Amidst the many dangers posed by the political conflagration now engulfing the Arab world, we are presented with a unique opportunity in Syria. In Egypt, the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak has empowered the Muslim Brotherhood. The Sunni jihadist movement which spawned al-Qaeda and Hamas is expected to emerge as the strongest political force after the parliamentary elections in September.…
What are we to make of the fact that no one has taken credit for Wednesday’s bombing in Jerusalem? Wednesday’s bombing was not a stand-alone event. It was part and parcel of the new Palestinian terror war that is just coming into view. As Israel considers how to contend with the emerging onslaught, it is important to notice…
This week on The Tribal Update, the weekly television on Internet news satire show produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I lead, we bring you NATO’s representative Jack Panic who explains the goal of NATO’s campaign against Libya. We also feature a mortar rain storm and commentary on the consequences of former president Moshe Katzav’s conviction and sentencing for…
Yesterday I was interviewed by Frank Gaffney on his Secure Freedom Radio show. We talked about my latest article. Here’s the link. Also, Sen. Rick Santorum will be interviewing me on Friday at 0705EST on Bell Bennett’s Morning in America radio show. And National Review Online Kathryn Lopez asked me to give her my thoughts on today’s bombing…
The US’s new war against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is the latest sign of its steady regional decline. In media interviews over the weekend, US military chief Adm. Michael Mullen was hard-pressed to explain either the goal of the military strikes in Libya or their strategic rationale. Mullen’s difficulty explaining the purpose of this new war was indicative of…
The video below was taken at J Street’s recent conclave in Washington. The older man with the beard is Gershon Baskin. I don’t know who any of the other interviewees are. If you recognize them, let me know. I think it video is extremely revealing for what it says about the face of the so-called peace movement in Israel…
Over the past several years, a growing number of patriotic Israelis have begun to despair. We can’t stand up to the whole world, they say. At the end of the day, we will have to give in and surrender most of the land or all of the land we took control over in the 1967 Six Day War. The world…
This week on The Tribal Update, the weekly television on Internet news satire show produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I lead, we go to the UN for a Purim interview Johann Phlegmat about the UN’s attitude towards Israel. Phlegmat and his UN comrades break into song as they show us their new anti-anti-Semitism class. We also explore…
Ruth Fogel was in the bathroom when the Palestinian terrorists pounced on her husband Udi and their three-month-old daughter Hadas, slitting their throats as they lay in bed on Friday night in their home in Itamar. The terrorists stabbed Ruth to death as she came out of the bathroom. With both parents and the newborn dead, they moved on…
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