A few weeks shy of the tenth anniversary of Israel’s May 24, 2000 unilateral withdrawal from south Lebanon, last Friday mass-circulation daily Yediot Ahronot chose to devote its weekend news supplement to a retrospective on the event. The retrospective included a fawning five-page interview with Defense Minister Ehud…
This week’s Tribal Update from Latma, the Hebrew-language satire website I run through the Center for Security Policy features Tawil Fadiha, the Palestinian Minister of Uncontrollable Rage visiting New York in the aftermath of the failed Time Square bombing. We also host “historian” Shaldag Borochov discussing Theodor Herzl’s legacy on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Enjoy!
So much for US President Barack Obama’s famed powers of persuasion. At the UN’s Nuclear Non-Poliferation Treaty review conference which opened this week, the Obama administration managed to lose control over the agenda before the conference even started. Obama administration officials said they intended to use the conference as a platform to mount international pressure on Iran to stop…
Moral blindness in the face of evil is depravity. But in the upside-down moral universe of our world today, moral blindness has become a badge of honor. If you refuse to call evil by its name, then you are a moderate. And if you stand up to evil, you are yourself an extremist. The embrace of moral blindness as an…
Bipartisan support for Israel has been one of the greatest casualties of US President Barack Obama’s assault on the Jewish state. Today, as Republican support for Israel reaches new heights, support for Israel has become a minority position among Democrats. Consider the numbers. During Operation Cast Lead — eleven days before Obama’s inauguration — the House of Representatives…
In this week’s Tribal Update from my Hebrew language satire website Latma, President Obama gives an interview where he breaks into song when Ronit and Elhanan probe him about his feelings for Israel. The show also discusses the anti-Zionist Left’s attack on Elie Wiesel for insisting that Jerusalem is a Jewish city, and gives an in-depth look at how the…
If safeguarding international security is the chief aim of US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, then at some point he can be expected to change course in the Middle East. For today, Obama faces the wreckage of every aspect of his Middle East policies. And largely as a consequence of his policies, the region moves ever closer to war.…
I’ve been remiss in posting the recent editions of the Tribal Update from my Hebrew language media satire website Latma. Since prolonged travel home to Israel from a month-long sojourn in the US prevented me from writing my column for Friday’s Jerusalem Post, now is a good opportunity to bring on the last three Tribal Updates. This week’s show features the…
In honor of Israel’s 62nd Independence Day, and in light of President Obama’s repeated claims that US interests are best served by distancing itself from Israel, I decided to write the following essay explaining why a strong Israel is essential for US national security. Yom Ha’atzmuat Sameach. Israel’s status as the US’s most vital ally in the Middle…