In addition to my post from yesterday about Jennifer Crumbley’s manslaughter conviction, and my four previous posts on the case that I linked there, I want to add a few things. The first is that I believe that if their … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’m in a hurry at the moment so this post will be short, but I may revisit this in the not-too-distant future.] This must be one of the worst legal decisions I’ve ever seen: Jennifer and James Crumbley are … Continue reading →
First, an excerpt from the article by Simon Deng, entitled: “First They Came for My People, Then They Came for the Jews: A South Sudanese former slave recognized the Palestinian pogrom on Oct. 7”: My name is Simon Aban Deng. … Continue reading →
A month or two ago I watched a video interview with Peter Hitchens about Israel/Palestine. In it, he said that Hamas was popular in Gaza because it was not corrupt. And that wasn’t just a passing remark, either; he went … Continue reading →
It’s richly ironic that Joe Biden was promoted and elected with the idea that he would represent an experienced, moderate, and steady hand on the tiller. “Experienced” he certainly was. But that experience was at often using bad judgment during … Continue reading →
The International Court of Justice has decided that finding Israel guilty of genocide against Palestinians was just too big and sticky a pill for even its Israel-hating jurists to swallow this time, and settled for a stern warning to Israel … Continue reading →
Excellent discussion by Glick:
Continue reading →Ah, well you might ask. After all, as Paul Mirengoff writes: Under any rational analysis, however, the events of October 7 conclusively demolish any claim that there’s a viable two-state solution. Gaza was a de facto Palestinian state, though it … Continue reading →
Here’s the Jerusalem Center again, with another extremely informative discussion. Once again, these guys aren’t telegenic, and the accents can make it a bit hard to listen, but I’m impressed by their knowledge and perspective. This discussion is about the … Continue reading →
Years ago – certainly by the time of Durban in 2001 – it became more clear that most third-world countries and NGOs had an enormous animus for Israel: In 2001, an NGO Forum ran separately from the World Conference against … Continue reading →
Germany announced yesterday: Germany is planning to intervene in the ongoing genocide case against Israel at the UN’s top court, a government spokesman said on Friday. “German government firmly and explicitly rejects the accusation of genocide that has now been … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Barry Meislin.”] Remember this?: When three Arab Muslim students were shot and wounded in Burlington, Vermont, politicians and the media immediately hyped it as the ‘Islamophobic Crime of the Century’. President Biden issued a statement declaring that … Continue reading →