In his commentary in Maariv’s Friday news supplement, the paper’s senior diplomatic commentator Ben Caspit laid out a hypothetical lecture that Obama might give Netanyahu when the two leaders meet alone in the Oval Office this afternoon. In Caspit’s scenario, Obama used the one-on-one to set out the law to the Israeli premier. If you bomb Iran’s nuclear installations before…
A few weeks ago the Obama administration put out a video extolling Obama’s record on Israel. They took excerpts from speeches by Israeli leaders praising Obama and used them as proof that Israelis view Obama is a great friend of the Jewish state. On the whole it was an obscene production. What can Binyamin Netanyahu or any other Israeli…
Below is a speech that Andrew Breitbart gave at an Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Los Angeles at the height of the Anthony Weiner episode. I am posting his speech for two reasons. First, it shows that Breitbart was a good friend of Israel and a good Jew. He deserves to be remembered for this no less than for…
This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every week by Latma, satirical the Hebrew-language media criticism website I run we focus on two issues: Supreme Court President Dorit Benisch’s retirement and coexistence between Arabs and Jews in Israel. As many of you may know, Israel’s Supreme Court is one of the most radical, activist supreme courts…
I just read the horrible news that Andrew Breitbart has died. I send from Jerusalem my heartfelt condolences to his widow and children. I watched Andrew’s speech at CPAC on YouTube and have to admit that I thought he didn’t look well. He had put on some extra weight and to my eye seemed a bit short of breath.…