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Jul 4, 2018, 11:15 PM

The question no one dares ask

Why doesn’t the Palestinian majority in Jordan overthrow the Hashemite monarchy? Is there anyone who actually believes the Hashemite kingdom is legitimate? Anyone who believes it is an ancient and venerable institution? Anyone who believes it rules over its own indigenous...

Jun 25, 2018, 12:29 AM

Kushner’s New Interview with Palestinian-Arab Editor (with transcript & good/bad analysis)

Jared Kushner’s new interview -- given to an Arab editor -- has good points. But the good points are not even close to being enough to compensate for the great dangers that Kushner is poised to push Israel into. Analysis: Bad -- REPORTER:...

Raymond M. Berger

Jun 12, 2018, 9:49 PM

A Mass Murderer and his Useful Idiot

It would be as if the Times had published a self-congratulatory piece written by Charles Manson, complaining about his “persecution.” The editors of the New York Times are useful idiots. Wikipedia defines a useful idiot as “a person perceived as a propagandist...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 31, 2018, 4:21 PM

The Seven Books of the Torah

In Parshat Behaalotcha, we find two verses from Bamidbar 10:35-36 which we have been saying since the 13th century, each time the Torah is removed from the ark and replaced, “Vayehi binsoah ha’aron…”, “When the ark would journey, Moshe...

Yisrael Rosenberg

May 25, 2018, 8:14 PM

Would You Say Kaddish for Terrorists — at Gunpoint?

After reading Leah Jordan’s blog posting (I’m Proud to Have Led Kaddish), I feel compelled to stop everything I am doing in order to respond - as respectfully and non-confrontationally as I can muster. After all, the author is...

May 24, 2018, 3:38 PM

On prosecuting poets

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, who is under house arrest. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Dareen Tatour has some responsibility for violence her words may inspire, but she should not be under arrest

May 24, 2018, 12:23 AM

Obedient Handmaiden of Barbarism: Meet Julia Macfarlane!

Julia Macfarlane, a BBC graduate, has just turned another corner: writing an “article” which lovingly justifies the phenomenon of rioters who stone Israelis. Young Julia, then, is busily engaged in unpicking the seams of civilized society by exhorting the...

Andy Blumenthal

May 5, 2018, 6:35 PM

The Samson Dilemma

Recently, I watched the movie “Samson” on video on demand. It was the traditional story of Samson and Delilah that I have loved since I first heard it as a child. Samson the strong, the national Jewish hero, of 3,000 years...

Gerald M. Steinberg

Mar 13, 2018, 11:54 PM

From Goldstone to the NGO Campaign Exploiting Children

Almost a decade ago, Judge Richard Goldstone put his name on a report, officially published by the UN Human Rights Council, condemning Israel for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The contents of this 500-page document, ostensibly on the three...

Feb 25, 2018, 8:49 PM

The Blame Game — Jerusalem, Rape and Terrorism

President Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been widely condemned in the Arab and Muslim world. With Trump’s recent decision to move the embassy this May, it is likely only a matter of time until...

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