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January 1, 2013
3:04 pm

Land for goldfish

Famous experts like Thomas Friedman and Tom Segev agree: The failure of Palestinians to murder enough Israelis is killing the peace process. To back up this claim a recent ...

December 28, 2012
3:20 pm

The tragic story of “the liberation of Europe”

The days of Al-Qaida terrorizing the West seem to be over. Oh sure, they can kill an ambassador in Libya, but that's not the same as blowing up buses in London or......

November 21, 2012
4:23 pm

Sexual Excitement

As you may have heard Israel has launched an offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. So go ahead and turn on your TV, pull down your pants and......

October 10, 2012
3:10 pm

The Zionist Challenge

About half year ago the Dutch National Committee 4 and 5th of May announced its brand new plan for this year's World War Two memorial services: Why not......

August 23, 2012
7:18 pm

Life, liberty and the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Why is Israel allowed to have equal rights for men and women while all Iran is allowed to have is a clandestine nuclear bomb project? Unconditional opposition to nuclear arms used......

August 14, 2012
5:11 pm

Survival in the post-American world

It is generally assumed that the prospects for Israel's survival are highly unlikely at best. Gloomy predictions promising Israel's imminent demise through demographic melt-down, nuclear war, terrorism, isolation, sanctions......

June 21, 2012
6:29 pm

Jesus!

There are some people, among them former vice President and Global Warming guru Al Gore, who wonder what Jesus would do had he lived today. It's a fascinating question,......

April 27, 2012
6:01 pm

Letter to J Street

As your very best friend I would like you to know that if you ever get involved in a war, I won't necessarily support you either. ...

April 19, 2012
5:49 pm

Kofi Annan to the rescue

It was only a few months ago when it still appeared that Syria's regime was doomed. The rebellion kept spreading and the violence kept increasing yet Assad could not......

March 23, 2012
7:36 pm

Mohammad Merah: Courtesy of the Left

Instead of exposing Islamist propaganda, Western media and culture compliment it. How can anyone expect young Muslims in the West not to be influenced by this? It turns out Mohammad......

March 2, 2012
12:24 pm

The peace process

Remember the peace process? After 20 odd years of peace-processing this may come as a surprise to you, but peace does not include missile attacks and suicide bombings. It......

February 24, 2012
5:44 pm

What’s so bad about a nuclear holocaust?

I'm really starting to get fed up with all this hysteria about the Iranian nuclear bomb. Why all the complaints? Nukes are high-tech and painless. Plus, the Iranians are......

February 22, 2012
6:38 pm

On Sean Stone’s conversion

I am not that much into celebrities but when Sean Stone, the son of Oliver Stone, converted to Islam it grabbed my attention: Why does the son of a......