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US Jewish organizations and Obama


President Obama’s speech on the Middle East at the State Department last week, his icy glares at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office last Friday, his address before the AIPAC conference on Sunday, and his subsequent press briefings have all made clear that he is not sympathetically inclined toward Israel, nor does he consider Israel an ally…

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Yawning gap between Israeli public and media


Just to understand the critical importance of Latma in empowering the Israeli public to stand up to the Israeli media, look at these two stories.   First, from the leftist Haaretz newspaper, comes a story about a Haaretz poll that shows the Israeli public overwhelmingly thinks Netanyahu advanced the country’s national interests and did not harm Israel’s relations with the…

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Pat Condell on Jew hatred


Despite the fact that he’s an atheist, I really like Pat Condell much of the time.   Here’s his new zinger.   God bless him! (I mean it, so sue me Pat, heh…).   What he says about the historic role of the Catholic Church in propagating anti-Semitism is true. I would just add that as far as I’m concerned,…

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Obama’s diversionary tactics


As the Washington Post pointed out on Friday, US President Barack Obama purposely provoked the current fight with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He knew full well that Netanyahu does not back the Palestinian formulation that negotiations with Israel must be based on the indefensible 1949 armistice lines, or what are wrongly referred to as the 1967 lines. In the days…

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Obama’s abandonment of America


I was out sick yesterday so I was unable to write today’s column for the Jerusalem Post. I did manage to watch President Obama’s speech on the Middle East yesterday evening. And I didn’t want to wait until next week to discuss it. After all, who knows what he’ll do by Tuesday?    Before we get into what the speech…

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Latma bring you the Palestinian peace budget


This week on The Tribal Update, the television-on-Internet produced by Latma, we bring you an in-depth investigation of the PA’s finances. We also feature an exposition on the IDF’s 21st century fighting doctrine.   Enjoy the show.         Latma is funded through contributions to the Center for Security Policy in Washington. If you would like to support…

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Ehud Barak’s latest Nakba


  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have some explaining to do. On Sunday, Israel was invaded along its border with Syria. More than 100 Syrians successfully infiltrated the country and rioted violently in Majdal Shams for several hours. The IDF was reportedly surprised by these events. It was more prepared for violent riots along the borders…

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Obama’s newest ambush


  It is hard to believe, but it appears that in the wake of the Palestinian unity deal that brings Hamas, the genocidal, al-Qaida-aligned, local franchise of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, into a partnership with Fatah, US President Barack Obama has decided to open a new round of pressure on Israel to give away its land and national rights to…

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UPDATE: CUNY, Tony Kushner and Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld


I just want to correct my initial blog post on this subject. I wrote that no major Jewish organizations had come out in support of Wiesenfeld and that was incorrect. Both the ZOA and CAMERA have made strong statements in support of Wiesenfeld and against the conferral of the honorary degree to Wiesenfeld. On the other hand, the Conference of…

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