As ‘Pretext’ For Attack
The Washington Post—without reason or explanation—sought to impugn the IDF’s motives and obfuscate on what happened
Clash in the North – Israeli Success, Iran Frustrated
Former Head of IDF Intelligence Research Unit, Yossi Kuperwasser, says that Iran is seeking alternative ways to fight Israel. “Sending a drone into Israel was an aggressive gamble that failed”
Trump Rates Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Pinnacle of First Year
Reflecting on his first year in office in an interview President Trump said that his official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was the pinnacle of his presidency so far.
US Palestinian Policy: Water or Gasoline?
Realizing the irrelevance of the Palestinian issue to the 1,400 year old endemic Mid-East turbulence, in general, and the eruption of the Arab Tsunami which has engulfed the Middle East since 2010, in particular, Trump concluded that the Palestinian issue represents a Red Herring, dwarfed by “major league” Middle East challenges/threats to regional and US interests
Reporters Diary, 2011-2014: When Israel was swamped with MIGRANT WORKERS – Not with Asylum...
Problems not addressed don't go away--they tend to get worse.
Trump’s State of the Union Bolsters Allies’ Confidence
The confidence of US allies in the Middle East – facing lethal threats internally and externally - was undermined by President Obama’s worldview but has been enhanced by President Trump’s State of the Union,
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Rescue Achievements During the Shoah
Eleanor Roosevelt through her life is a glorious example of meliorism--tikkun olam-- in action. Her decisions seem to be guided by a meloristic attitude illustrated in her efforts to rescue Jewish children from the Nazis, she leveled resourcefully attuned to reality in achieving results.
Fire Four Imams Who Called for Murder of Jews
2 Imams from around America called from their respective pulpits for the murder of Jews. Where is the national outcry?
Israel’s Colonial Neighbors from the Arabia
Abbas’s stupidity knows no bounds. He claimed that Palestinian Arabs have been living in the holy land for the past 6000 years.That’s pretty impressive for a group that didn’t arrive in the land of Israel until about 1400 years ago, even by the admission of Arabs themselves.
Abbas: Israel “is a Colonialist Project that is NOT Connected to Judaism”
Host on official PA radio: Israel is "cancerous entity... Everyone knows [the Jews] have no right to this land." Fatah official: Fatah "has never recognized Israel"
While Media Repeated ‘********’, Trump Altered Policy on Iran, Hezbollah
As long as the mainstream media have rumors of geniuses and *********to combat, they may not be able to mount a concerted, thematic counter-effort against Trump’s actual policy moves.
PMW Special Report: PA Mocks US Pres. Trump, Demonizes US, in Official Statements
"The rubbish of the American president isn't worth the urine of one Jerusalem child" (Abbas' advisor)
President Trump’s Security Strategy: The Impact on Israel
Apparently, Trump does not embrace the myth of the Palestinian issue as – supposedly - a core cause of regional instability, a crown-jewel of Arab policy-makers, nor the crux of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Fallacies of BDS
BDS pushes soundbites that suggest the movement takes no position on whether Israel would exist in a post BDS universe. This vagueness is employed to navigate the branding minefield that openly calling for Israel’s destruction would cross.
An Interesting Timeline not Found Elsewhere on Iran Protests
A report is also circulating that a top member of the clerical council in Qom has expressed support for the popular protesters. That doesn’t mean anything specific is going to be conceded to the protesters. But it does mean, at the least, that at least some on the council see a need to appease the people
Protests Spread Across Iran
The demonstrations presently rocking Iran are the most widespread demonstrations in Iran since the suppression of the protests that followed Ahmadinejad’s reelection as president in 2009
Israel – Island of Success
Israel's economy had a robust 2017 and next year looks even brighter!
The “Ottoman Balfour Declaration”
The Declaration's non-implementation notwithstanding, Talaat's original statement was extraordinary in two key respects concerning the Jews of then Palestine: the religious and the national.
BBC Two’s ‘Alternativity’ – Heavy-Handed Anti-Israel Agitprop
‘Alternativity’ is an appalling piece of anti-Israel propaganda, all the more so because it was packaged as a Nativity Play at Christmas performed by children. (Part 1)
BBC Two’s ‘Alternativity’ – Heavy-Handed Anti-Israel Agitprop – (Part 2)
‘Alternativity’ is an appalling piece of anti-Israel propaganda, all the more so because it was packaged as a Nativity Play at Christmas performed by children. (Part 2)
Top 10 Most Insane U.N. Anti-Israel Actions of 2017
The U.N.’s Beirut-based agency of 18 Arab states published a report accusing Israel of “Apartheid.”
In response, UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer took the floor...
D.C. Transit Cop’s Trial Details Ties Between Neo-Nazism and Islamist Terrorism
Fascinating and terrifying description of where jihad and neo-Nazism meet.
US-Based Israel Bashers’ Fury and Disapproval Over Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition
"#Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel no matter how many times Trump says it," wrote political activist Linda Sarsour, who has argued Zionists can't be feminists and that "nothing is creepier than Zionism. "He doesn't speak for me."
Palestinian Reactions to US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
The reaction of the Palestinians to Pres. Trump's announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel is not to be read on an empty stomach.
Why Trump Is Right in Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
If there is any change to the status quo, let the blame lie at the hands of President Obama for his cowardly decision to wait until he was a lame-duck president to get even with PM Netanyahu. Pres. Trump deserves praise for restoring balance in negotiations with Israel and the Palestinians.