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Irwin Cotler, Alan Dershowitz and Big Z – Zionists.

Daniel Frank — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:50:29 +0000

I have found a huge discrepancy between those who I would classify as small z, and Big Z – Zionists. A small z – Zionist is someone whom if asked, would claim to support Israel, they might even vacation in Tel Aviv or make Aliyah, but they rarely will advocate on Israel’s behalf, they won’t [...]

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Stop Quoting The Sunday Times

Daniel Frank — Sun, 26 May 2013 12:15:30 +0000

Nearly every week, a report comes out from the Sunday Times releasing game-changing scoops about Israel that nobody else has any information on. Subsequently, these stories get reprinted everywhere with a follow up story assuming the validity of the report and offering an analysis of what it means. The only issue is, that these stories [...]

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BDS – 21st Century Anti-Semitism

Daniel Frank — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:44:23 +0000

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 and bigotry. The BDS movement hits all three D’s with flying colours in the criteria of anti-Semitism. It holds Israel to a Double standard, It Demonizes [...]

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Stop Calling J Street Pro-Israel

Daniel Frank — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:34:12 +0000

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 in J Street, one they can relate to more. I find this to be particularly troubling. AIPAC exists for one reason and strives to achieve one [...]

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

Daniel Frank — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:53:16 +0000

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 speak. Brun is the head of the research and analysis division for the Israeli military intelligence (Aman); in other words, Brun knows nearly everything about what is going [...]

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Turning The Haredim Into Kibbutzniks

Daniel Frank — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:56:23 +0000

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, who detest Zionism so much that they praise Mahmoud Ahmadinjad, and celebrate vigils for Yasser Arafat. Members of these groups want to live in their own [...]

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No War With Iran In 2013

Daniel Frank — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:56:15 +0000

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, they almost always exclusively look at Israel’s red line, and America cooperation as the deciding factor for an Israeli attack. Consequently (for more than three years [...]

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Calling Palestine’s ICC Bluff

Daniel Frank — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:05:26 +0000

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 provoked huge hopes, fears and discussions because the “media” thought that Palestine could now take Israel to the International Criminal Court and prosecute them. This gained [...]

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Canada – Israel’s best friend

Daniel Frank — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:32:15 +0000

This weekend, John Baird, the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs will be arriving in Israel. In light of this visit, I wanted to reflect on Canada’s relationship with Israel. Since Stephen Harper became Prime Minister in 2006, Canada has shifted from being a critical uninvolved “friend” to being the best friend Israel could have. Although [...]

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Arab Peace Initiative and Israeli concessions

Daniel Frank — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:58:53 +0000

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 unaware, the Arab Peace Initiative is based on a complete Israeli withdrawal from to the 1949 armistice lines and the right of return for Palestinian refugees. Although [...]

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Understanding the delegitimization of Israel

Daniel Frank — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:38:59 +0000

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 is important to separate the criticisms that are meant to be constructive and improve the state and the criticisms that are destructive and serve to delegitimize [...]

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

Daniel Frank — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:15:25 +0000

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 two-state solution would die in a matter of months, Ben Birnbaum wrote a riveting and influential essay about the end of the two-state solution and at [...]

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French audacity and Israeli chutzpah

Daniel Frank — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:24:25 +0000

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 citizenship. Majdi Rimawi is a high-ranking member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group recognized by France as being a terrorist organization. [...]

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The damage of a Haaretz libel

Daniel Frank — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:58:05 +0000

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 IDF and many other integral components of the country. This is supplemented by a very firm stance in support of the Palestinian cause. Although Haaretz is a Zionist [...]

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Blaming Meretz – the peace process and the coalition

Daniel Frank — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:41:33 +0000

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 Home, Hatnuah and maybe even Kadima parties for a total of 70 seats in the Knesset. This means that parties with more than 10 seats (Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, [...]

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