Self inflicted wounds: Ramat Shlomo debacle; Dubai hit debacle; keeping Chomsky out debacle; Goldstone Report debacle (absence of credible response to Goldstone to this day despite months since his...
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Richard Silverstein Continues to Spew Bullshit
Such Decrepitude! I know most of you don’t care about Richard Silverstein’s most recent screed against me, but… but… he called me mean!! And… and… he said I was...
Hamas: “We Will Make Gaza into Hollywood 2”
Hamas Schalit Video Just a reminder that Gilad Schalit has not been seen by even one Red Cross worker or anybody other than Hamas terrorists since his capture. We have seen a short film with him in...
Obama sends Passover greeting as his administration stabs a Jewish member in the back
Normally, I would not be posting on the night of the first Seder. We had a nice one with our entire family, and it was special in many ways. Then I got home and read the news and felt I had to post...
Beyond Advocacy on Hartman Blog
Thoughtful piece on how to direct our energies on Israel. Engaging Israel: Beyond Advocacy By Donniel Hartman(09/03/2010) Since Operation Cast Lead and the subsequent Goldstone Report, there has been...
This time, Israel did it to itself
Let’s review: US Vice President treats Israeli PM like dirt after Israeli government announces 1600 new residential units in east Jerusalem during his visit to begin long-postponed peace talks...
It’s amateur hour again in the Netanyahu administration
According to Ynet, the idiotic, catastrophic and harmful announcement of the construction of 1600 new residential units in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo on the day that the VP of the USA, Mr...
We’re #5! We’re #5!
Gallup survey has us on top, Iran and PA on bottom A recent Gallup poll ranked Israel 5th among countries viewed most favorably by Americans. Canada ranked in 1st place, followed by Britain, Germany...
Who is a Moser?
Not Richard Silverstein. Nope. A Moser in Judaism is basically a Jew who informs on another Jew to non-Jewish authorities. The law relating to a Moser has evolved over time. Jewish communities that...
The doofuses are running the asylum
The headline reads: IDF legal official: Israel should probe Goldstone Gaza report The Ha’aretz article then proceeds to tell us: …The head of the Military Advocate General’s...
Strategic Communications for Israel
Today, at the Herzliya Conference, one session was held on strategic communications for Israel. In other words, Israel’s hasbara, or PR, problem. We all know that Israel has a serious PR...
US-Israeli Relations
Yesterday, day two of the Herzliya Conference, the morning session addressed the topic of US-Israeli relations. Israeli and American speakers made it evident that, in their opinion, there still exist...
An Archaeological Hannukah
Leave it to the colonialist Israel Antiquities Authority (the vaunted IAA) to continue to play a role in the formation and enactment of Israel’s colonial-national historical imagination by...
What Israel Should Do if the EU Declares that east Jerusalem is Palestinian
Jpost reports: The 27 EU foreign ministers are scheduled to decide Tuesday on the final wording of a statement on the Middle East that may very well include European recognition of east Jerusalem as...
A cul de sac called J Street
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” – St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century. By Lyon Roth Globes Magazine Today, most political roads seem to lead to Washington DC...
Obama and Israel
President Obama was helped greatly by the many Jewish voters and supporters who supported him. Obama’s relationship with Israel since coming to office has been troubling, to say the least, and...
The Palestinians Think They Are in the Endgame
Among the Jerusalem Post’s blog posts, there is one today by Ira Sharkansky, a Hebrew University Political Science professor, called “Why the Stalemate.” Sharkansky also posts at...
J Street Conference. New Avenue for Ideas or Dead End, Part 2
The J Street conference reminded me of two recent Torah readings. The first was Bereshit, in which the world is created (and then there was a helluva lot of work required afterwards). And the next is...
Jerusalem Audience Awed by Sderot Girls’ Theater Performance on Rocket Life
Israel Government Press Office Director, calls show “fantastic.” Jerusalem–On Monday night, October 26, the high school girls of the Sderot Media Center Community Treatment Theater...
Paranormal Activity
Oren Peli taking american fright by storm with his movie Paranormal Activity. I have not seen it, don’t plan on seeing it, but could not help but wonder at the great irony. The fake horror...