I find this sort of news intensely depressing: Anti-Israel mob chanting ‘Long Live Intifada’ light flares outside NYC exhibit that memorializes Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival victims https://t.co/kPC0ifS6hY pic.twitter.com/5ckMhLsHOi — New York Post (@nypost) June 11, 2024 And there’s plenty … Continue reading →
The term “lethal journalism” was coined by Richard Landes, who also came up with the moniker “Pallywood”: Rigorous fact checking, the attempt to move as close to objective journalism as possible, and non-compliance with trite framing (Israeli Goliath versus the … Continue reading →
Who needs UNRWA when you have the Portland school system? From Chris Rufo: The lesson plans [from the Portland Association of Teachers, a state teachers’ union affiliate] (The union did not respond to a request for comment.) are steeped in … Continue reading →
This is an excellent talk by Caroline Glick. I’ve cued up sections that I find of particular interest. If you’re impatient like me, click on “settings” and speed the video up for listening. First is a very short section I … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Cornflour.”] Arnold Kling has written a fairly short piece entitled “Jewish Christophobia.” In it, he says: One reason that most Jews are reluctant to move right is that they have what I call Christophobia. This is not … Continue reading →
It’s no mystery why they lie: lies work, especially with the full weight of the MSM behind them. In fact, the Palestinian cause is mostly lies, but on the strength of those lies they gain more and more supporters. The … Continue reading →
In a post from last Friday, I wrote on the attitude of many people about the Palestine/Israel conflict and the prospects for peace. The people I’m describing are not the rabid, vicious demonstrators who chant “from the river to the … Continue reading →
Recently the UN backpedaled on its Gazan death statistics for women and children, the numbers they got from Gaza/Hamas in the first place and have been spreading far and wide for months. The blamed the fog of war for their … Continue reading →
It seems that lately I’ve been writing a great deal about three subjects: Israel/Palestine, the current Trump trial in New York, and the 2024 election. Plenty of other important things are happening – and I do write about them. But … Continue reading →
I’ve read a number of comments from people wondering about comparisons of Jewish and Muslim populations in different states in the US, so I’m tackling the question here. In Europe the proportions are way in favor of Muslims, due to … Continue reading →
Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day, which has taken on extra resonance this year. Netanyahu gave an address at Vad Yashem, the memorial site to Holocaust victims and to honor their rescuers. Here are some excerpts: …]T]he horrific terrorist attack of … Continue reading →
One of the particularly horrible things about the aftermath of October 7 and the Israeli reaction to it is that the Hamas/Palestinian sympathizers are both ignorant of history and don’t even attempt to make logical arguments. Or perhaps they’re not … Continue reading →