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May 12, 2013
4:44 pm

BDS – 21st Century Anti-Semitism

Boycotting Israel and the BDS movement is Anti-Semitic. There is no need to mince words about it. The demonization and singling out of Israel is based on hatred, ignorance......

April 30, 2013
3:34 pm

Stop Calling J Street Pro-Israel

I often hear Liberal American Jews voice their disdain for AIPAC because it is too right wing for them. Consequently, they say they have found a better pro-Israel cause......

April 26, 2013
1:53 pm

The Anatomy of Global Politics – Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons

This past Tuesday, I attended the INSS (Institute of National Security Studies) conference on Israel’s strategic challenges; at 9 AM, Brigadier General Itai Brun was scheduled to......

April 19, 2013
1:56 pm

Turning The Haredim Into Kibbutzniks

Haredi ideology is often at ends with Zionism; one of the largest haredi groups, the Satmars for instance, blame Zionism for the Holocaust. Even worse are the Neturei Karta,......

April 11, 2013
9:56 am

No War With Iran In 2013

Nearly everyday, a different pundit expresses their opinion on when and why there is going to be an Israeli surgical strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities. In their analysis,......

April 9, 2013
10:05 am

Calling Palestine’s ICC Bluff

On November 29th 2012, Palestine was voted by the United Nations General Assembly to be a non-member observer state. Although seen to be a largely symbolic vote, this decision......

April 5, 2013
11:32 am

Canada – Israel’s best friend

This weekend, John Baird, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs will be arriving in Israel. In light of......

March 20, 2013
12:58 pm

Arab Peace Initiative and Israeli concessions

Earlier today, it was reported that American Secretary of State John Kerry would try to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process based on the Arab Peace Initiative. For those......

March 18, 2013
9:38 am

Understanding the delegitimization of Israel

Israel, like all countries, has a lot of faults; the criticism of these faults will allow the country to overcome these problems and improve as a nation. However, it......

March 14, 2013
9:15 am

The two-state solution is dead (and why we should be celebrating)

This past week, Robert Serry, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process gave a lecture at Tel Aviv University proclaiming that the possibility for a......

March 12, 2013
2:24 pm

French audacity and Israeli chutzpah

Last week, the Times of Israel reported that a city in France was honouring the Palestinian terrorist who assassinated Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavem Ze'evi and awarding him with honorary......

March 10, 2013
5:58 pm

The damage of a Haaretz libel

Haaretz is a left wing media outlet that makes its bias and ideology abundantly clear. The paper is very critical of the Israeli government, religious institutions, the......

March 5, 2013
10:41 am

Blaming Meretz – the peace process and the coalition

At this point in time, it appears as if the future coalition and Israeli government will be represented by the Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, Yesh Atid, The Jewish......

February 28, 2013
5:29 pm

Ahmadinejad Who? Turkey proving that Iran does not have a monopoly on crazy rhetoric

On February 27th, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared at a UN conference (on West-Islamic dialogue none the less) that Zionism is a crime against humanity, along the......