National Review article – The Party of Victory


Next to the American people themselves, Israel is no doubt the biggest immediate loser in the U.S. presidential election. President Obama’s foreign policy is predicated on the false notion that the U.S. and Israel themselves are the principal causes of the Islamic world’s antipathy toward them. Consequently, Obama has cultivated the anti-American, genocidally anti-Jewish Muslim Brotherhood and facilitated the Brotherhood’s…

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A time for courage, and action


  Mitt Romney wasn’t a bad candidate. He ran a fairly strong race. He made a few errors. And he made many good moves.   Certainly he was adequate. And he was probably the strongest Republican candidate among the primary field of contenders. That is, he was the best man available to run against Barack Obama.   And he did…

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The man who can beat Bibi


This week in the Tribal Update, the satirical newscas produced every week by Latma the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run we bring you the Israeli Left’s new grand plan to defeat Netanyahu in the coming elections. We also present a behind-the-scenes view of Yair Lapid’s campaign commercials. Finally we expose how the Israel Electric Company managed to lose…

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J Street’s hour has arrived


From PJM’s Tatler:   Today, J Street executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami sent an email to supporters with the subject line “ASTOUNDING.” All 49 House incumbents endorsed by the PAC were re-elected. All seven of the J Street Senate candidates were elected, including Democrats Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin, Martin Heinrich in New Mexico, and Tim Kaine in Virginia. J Street’s challengers…

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Obama and the politics of contempt


  “Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy.”   So begins the now famous official Barack Obama for President campaign ad that was released last week. The ad depicts a young woman named Lena Dunham, who is apparently a celebrity among Americans in their teens and 20s.   After that…

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The Israeli Left’s Comeback Strategy


This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media critcism website I run, we bring you Haaretz’ “Ziron Levy” receiving an award from the EU for his groundbreaking work in imaginary journalism “exposing” Israeli racism.   We also bring you our commentator Flock Builder discussing the Left’s brilliant strategy for defeating the…

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The limits of American power


Monday’s US presidential debate on foreign policy came and went. And we are none the wiser for it.   Not surprisingly, at the height of the campaign season, neither US President Barack Obama nor his Republican challenger Gov. Mitt Romney was interested in revealing his plans for the next four years.   But from what was said, we can be…

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Red line for Iran


One of the disturbing things about last night’s presidential debate is that the discussion on Iran was at least four years out of date. Iran is about to cross the threshold. I know voters don’t want to hear it. But it is true. Please take 15 minutes to watch this important YouTube video about what is at stake as Iran…

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Libya, Jordan and Obama’s guiding lights


  The operational, intelligence and political fiascos that led to and followed the September 11 jihadist assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, all derive from the same problem. That problem is the failure of US President Barack Obama’s conceptual framework for understanding the Middle East.   The Islamic revolutionary wave sweeping across the Arab world has rent asunder…

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