Posted on: May 21st, 2013

The man who solicited government proclamations for naming May 19 "Palestinian American Day" had publicly expressed outrage over the NYPD surveillance of Muslims. No one even noticed he was a convicted felon.

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Posted on: May 21st, 2013

They're avoiding the appearance of taking sides.

Posted on: May 21st, 2013

The mission was originally supposed to arrive in Jerusalem on Monday.

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

The Palestinian Authority outsmarts itself again. Israel agreed to allow UNESCO to visit the Old City as long as there were no political motives. The PA could not resist and is left with nothing.

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Posted on: May 20th, 2013

Yair Lapid, Israel’s Finance Minister and head of Israel’s second largest political party, has unraveled U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reincarnate the “peace process” before Kerry even packed his bags for another trip to Israel at the end of the week. He told the Yediot Acharonot newspaper Sunday what everyone except Kerry […]

Posted on: May 19th, 2013

It's cheap and it works.

Posted on: May 18th, 2013

The rules of engagement remain as crazy as before, but now with less effective weapons.

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Posted on: May 17th, 2013

The demonstrators rallied "against the evil decree of conscription."

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Posted on: May 16th, 2013

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Religious Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, who doubles as Finance Minister, are arguing via Facebook over the issue of a women’s minyan at the Western Wall. Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky has proposed that a Women of the Wall demand for the minyan be allowed at the southern part of the […]

Posted on: May 15th, 2013

"Our policy is not aimed at regime change, but rather at changing the regime’s behavior."

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Posted on: May 15th, 2013

Congress is also now investigating what looks like a cover-up of the misdeeds.

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Posted on: May 14th, 2013

The Cabinet Monday evening passed a two-year budget, nearly five months late, with tax hikes and across-the-board cuts in spending, Only one minister voted against the  budget, the second and last time it will cover two years instead of one. Finance Minister Yair Lapid, who is chairman of the Yesh Atid party, said after the […]

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

That's a whole lot of achievements for the fresh finance minister.

Posted on: May 14th, 2013

The IRS attempted to present its inappropriate conduct as being limited to a small number of organizations, targeted by using only a few key words, acted on by only a few low level IRS employees in a remote office, for a limited time, without the consent or even knowledge of higher level IRS officials. By Monday morning that cover had been entirely blown.

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Posted on: May 14th, 2013

Obama has been cited for expensive golf outings. Now it’s Netanyahu’s turn: $2,700 for ice cream and $125,000 for an airplane bed. Indulgence or the price of public office?

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Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The Village Independent Democrats have opted to back City Comptroller John Liu — the most liberal in the race.

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

Anthony Weiner can forget about any support from Hillary and Bill Clinton if he decides to run for mayor of New York City, the New York Post reported Monday. The main reason is Huma Abedin, Weiner’s Muslim wife who suffered disgrace shortly after their marriage when Weiner was caught using the Internet for online relationships […]

Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The Israeli Presidential Conference that Stephen Hawking is boycotting because of the “occupation” of supposed Palestinian land has drawn in the past none other than several senior Palestinian Authority officials, including one who two weeks ago said he would like to drop a nuclear bomb in Israel. Thanks to a bit of Internet homework by […]

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Posted on: May 12th, 2013

“If Bill de Blasio is the company he keeps, his mayoral campaign could be in serious trouble.”

Posted on: May 11th, 2013

The veteran supporter of anti-Israel causes joined British academics who shared with Hawking their disappointment with his going to Jerusalem.

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