The Truth is a Minority Opinion
A great, quick overview of the Jewish legal claim to Israel.
Tweet and Delete
if you get caught in a lie, no big deal. Just move on. It's the Palestinians' way.
Evil Council
Minister Miri Regev is the most recent Israeli official (Levi Eshkol, numerous literary figures and government officials since 1948) calling for the return to Israel of the UN site in Jerusalem
Foreign Leaders Eulogize Peres – for the Wrong Reason
The funeral should have been held on the day Peres died, as is customary in Judaism. Then it would have been impossible for most of these political celebrities to be here.
Are Israeli Jews “Betraying” Americans by Liking Trump?
{Reposted from the Abu Yehuda blog}
Here we go again. Another yawning gulf between Israelis and American Jews, “a rupture that threatens Jews everywhere, the...
Will Israel remain a Jewish and Zionist state?
The Jewish state is truly under siege. Not from the Hamasniks of Gazavic but from a coalition of the Israeli Left, Arab citizens and other non-Jewish minorities, European and American-funded NGOs, and liberal American Jewish organizations. Did I leave anyone out?
New Year of the Trees: A Love Story Between a People and their Land
New plants will cover the ugly scars terrorism left behind. Tu B’Shvat should not have to be used in this way but it is fitting that it was. Ours is a love story between a people and their land, between a land and its people.
What to do about Gaza?
What are Iran and Hamas thinking, and what do we do now?
Case for Regime Change in Iran
Iran’s fingerprints have been found on terrorist attacks all over the world, including Latin America and Europe. With Iran out of the equation, many problems though not solved, would be at least simplified.
The Political Storm Over African Migrants
The position of the government is that only a small number deserve refugee status, and the rest are illegal immigrants who should leave the country one way or another. The majority of Israelis (66% of Jews and 50% of Arabs) agree.
American Military Aid: Bad for America; Worse for Israel
A major reason for Israel's indecisiveness is the increasing influence and control over Israeli decision-making by the US – whose government, at the same time, has become less and less supportive.
“Everyone Knows” … but EVERYONE is Wrong
PM Netanyahu’s promise to extend Israeli sovereignty to the settlements – and not, by the way, “to annex the West Bank” as so many headlines have it – has re-ignited debate about these issues. But nothing’s changed. Here are some popular but false statements about Judea/Samaria and the Jewish communities that have been established there:
Notes on our Next War
Everyone thinks war is unavoidable, and most people understand, at least on an intellectual level, that this war is going to be one of the toughest in Israel’s history.
Our Fragile Strategic Paradise
Israel’s leaders must realize that today we are living in a temporary strategic paradise, which can end at any time. If Theresa May, Trump, or Putin (or worse, all three) should be supplanted by their likely replacements, our freedom of action – diplomatic, economic, and military – would be severely circumscribed.
Does Ofer Cassif belong in the Knesset?
Our legal system, and especially the Supreme Court, applies a double standard to Jews and Arabs. Precisely as is forbidden in the Torah, our judges lean toward those that they (wrongly) believe to be oppressed.
Special: Experts Say New Nuclear Agreement Worse than the Old One
In other words, Iran will be able to get the bomb with very little lead time for Israel to act, and the US will be obligated to prevent Israel from acting against Iran.
Getting Respect
Everything we do in Israel either adds to the sum total of respect we get or subtracts from it. .. So it is very important for us to not only win wars, kill terrorists, and in general crush our enemies as viciously as possible, but our messaging must project strength, competence, and even aggressiveness. We must avoid the image of victimhood
Only Our Friends Pay Taxes
There is no reason for Israel to subsidize these enterprises, which are explicitly or implicitly calling for its destruction.
America Switches Sides
If Biden chose to continue Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign, along with supporting the regional alliance against Iran, Israel’s special operations, and the strong domestic Iranian opposition, it might have been possible to bring down the regime.
Plan Z
Israel would have to stop Iran--or nobody would.
Ha’aretz: Newspaper that Hates its Country
Ha’aretz speaks for the small, even tiny, minority of Jewish Israelis that make up the extreme Left. But it has far greater influence than its circulation figures indicate because its stories work their way into talking points in world capitals.
Shimon Peres
Peres has always been a Zionist and does not believe that there is an irreconcilable conflict between the Jewishness of the state and democracy, nor that one should be sacrificed for the other
Bennett Should Have Stayed Home
Bennett is very unpopular these days in Israel –Perhaps he thinks that if he throws Biden a news-cycle lifeline, Biden will be grateful enough to give him something in return.
We Forgot
The generals and the politicians forgot that we are not a large Western democracy, but rather a small country in the Middle East. They forgot that our enemies are not stupid. They forgot that honor and deterrence go together. They forgot that the more complicated a system, the more weak points it has, and that technology can fail.
How Israel Could Get a Stable Government
All this requires a government that can pay attention to multiple issues at the same time, a coalition that can work together, and a PM that is not on trial for corruption.
Is America Still Behind Us?
Just Ask our Enemies
The Third Lebanon War will be the Last Lebanon War
Hezbollah's stated goals since its founding in 1985 were the elimination of Western influence, the assertion of Islamic (Shiite) dominance over Lebanon and the destruction of Israel. Nothing's changed
The Obama-Hezbollah-Iran crime family
Obama’s was the most consistently anti-Israel administration since the founding of the state of Israel, considering the deliberate insults and provocations. It also failed the American public by "permitting" Hezbollah’s narco-terrorism
Protecting our Honor
One of the first objectives of warfare in the Middle East – before the physical destruction of an enemy – is the destruction of his honor. A man or nation that can’t keep its possessions loses honor as well.
The Nation-State Law rises again
Israel is presently weathering an intensely hostile political climate in a world where ethnic nationalism is considered evil. Rather than hide who we are, we should broadcast it. It might not make the world like us any more, but at least they will better understand what we are fighting for.