Following my call for a protest in NYC to denounce the charade at the Durban II conference, students gathered in front of the UN building to protest its silence of human rights abuses around the world.
By Yisrael Medad | Posted November 05, 2009 | Comments: 3
Here's just the first paragraph of the Reuters story on Jack Teitel:
A self-confessed killer dubbed 'The Jewish Terrorist' has shown how far settlers may go to stop Israel trading land for peace with Palestinians and the risks even lone atta...
By Pinchas Landau | Posted May 24, 2009 | Comments: 1
The headlines have been screaming that the Israeli economy is in recession -- as if anyone needed to be told that. The reason why this is a news item is because the data for GDP growth in the first quarter of 2009 (published on 17/5) showed, to no-one's sur...
By Edwin Bennatan | Posted November 12, 2009 | Comments: 11
Counterpoint to:
Call White House, Ask for Barack
it's time for us to dust off James Baker's line: 'When you're serious [about peace], give us a call: 202-456-1414. Ask for Barack. Otherwise, stay out of our lives. We have our own count...
By Petra Marquardt-Bigman | Posted November 15, 2009 | Comments: 9
In the mid-1990s, political scientist Daniel Jonah Goldhagen caused a heated controversy with the publication of a book arguing that the Holocaust was possible because ordinary Germans served as "willing executioners [...] who believed that e...
By Ira Sharkansky | Posted November 19, 2009 | Comments: 7
Barack Obama was six years old when the Jordanian army opened fire on Jerusalem in the 1967 war. Shortly after the fighting, Israel expanded the city's boundaries. Four years later it began construction the Gilo neighborhood.
Gilo made headli...
By Tom Kenis | Posted June 16, 2008 | Comments: 18
Last year in Palestine. Sort of. It's 2007.
I have all but packed. Well, sort of.
It's a tough place to be at, sometimes. Even harder to leave. Although the food's delicious, for many, it's becoming increasingly difficult by the day to get fat, ...
By Ashley Perry (Perez) | Posted October 23, 2008 | Comments: 16
Recently, the coalition negotiations with Kadima have brought up some very ugly epithets about Shas and its leadership. The political discourse has become rather unsightly.
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am no great fan of Shas. Altho...
By David Anthony | Posted February 24, 2008 | Comments: 36
"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement.
I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel. In the general chit-chat before our meet...
"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement.
I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel. In the general chit-chat before our meet...