My thoughts on politics.
The Palestinian Authority has submitted a long list of demands to the United States as preconditions for renewing peace negotiations with Israel. Number one on the list is that Orient House be reopened, closed since 2001, and prevented from operating by the Israeli police and the Shin Bet. Other demands relate to Jerusalem: limiting the …
A political cartoon published in the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, shows a map of “Palestine” superimposed over the entirety of the State of Israel. The cartoon expresses the ideology of the PA that Israel has no right to exist within any borders. The State of Israel is draped over with a Palestinian …
Benjamin Netanyahu spilled the beans about a private conversation with US President Joe Biden in his final speech before leaving his role as prime minister to assume a new role as head of the opposition: “The administration in Washington asked me not to discuss our disagreement on Iran publicly, but with all due respect, I …
As Israel received a barrage of 4,360 missiles, the New York Times issued its own assault against the embattled Jewish State. Gilead Ini, writing for CAMERA, tallied up the opinion pieces and found a clear intent of anti-Israel bias: So there can be little doubt about the message New York Times Opinion editors were intent on sending, …
What does Hamas really want and what was the reason for the latest conflagration between Hamas-led Gaza and the rest of Israel? Hamas demands during ceasefire negotiations yield the most important clue. From Reuters: Ezzat el-Reshiq, a senior member of the Hamas political bureau, told Reuters in Doha the movement’s demands included protection for the …
You’d never know that Israel is under attack. As the media would have it, the aggressor is Israel. If you believe the reporting coming out of major media outlets, Israel just can’t get enough of killing Arabs, probably just for sport. The Washington Post, for instance, started a news report with “Israel struck the Gaza …
The NY Times last week reported that an anonymous US official said Israel was behind the Red Sea operation against the Saviz, the Iranian IRGC Navy reconnaissance vessel and floating military base. According to the report, the attack was tit for tat for recent Iranian attack on an Israeli cargo ship. The NY Times report even …
Protesters chanting “Shame on NBC!” and “Antisemitism is not funny!” appropriately gathered in New York on Saturday night. Why appropriately? Because the protest was a response to antisemitic content aired on Saturday Night Live, a show broadcast live from New York City on NBC. The protesters gathered outside the entrance to NBC’s West 49th Street …
Israel sent an official message from the Prime Minister’s office last Thursday night, warning the United States against ending the sanctions on Iran and rejoining the 2015 JCPOA. “Israel remains committed to preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons and its position on the nuclear agreement has not changed,” said the official statement, adding that “Israel …
President Joe Biden hasn’t called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though the new president has been in office now for over three weeks. Biden has spoken to a flurry of world leaders, including Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Chinese president Xi Jinping. But no call to Bibi, which makes Biden the first president in 40 …