On Hizbullah's deaf ears

Posted by Ben-Zion Jaffe

President-elect Barack Obama's desire to engage some of America's political adversaries, such as Iran, in direct dialogue has been a source of acclaim and criticism. Those opposed to such talks charge that Obama's stance is detrimental to plans that seek to undermine the Iranian regime and inhibit its acquisition of nuclear weapons. Supporters of Obama's plan to have "tough, direct diplomacy without preconditions" believe that this is a chance to for America to persuade Iran to change its current course while avoiding further escalation.

Former President Jimmy Carter has been the focus of much criticism after he met with Hamas' leader Khaled Mashaal in Damascus in April. After meeting with one group that his own government designates as a terrorist organization, this week Carter planned on meeting with another; Hizbullah. However, on December 10th a Carter spokesman reported that Hizbullah rejected the proposed meeting.

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Sunday Oct 05, 2008

Biden's worrying gaffe

Posted by Ben-Zion Jaffe

The purpose of this entry is purely to reiterate what was pointed out by journalist Michael Totten after the Vice Presidential debate on Thursday. What he wrote in Commentary's blog should have made more headlines and caught the collective attention of the American audience.

Both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama claim to be allies of Israel, and I don't doubt either of their intentions on the matter. However, the Israeli government should probably be extremely worried if Sen. Joe Biden is to be the next American vice president after his fairly confident gaffe on Thursday. Many people lack a deep understanding of the Middle East. However, Sen. Biden's understanding of Lebanon, now one of the key players in the volatile region, is no where near realistic. In the debate he said "we kicked -- along with France, we kicked Hizbullah out of Lebanon," and that [he] "said and Barack said, "Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don't know -- if you don't, Hizbullah will control it.""

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Anon (need to keep my job), USA: I know this is old, but I can attest that anti-semitism in U.S. education is alive and well, even at the high school level. I am a teacher and I get comments hurled my way in the halls nearly every week (students with the confidence to yell "Hitler should have finished the job" and "Kike" at a teacher knowing nothing will happen to them). There is little help from the administration. Other teachers, they have assignments about "repression" where part of the assignment is finding proof online of Israel's "repression" of the Palestinians.

Dr S McCosker Australia: Ben-Zion. If you have not yet done so, you MUST read Andrew Bostom, 'The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: from Sacred Texts to Solemn History'. It is the Rosetta Stone for the middle east conflict & much else beside. It explains EXACTLY where Hamas, Hezbollah, Ahmadinejad & all the rest are coming from. It also explains just why Pakistani Jihadists in Mumbai, supposedly aggrieved by India's possession of Kashmir, went out of their way just to kill a Jewish rabbi & his pregnant wife. The Muslim world seeks nothing less than the total erasure of Israel. Talking to such haters is useless.

Tzvika Israel: I was burn in Israel. The first time I felt the antisemizm was in my lates 20th while being abroad. I was amazed by it. hate for itself will allways be exist,the antisemizm is just another tunel for the hating people to deliver it out. In a way,it is honor to be one of the subjects to suffer from it and it should make us perform better. I realy admire your chalange by living throu those kind of things. take care,keep luthing(: and come visit in Tel Aviv sorry about my english... SHABAT SHALOM

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