Ryan Lizza says Dems tolerate antisemitism because they are a “more diverse” party.
Democratic Party Diversity Apparently Includes Acceptance of Antisemitic Views
Category: US Politics
Why Don’t We Hear About Ori Ansbacher?
We hear a great deal about Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar. But it’s been a few weeks now and there’s been nothing in the mainstream media about the rape and murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher, in the Ein Yael forest in Jerusalem. This gets hushed up in favor of talk about oppression, occupation, …
Breakaway (Antisemitism-Free) Labour Party
British talk show host, Rachel Riley, happens to be Jewish in spite of her Irish surname. And she’s been fighting back against antisemitism coming at her from liberal Labourites. Now Riley has announced, in tandem with children’s book author JK Rowling, that the two are forming a breakaway Labour party. If you’re thinking: here goes …
State Department Accused of Misleading Congress Regarding UNRWA Textbooks
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a new report, blaming the U.S. State Department for misleading Congress regarding steps the Palestinian Authority had supposedly taken to reduce incitement in PA-sanctioned children’s schoolbooks. The report, sent to Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and …
Terrorists in Suits
Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs, headed up by MK Gilad Erdan, has launched a PR blitz with the hashtag #terroristsinsuits to tell the world that a study of 13 international BDS NGOs found some 30 terror activists hold leadership positions in these organizations. Of the 30, fully twenty of these terror activists served time in …
Replacing Israel, First Day Out
On her first day in the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) displayed a map with a post-it conveniently stuck atop Israel that reads “Palestine.” This prompted the following tweet by Buzzfeed reporter Hannah Allam, “Someone has already made a slight alteration to the map that hangs in Rashida Tlaib’s new congressional office.” Someone …
Failed UN Hamas Condemnation: 3 Rockets Daily for 17 Years!
![Map showing reach of Hamas missiles (Lencer [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)](https://eliyahumintz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hamas-Missiles.png)
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, has written a poignant analysis of the failed US-sponsored resolution to condemn Hamas. The vote failed, says Danon, because of “procedural maneuverings on the part of many morally bankrupt countries that failed to affirm what is self-evident – Hamas is a terrorist organization whose actions deserve unequivocal …
Nikki Haley to Introduce Resolution Condemning Hamas at UN
Nikki Haley may be leaving her position as US ambassador to the UN at year’s end, but she’s still got a trick or two up her sleeve before she goes. Right now it’s a U.S. resolution to condemn Hamas rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, the launching of incendiary device balloons into Israel, and Hamas terror …
Iran Disses America Israel Again *Yawn*
Iran celebrated on Sunday the 39th anniversary of its takeover of the U.S. embassy. This was a terrible thing that happened in 1979, during which 52 Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days. It was the perfect day for America to restore the sanctions against Iran that had been lifted since the implementation …
Pittsburgh: Armed in the Synagogue?
In the wake of the horrific tragedy in a Pittsburgh Conservative synagogue, an antisemitic bloodbath in which 11 people were murdered, many of us are thinking about how best to protect ourselves in our homes of worship. But there’s the legal issue, with gun control such a hot issue, and there’s the Halachic issue, what …