[Hat tip: commenter “Esther.”] There once was a candidate named Barack Obama. He was a breath of fresh air. He promised a lot of things. He promised hope and change. And he promised this: That was from a speech that … Continue reading →
Open thread. Live feed can be found here. I’ll add commentary later today. UPDATE 1:00 PM: I can’t bear to listen to Kerry, so I’m reading summaries online. It appears from what I’ve read so far that the speech was … Continue reading →
As I wrote on Saturday, Obama’s decision that the US should abstain in the UN and allow a vote against Israel on measures very similar (and even worse) than those he had vetoed in the past was possible—and to him, … Continue reading →
According to this report, President Obama “personally directed Friday that the U.S. abstain from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, seeing the escalation of settlement building as an increasing threat to the viability of a two-state … Continue reading →
So many of Trump’s appointments have raised a furor that it’s hard to keep up with the din. But a particularly interesting one that I haven’t written about yet is David Friedman as ambassador to Israel. Friedman is most definitely … Continue reading →
Richard Landes is a brilliant writer (and a friend of mine), and I urge you to look at this post of his offering some definitions in the cognitive war fought by the press and the left in convincing the West … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an update to this previous post of mine. I didn’t intend to spend my blogging hours today writing about David Horowitz vs. Bill Kristol—and so, apologies for this narrow focus. I actually had other things in mind, … Continue reading →
Israel and Indonesia are starting to get somewhat friendlier: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the establishment of official diplomatic relations with Indonesia on Monday, as the world’s largest Muslim country continues to look eastwards to boost diplomatic and … Continue reading →
Horrific violence continues in Israel as part of the stabbing intifada: American veteran and Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force was stabbed to death, and his wife seriously injured. Force, a graduate student in management, was on a trip to Israel … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →This WSJ article is getting a lot of attention, although I wonder how many people on the Democratic/liberal/leftist side are the least bit concerned by it. The gist of what the piece reveals is that the NSA continued to spy … Continue reading →
What are the roots of the stabbing intifada? Jeffrey Goldberg takes a long time to say it, but he gets most of it said. It’s not a “cycle of violence” where both sides are similar. One side is lying and … Continue reading →