Shimon Schiffer and Nahum Barnea are both senior political commentators for Yediot Aharonot, Israel’s largest circulation newspaper. They are both also leftist extremists. In their articles in last Friday’s weekend edition of Yediot they demonstrated how their politics dictate their reporting – to the detriment of their readers and to Israeli democracy. They also demonstrated the disastrous consequences of…
This afternoon Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld from Indiana University sent me a letter he wrote to Yale’s President co-signed by dozens of academics from all over the world, expressing their opposition to the university’s decision to close YIISA. In my column on Friday, I mistakenly wrote that YIISA was the only institute in a North American university dedicated to the study of…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-Internet satire program produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I lead we turn our attention to the sad fate of Palestinian eskimos in the context of Naksa/Nakba/Amba/Bla Bla raids on Israel’s borders. We also feature a public service announcement about Israel’s vanishing species and plenty of other great stuff. Here’s…
Last week Yale University announced its decision to close down its institute for the study of anti-Semitism. The move has been widely criticized as politically motivated. For its part, the university claims that the move was the result of purely academic considerations. While not clear-cut, an analysis of the story lends to the conclusion that politics were in all…
One of the dirty secrets about Western trade with enemy states like Iran is that the Western companies trading wtih them may also wittingly or unwittingly serve as espionage assets for their home country or for other Western countries. Consider the Stuxnet computer virus which reportedly caused great harm to at least one and perhaps multiple nuclear installations in…
The coverage of recent events in Egypt is further proof that Western elites cannot see the forest for the trees. Over the past week, leading newspapers have devoted relatively in-depth coverage to the Egyptian military authorities’ repressive actions in subduing protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, particularly during their large protest last Friday. That is, they have provided in-depth…
This week on The Tribal Update, the television on internet show brought to you by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run, we present Palestinian prehistory and the generals’ expert opinions. We also tell you how Israel deals with terror collaborators…. Enjoy! Latma is funded through contributions to the Center for Security Policy in Washington. If you would…
In the aftermath of US President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech on the Middle East, his supporters argued that the policy toward Israel and the Palestinians that Obama outlined in that speech was not anti-Israel. As they presented it, Obama’s assertion that peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians must be based on the 1967 lines with agreed swaps does…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television on internet news satire show produced by Latma, the Hebrew language media satire site I run, we feature the Israeli media’s commentary on Netanyahu’s visit to Washington. We also bring you a stark warning about what awaits Israel in September. Enjoy! Latma is funded through contributions to the…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hoping to avoid his clash with US President Barack Obama this week in Washington. Four days before his showdown at the White House with the American leader, Netanyahu addressed the Knesset. His speech was the most dovish he had ever given. In it, he set out the parameters of the land concessions he is…