Monthly Archives : September 2023

A Nazi Speech in Ramallah Tells a Much Larger Tale


Last Wednesday, a spat between Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch and Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan caused an international uproar.Dayan was appointed by the Bennett-Lapid government. He is a member of Gideon Sa’ar’s party of former Likudniks and an outspoken hater of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It might thus have been expected that when Kisch sent a letter to Dayan…

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The Eritrean Riots and Why Israel Should Care About Africa


Violent riots by Eritrean asylum seekers; Israel foreign minister Eli Cohen publicizes meeting with Libya and chaos ensues; turmoil and coups in Niger and Gabon. What’s going on in Africa and why does it matter to Israel? To discuss these issues, my guest this week on the Caroline Glick Show is Ambassador J Peter Pham. Pham, who currently serves as…

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What Everyone is Missing About the Yad Vashem Controversy


Why is the State Department interfering with Yad Vashem? Over the weekend, Ellen Germain, the State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, published a bizarre post on her official Twitter account, expressing the U.S. government’s opposition to any talk of ousting Yad Vashem Director Dani Dayan. Why is anyone thinking about ousting him? Why did the State Department feel the…

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Will Israeli Democracy Survive the Court?


On September 28, Israel’s Supreme Court is expected to rule in favor of a petition from the far-left Movement for Quality Government to overturn the November 1, 2022 elections. In January, MQG petitioned the Supreme Court asking the justices to ban newly sworn in Netanyahu from serving in office. MQG argued that with all due respect to the 2.4 million…

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The Israeli Left Takes Over the BDS Campaign


In my news analysis this week, I showed how the Israeli left, in its effort to unseat the democratically elected Netanyahu government, is now leading the international charge to boycott Israel. I then discussed the Left’s frenzied effort to block the government’s decision to form a commission of inquiry led by a retired judge – to investigate the illegal use…

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After Trump Mugshot, There’s No Turning Back


With Donald Trump’s fourth indictment handed down a week and a half ago in Atlanta, and his mugshot released the same day, and with the mounting information about Joe Biden’s apparent influence peddling with foreign powers through his son Hunter, there is a growing sense that something fundamental has broken in American politics and American society. Since when the U.S.…

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