How do you get more terrorists? Reward and honor them: The terrorists honored most highly amongst Palestinian society are those who have killed the greatest number. Abd Al-Baset Udeh, killer of 30 at the Passover Seder massacre, had a soccer … Continue reading →
Only thing is—they think the Times hasn’t been hard enough on Israel. Actually, the article in question from the Economist is about language, in particular the “weasel voice” of evasion (it’s part of a continuing “Johnson” series about words/grammar in … Continue reading →
…most of the people the IDF killed during the March of Return have been members of Hamas—and that’s according to Hamas itself. Senior Hamas official sets the record straight on who was killed in last Hamas-orchestrated riots: "50 of the … Continue reading →
The media’s collusion with the Palestinians in condemning Israel and distorting and misrepresenting what is happening there has a long history, and this week’s events have given them lots of opportunity to continue that approach. They haven’t been shy about … Continue reading →
The US embassy has officially moved to Jerusalem today. All that had to happen in the architectural sense (for now, anyway) was the sprucing up of a building that was already operating as a consulate, but in the psychological sense … Continue reading →
Netanyahu made an announcement today: Netanyahu, a longtime opponent of the nuclear agreement, said Israeli forces had recently seized reams of secret documents from Iran detailing what he called Tehran’s past attempts to conceal a military nuclear program. Iran has … Continue reading →
No, that doubling of “fake” is not a typo. Irony, they name is NY Times. On Saturday the Times published a story entitled “Is Facebook’s Campbell Brown a Force to Be Reckoned With? Or Is She Fake News?”. The story … Continue reading →
Alas, I can’t get to the WSJ article entitled “Arab Leaders Abandon the Palestinians.” But the report here is that the Saudi Crown Prince is saying some interesting things: Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman said in an interview with … Continue reading →
I had postponed writing about the large caravan of Central Americans (mainly Hondurans, apparently) marching northward through Mexico towards the US border with the plan of entering this country illegally and en masse in order to overwhelm US border officials. … Continue reading →
Richard Landes is a brilliant man who has worked tirelessly for close to two decades to expose the biases and distortions present in worldwide media coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict. I also count him as a friend. I’ve written about … Continue reading →
I was in a movie theater this weekend and saw a coming attraction for “7 Days In Entebbe.” I don’t know what stance the film takes on Palestine vs. Israel; it’s British, so it could be somewhat anti-Israeli and sympathetic … Continue reading →
No, Trump’s not the emperor without clothes. He’s the kid who points and says the obvious about the naked emperor, “But he hasn’t got anything on!” That was my reaction yesterday when I read what Trump had said about Palestine … Continue reading →