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The strategic case for Kurdistan


If the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan aren’t intimidated into standing down, on September 25, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan will go to the polls to vote on a referendum for independence. The Kurds have been hoping to hold the referendum since 2013. Whereas Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his support for Kurdish independence earlier this month in a meeting with…

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The politics of protesting unelected politicians


The big story in Israel over the past several weeks has been the protests outside the home of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, which have grown in size and bitterness over the past month. For the past nine months, every Saturday night protesters have gathered outside Mandelblit’s apartment building in Petah Tikva to demand that he indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The…

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Netanyahu’s empathy for Trump


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was attacked by the media for not jumping on the bandwagon and condemning US President Donald Trump for his response to the far-right and far-left rioters in Charlottesville earlier this month. It may be that he held his tongue because he saw nothing to gain from attacking a friendly president. But it is also reasonable to…

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The future of Spanish Jewry


Should Jews leave Spain? Following last Thursday’s jihadist attack in Barcelona, Barcelona’s chief rabbi, Meir Bar- Hen, told a reporter that he is urging his community members to flee Spain for Israel. “I tell my congregants: Don’t think we’re here for good, and I encourage them to buy property in Israel,” he said. “This place is lost,” he warns, adding,…

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The Ellison Challenge


    The Democratic Party stands at a crossroads today. And so do the Jewish Democrats.     Out of power in the White House and both houses of Congress, the Democrats must decide what sort of party they will be in the post-Obama world.     They have two basic options.     They can move to the center…

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A note on my recent column on AIPAC


Following the publication of my column, AIPAC’s moment of decision, in the Jerusalem Post, the organization contacted the Jerusalem Post and insisted that the paper publish the following comment, at the bottom of my column. “This column makes a completely false accusation about AIPAC’s position,” Wittmann said. “AIPAC’s position has consistently been that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, should…

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The Unfinished War


  The war with Hamas is not over. What we are experiencing today is a temporary cease-fire.   The most basic reason the war is not over is because Hamas has no existence outside its war against the Jewish state. Hamas exists to obliterate Israel. The goal of each round of fighting is to soften Israel up for the next…

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Interview on Shalom TV


Below is the YouTube of a telephone interview I did with Shalom TV yesterday. In the 30 minute segment, the first 20 minutes are devoted to a discussion of the Obama administration’s anti-Israel positions during the war with Hamas in Gaza. The last 10 minutes are a discussion of the US media’s hostile coverage of Israel during the war. I…

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