Tens of Thousands of Judea and Samaria Hamas Loyalists Have Launched the Third Intifada

Posted on: December 19th, 2012

Abbas and Hamas have decided for now to lay their differences aside and work towards escalating tensions on the ground, particularly in Judea and Samaria.

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World Barks As ‘Building Jerusalem’ Caravan Moves On

Posted on: December 19th, 2012

With the international community barely having finished expressing its outrage over Israel's decision to build in E-1, between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim (reported at length in last week's column), two other similar decisions have been made that are sure to re-ignite the flames.

Jerusalem: Build, Baby, Build!

Posted on: December 19th, 2012

Israel this week took an important step toward strengthening Jerusalem and preventing any chance of its future division. Despite increasingly strident objections from the U.S., Europe and the Palestinians, the Jewish state is moving forward with plans to expand the capital’s Jewish population.

QuickTakes: News You May Have Missed

Posted on: December 19th, 2012

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Gun Control and Gun Control Culture

Posted on: December 19th, 2012

Both the Left and the shooters agree that the people you are shooting at should not have guns.

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Gun Control, Thought Control and People Control

Posted on: December 18th, 2012

The Left seeks to create a society where everyone is a lab monkey except the experts running the experiments.

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The Road to Damascus

Posted on: December 17th, 2012

Telling apart the right Syrian rebels from the wrong Syrian rebels is tricky. The Free Syrian Army, once hailed as a moderate secular organization, has more Al Qaeda in it than the dirt in Tora Bora.

Guns, Guns, Guns

Posted on: December 16th, 2012

The issue isn't really guns. Guns are how we misspell evil.

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Learning to Value the Lives of Children

Posted on: December 16th, 2012

Yet the one thing I have always known, amid the hills and valleys of life: whether or not you succeed in your public endeavors, you cannot fail at your private commitments.

Radical Palestinians Vastly Outnumber Moderates

Posted on: December 13th, 2012

When Abbas says that a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 lines would lead to a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, he is ignoring the fact that a large number of Palestinians think otherwise.

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The Darkness and the Light

Posted on: December 13th, 2012

Sixty-four years is a long time for oil to burn, especially when the black oil next door seems so much more useful to the empires and republics across the sea.

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Is Christianity’s Notion of Abortion Based on Mistranslated Text?

Posted on: December 13th, 2012

What is lost in the discussion are the Biblical underpinnings of abortion and how this is not primarily a legal issue but a religious one.

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How to Win the Demographic and Culture Wars

Posted on: December 13th, 2012

Can American traditionalists quadruple their numbers in 40 years?

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Does God Want A Center-Right Israeli Government?

Posted on: December 12th, 2012

I write this column with my bags packed. I’m lighting four candles in Israel and my fifth I will light Wednesday evening at about 9 p.m. in the lobby of the Avenue Plaza Hotel in Boro Park. I’ll have my guitar in hand, and everyone is invited.

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For Israel, What Next In The Matter Of Iran? (Third of Three Parts)

Posted on: December 12th, 2012

Sometimes, in complex military calculations, truth is counter-intuitive. In essence, the persuasiveness of Israel's nuclear deterrent vis-à-vis Iran will require prospective enemy perceptions of retaliatory destructiveness at both the low and high ends of the nuclear yield spectrum. Ending nuclear ambiguity at the optimal time could best allow Israel to foster precisely such needed perceptions. This point is very important and possibly overriding.

My Knesset Platform (Part I)

Posted on: December 12th, 2012

The main junction from which the different opinions on most issues in Israel diverge is the question of identity. Israel does not have clear borders because it does not have a clear identity. The dispute is not really over peace or security. The dispute is about identity. The more solid our Jewish identity, the stronger the connection between our land and us. The stronger the desire to retreat from our Jewish identity, the stronger our desire to retreat from the land. When we connect to our identity, we will connect to our land and we will merit clear borders and peace.

Does New Neighborhood Negate PA Contiguity?

Posted on: December 12th, 2012

International opinion has it that the new planned Israeli neighborhood between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim will prevent the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state. Unfortunately, though, that is not true.

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed

Posted on: December 12th, 2012

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The Salafi Crusades

Posted on: December 10th, 2012

The Salafi political victories, militia victories and terror attacks are all part of the same phenomenon, and it is about time that we confronted it for what it is.

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Rice’s Failure in Rwanda Precludes her from Becoming Secretary of State

Posted on: December 10th, 2012

Rice was part of Bill Clinton’s National Security Team whom in 1994 refused any intervention whatsoever in the Rwanda genocide that left 800,000 dead.

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