…back in the real world, Hezbollah marches on. Here’s another article on the subject. And since we can’t seem to get away from the phrase “blood libel,” it would seem to be an exceedingly appropriate term to describe this accusation … Continue reading →
Yesterday I attended the first day of a conference in Boston held by CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (see this for the list of speakers). The usual crew of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators was there, … Continue reading →
Check this out: As reported in the New York Times, [Obama] was asked about “the anxiety of many Israelis who feel that he does not have a special bond with Israel.” Obama replied ”” get ready for it: “Some of … Continue reading →
This Mark Steyn piece is well worth reading. In it, he offers an excellent description of that widespread, long-lasting, multi-faceted, over-determined, much-explained yet ultimately mysterious phenomenon: anti-Semitism. Wherever a Jew is, whatever a Jew is, he should be something else … Continue reading →
…explains what led up to it, and what it’s like living in a post-“oooh” world.
Continue reading →…didn’t tell the Israelis to “go back to Auschwitz,” like a passenger on the Mavi Marmara told an Israeli Navy radio operator initially contacting the Turkish ship. The speaker was one of those gentle “peace activists,” no doubt. And by … Continue reading →
Perhaps you’ve already seen the video of Helen Thomas giving the Jews of Israel some decidedly unfriendly advice about just where they should go: And you’ve probably seen the calls for Hearst to fire Helen Thomas and encourage her none-too-early … Continue reading →
When I began blogging I was surprised—although I shouldn’t have been—to find that virtually every time I wrote about Israel it drew the trolls. And not just any trolls, either; a very specific type of anti-Semitic troll. And I don’t … Continue reading →
They got this out in record time [hat tip: Bob from Virginia]: [NOTE: Richard Landes has some thoughts on the flotilla incident and the perceptions of the beholder.]
Continue reading →This article is well worth reading. As is this comment.
Continue reading →Time was that, whatever one thought of Israeli IDF forces and the policies behind them, nearly everyone agreed that they were super-competent. In security and counter-terrorist operations in particular, they were skillful and tough, and feared by their enemies. Remember … Continue reading →
The headlines scream a story that looks for all the world like those dreadful Israelis boarded a ship that was on a humanitarian mission to poor beleaguered Gaza, and killed a bunch of good people for no reason (“Deadly Israeli … Continue reading →