Caroline Glick on Israel and the flotilla attack
This article is well worth reading. As is this comment.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Israel/Palestine
Whatever happened to those fearsome Israelis?
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 Israeli commando raid and the aid ship
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 →
Obama the Great will settle the Middle East conflict
Obama’s grandiosity continues. All of the stubborn world problems that previous presidents—Democrat and Republican alike, none of them possessed of his transformative and inspirational qualities—grappled with and yet were unable to solve, Obama will settle. Like, for instance, Palestine and … Continue reading →
The common denominator
Here’s a comment from a piece at PJ: I hope the Jews who voted for this POTUS are just tickled by this guy’s hopey changey for Israel. James Baker in 1992: F**k the Jews, they don’t vote for us anyway; … Continue reading →
And Obama gives a big “FU” to Bibi, too
Well, this is hardly unexpected: For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner … Continue reading →
Obama/Biden/Clinton give Israel a tongue-lashing
Meanwhile, is anyone at all surprised by this? Indeed, as the Obama Doctrine marches on: Our enemies get courted; our friends get the squeeze. It has happened to Poland, the Czech Republic, Honduras and Colombia. Now it’s Israel’s turn.
Continue reading →So Obama, how’s that dialogue thing going?
Obama is annoyed that his magic touch has failed to instantly fix a 60-year-old problem area of the world, Israel and Palestine. Oh, those silly children! Why can’t they all just get along?: Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama sternly … Continue reading →
Obama meets Netanyahu
I’ve read eight articles so far on today’s meeting between Obama and Israeli PM Netanyahu, and I’m convinced that none of the authors knows much of anything about what will happen. You might say that’s always been true of the … Continue reading →
The loathsome cartoon
Please take a look and a read, and see what passes for acceptable political cartoons these days. This quote seems to me to be the most important: [The mentality this cartoon represents] is part of the merging of much Western … Continue reading →
Gee, I can’t imagine why any sane person would object to Charles Freeman’s appointment
I also can’t imagine why he would be accused of being anti-Jewish or anti-Israel.
Continue reading →Obama’s choice on Israel
As with so many things about Obama, we just don’t know what his policy on Israel will be. But his dilemma is clear: will he appease the left wing of his party and go the Jimmy Carter route? Or will … Continue reading →