Oriana Fallaci and Teshuva
It is with sadness that we note the passing of Oriana Fallaci, one of the greatest journalists of our times. We will miss her steadfast defense of Israel and Jews, and her trenchant criticism...
Category: Israel
Unclaimed Baggage
In early August, the New York Sun published an editorial about the apparent anti-Israel bias of the group Human Rights Watch (HRW). Among other things, the group’s executive director, Kenneth Roth, accused the Jewish...
US Embassy in Syria Attacked
I first saw Michelle Malkin’s coverage of this, but she refers readers to far more thorough and frequent updates at Mere Rhetoric. The latter has a comment on this business worth repeating: Which got...
National Unity in Palestine
Hamas, realizing that its sponsorship of terrorism and refusal to recognize Israel have placed the Palestinian Authority in desperate straits, will now be forming a “national unity government” with the Fatah party of the...
A Poignant Tribute
“Jameel” sent me a link to the tribute he wrote in memory of Nancy Morgenstern HY”D, who was at her desk at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th Floor when the aircraft hit World Trade...
Israel’s Judicial Oligarchy Continues
Aharon Barak’s hand-picked successor, Dorit Beinisch, has been appointed the next President of Israel’s Supreme Court — to the great surprise of no one. This makes it overwhelmingly likely that the Court will continue...
On Judging our Leaders
“Do not judge your friend until you reach his place,” (Avos 2:5 ). Presumably that rule also applies to national leaders. True, every democratically elected leader knows that criticism goes with the job. But...
England’s Cognitive Dissonance
Britons have finally awakened to the fact that they have a serious Muslim problem in their midst. According to a recent Telegraph YouGov poll, 53% of Britons view Islam as a threat to society....
Redeeming Captives
The question of the hour is, is any price too high for pidyon shevuyim, redeeming captives? With rumors afoot (once again) of a deal for the return of Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier whose...
Are We Getting Spammed by Fox News?
About two months ago, we started getting comments from “manheim,” whose email address is a short and invalid address at AOL. All the comments have been — at most — marginally relevant to the...
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