August 4, 2014 More “Lawfare” Against Israel’s Military Survival The “Haaretz” newspaper has emerged from its protective bunker, in which it remained safely ensconced during the height of the recent war when the Israeli public was uniformly in favor of crushing genocidal Hamas. Now, “Haaretz” has resumed its insidious campaign to delegitimate the Jewish state. A case in point: Michael Sfard’s “A ‘Targeted Assassination’ […] Blog
August 3, 2014 A Little Touch of Harry in the Night From the “Forward” on the “Jewish Harry Potter Facebook Page”: Under the heading “A Blow to the Death Eaters,” Snape informs Voldemort of an operational setback in their war with the wizarding establishment. Snape: “Bad news, my lord: the I.D.F. has discovered the tunnel between Borgin & Burkes and Hogwarts.” The leadership Israel needs now […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 3, 2014 Why Do Europeans Increasingly Hate Israel? Why does European opinion increasingly hate Israel? I think some reconsiderations may be in order. One starting point is to take seriously, at least up to a point, what post-modern European elites claim about their motives. First, anti-Semitism or Jew hatred is of course operative widely in Europe. But it is not wise to reify […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 2, 2014 The White House Should Blush Massive pro-Palestinian DC protest in front of Obama residence. Handful of pro-Israel demonstrators have to be bused away by police, ostensibly for their own protection, after unruly protestors pelt them with anti-Semitic invective and threaten worse. The Wagnerian climax: burning an Israeli flag. Among the rabble-rousers: Cornell African Studies Professor Cornel West. I knew him […] Blog
August 2, 2014 Michael Walzer’s Failure of Nerve In “Israel Must Defeat Hamas, But Also Must Do More to Limit Civilian Deaths,” political philosopher Michael Walzer joins the chorus arguing that Israeli soldiers are guilty of “disproportionality” for killing Palestinian civilians—or rather those defined by the Hamascentric-orchestrated media as “civilians.” A generation ago, Walzer made a similar argument in “Just and Unjust Wars” […] Anti-Zionism Blog
August 2, 2014 Anti-Semitic Celebs Rain—and Reign—in Spain 100 Spanish celebrities—including Academy Award winners Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodovar—signed a public letter a letter accusing Israel of genocide. A week earlier celebrated actor, Javier Bardem, whose speciality is playing psychopathic murderers and villainous hypocrites including a perverted inquisitor turned enlightened dictator, did the same in an newspaper op add explaining: “My son was […] Blog
August 1, 2014 “Health Care” from Hamas and its Friends From “Commentary”: Yesterday three young Israeli soldiers, all in their early twenties, were killed by an explosion in one of Hamas’s many booby-trapped tunnels. This is just one example of the terrible price Israelis are paying as part of their efforts to keep their families safe from Islamist terrorism. But there is more to yesterday’s […] Blog
August 1, 2014 Undelivered Mail from the Vicinity of the Caliphate of “Dearbornistan” This reminds me of slavery times when Southern postmasters refused to deliver “abolitionist” mail. Now, postmasters in certain zip codes may be looking for an excuse to treat in the same way mail with the taint of “Zionism.” From the “Forward”: The metropolitan Detroit regional office of the U.S. Postal Service issued a clarification to […] Blog
August 1, 2014 A Special Place in Hell . . . is reserved from contributors to the “New York Review of Books” who write about Israel. Jonathan Freedland concludes a new piece on the “liberal Zionist” dilemma with the pontification: “They will have to decide which of their political identities matters more, whether they are first a liberal or first a Zionist.” No place for Jewish […] Blog
August 1, 2014 Kerry’s Ceasefire Our Secretary of State is off to India to teach Hindus and Muslims how to live together. The fruits of his peacemaking in the Mideast according to the “Jerusalem Post”: A Hamas attack on IDF soldiers in southern Gaza, which occurred an hour and a half after the start of a humanitarian truce, ended with […] Blog