Glick sure doesn’t mince words. And Ed Koch says he won’t be supporting Obama in 2012, but will instead cross party lines: I believe this is the most dangerous and critical period that Israel has ever faced and regrettably it … Continue reading →
Obama’s Middle East speech (full text here) pays lip service to Assad of Syria needing to reform or quit, support for more rights for the Iranian people, and giving Egypt a financial break. I can’t quite imagine either Assad or … Continue reading →
The details of Lara Logan’s terrible treatment at the hands of an Egptian mob emerge, and they are about what one would have thought from previous accounts: She was ripped away from her producer and bodyguard by a group of … Continue reading →
The news that Judge Richard Goldstone of South Africa has recanted on the issue of Israel and war crimes is stunning. He now absolves the country, in contrast to his accusations in the so-called Goldstone Report, issued in 2009. Not … Continue reading →
Bret Stephens indicates in the WSJ that much of the world seems to think the answer is “no,” and that any sort of violence can be perpetrated on the settlers with impunity and even applause. Stephens points out the moral … Continue reading →
RFK’s assassin Sirhan Sirhan is up for parole today. It’s the 14th time this has occurred, and the hearing is likely to go the way of all the rest and end in denial. When I heard the news, my first … Continue reading →
Lee Smith says he did. Smith will then write a column arguing just the opposite next week. Should be interesting.
Continue reading →…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.
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